Listening activity The Passive Voice
Read the active sentences and choose the correct passive version. Then listen and
check.
1. Someone blessed me because you loved me.
a) I was blessed because I was loved by you.
b) I was blessed because I were loved by you.
c) I was blessed because I am loved by you.
2. They make sweet dreams of this.
a) Sweet dreams were made of this.
b) Sweet dreams make this.
c) Sweet dreams are made of this.
3. Not sure I understand this road somebody has given to me.
a) Not sure I understand this road Ive been given.
b) Not sure I understand this road Im being given.
c) Not sure I understand this road Ive been gave.
4. Somebody will love her.
a) She didnt love me.
b) She will be loved.
c) She isnt loved.
5. They didnt build Rome in a day.
a) Rome wasnt build in a day
b) Rome werent built in a day.
c) Rome wasnt built in a day.
6. The hopeless and the hungry paved this road.
a) This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry.
b) This road is paved by the hopeless and the hungry.
c) The road paves the hopeless and the hungry.