Passive in Other Tenses

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Use: CARRY

When the teacher arrived, he was surprised at what was happening. All
the chairs out of the room by the students.


Use: CHANGE

Karen: Is your first class still at eight o'clock?
Betty: Yes. My schedule this term.


Use: RETURN

We don't intend to keep your papers. They
to you soon.


Use: HEAR

This is a very big room. If you don't talk loudly,
you in the back of the room.


Use: FIX

Mr. Hill: When will my car be fixed?
Mechanic: It by the time you leave work today.


Use: TRY

Dan: Why don't you try their teaching method?
Ben: Because it and it doesn't work well.


Use: FILL

Jack: I've filled all the bottles with milk, O.K.?
Jill: No. Look. These bottles yet.


Use: TEACH

Maybe the computer will help you learn. You
a lot of grammar, but have not had a chance to
practice it yet.


Use: FORGET

Everybody at yesterday's meeting could remember the general idea of
the old marketing plan, but the details .


Use: ACCEPT

Richard didn't tell us which university he would be going to, but
he did say that he at three universities.


Use: DECIDE

Judy: Did the members decide to change the club rules?
Lucy: When I had to leave the meeting, it yet.


Use: DELIVER

Jean: How fast is the mail service?
Eric: If you send a letter before 3:00 p.m., it tomorrow.


Use: READ

Jerry: They're not going to do much advertising for this new book.
Betty: Then it by many people.


Use: TOUCH

Paul: Is this thermometer clean?
Allen: It by human hands.


Use: EXPLAIN

Pedro: I still don't understand this!
Mr. X: Do you realize how many times it to you up to now?


Use: BEAT

Heather: I hear that Robert lost his big tennis match yesterday.
Michael: Yes. He before, but never so badly.


Use: SETTLE

Kelly: We're still arguing about money.
James: Oh, I thought that problem already.


Use: CONTINUE

Sarah: Is this the end of the story?
Jack: No. It in the next book in the series.