Passive Voice Practice 3

Tense & Question Review

Directions: Write questions in the passive voice to complete the conversations on the lines below. Use the question word/passive subject/verb/agentbelow the lines to help you make your sentences. If there is no question word, simply start with the auxiliary verb to make a yes/no type of question. If there is no agent, it’s not necessary to include one in your question. Make all your questions in the passive voice and use the verb tense indicated (in parentheses). Be careful – other lines in the conversations might be in the active voice, but be sure to change to the passive voice when you write. Also, the verb that you see below the blank line is in the simple form. You will need to change it into its past participle form and add the correct form of be for the auxiliary verb.

Example:

Lucia: They’re demolishing that house over there.

Olena: Really? Why is that house being demolished?

why/house /demolish/ ---(present progressive)

Lucia: I don’t know. It’s not that old, but it was in bad shape.

Angela: I saw a pest control truck by that house last week.

Rene: Has itbeen destroyed by termites?

---/it / destroy/ termites (present perfect)

Angela: It’s possible. There are termites around here.

Now, you continue:

Kathleen: I don’t think it was termites. I heard it was lightning.

1. Miriam: Really? ______

when / it / strike/ lightning (simple past)

Kathleen: Well, there was a big storm a few weeks ago.

Arijeta: I saw some people taking carpet out of the house.

2. Maureen: Strange. ______

why /carpet / takeout / --- (past progressive)

Arijeta: I’m not sure.

3. Sonia ______

* what/do with/ the carpet / --- (simple past)

Genoveva: I saw them throw it in a dumpster.

4. Maria ______

why /it / throw away/ --- (simple past)

Rohina: Well, the carpet was moldy and wet. You know, we got a lot of rain in addition to the lightning in that storm.

5. Graciela: ______

---/the house / damage/ water (present perfect)

Rohina: Maybe.

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Michel: Did you hear thata new restaurant is being built near the college?

6. Miryam: No, I didn’t. So, ______

______

what street/ it / build on/---- (present progressive)

Michel: Indian School Road. It’s going to be a pizza place.

7. Sunmi: Another pizza place? We have lots of those already.

______

why /another pizza place / construct/ ---- (present progressive)

8. Hwa Sun: Yeah, ______

______

when /Korean restaurant / open/ ---- (future)

Patricia: Hmm, I could really go for some kim chee.

9. Diane: I’m surprised you know about kim chee, Patricia.

______a lot in Peru?

--- /kim chee / serve/ ---- (simple present)

10. Stacey: I’m confused. What food are you talking about?

______

what /kim chee / make from/ ---- (simple present)