Passives level 2 answers

ANSWERS 

A) Choose the correct form. Make sure you use the correct tense (tijd).

1. The car was jumped on yesterday (yesterday = use past simple)

2. The kitten is being fed  right now (right now = use present continuous)

3. The dog has been walked ( past, but unclear when = present perfect)

4. The building had been renovated before it was sold (2 gebeurtenissen in het verleden, 1 vóór de ander: renoveren vóór het verkopen = past perfect)

5. The letter was being written when she asked for it. (iets langer bezig in het verleden, iets anders onderbreekt de actie = past continuous)

B). Fill in the correct form. Make sure you use the correct tense.

6. The dog was washed yesterday ( by the man ). (past simple)

7. The cow has been milked already, you don’t need to do it. (present perfect)

8. Next year, I will/shall be flown to Africa! (next year = future)

9. I could be chosen to play in this film! (zou kunnen = could)

10. Coffee is drunk by people all over the world (feit = present simple).

C) Translate these sentences. Make sure you use the correct tense.

11. The bottle was filled yesterday. (yesterday; past simple)

12. The dog has been fed. (verleden tijd, niet duidelijk wanneer: present perfect)

13. The airco is being fixed on right now. (present continuous: nu bezig)

14. The film has (already) been shown in this cinema since 2013. (verleden tijd, verleden begonnen en nu nog steeds bezig: present perfect)

15. The sandwich was being made when she came in. (past continuous)

D. Describe what is happening/has happened with a passive sentence.

'''Some options''':

·        The woman was/is/has been/is being/was being proposed to

·        The fork was/is/has been dropped.

·        The wine is/was/is being drunk

·        The wine was being drunk when the man proposed to the woman.

·        The wine was being drunk when the proposal was made.

·        The mistake is/was/has been made.

·        The chair is/was sat on.

·        The menu was brought.

·        The fork should not have been dropped.

·        Longest passive sentence: The fork had been dropped on the floor and when said fork was being picked up, the thought that she was being proposed to was thought.