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Home/Grammar B2/Passive Voice: Advanced

Passive Voice: Advanced

B2

At B2 level, the passive voice extends to perfect tenses (has/have been done, had been done, will have been done) and reporting structures used in news and formal writing: It is believed that… / She is thought to have left…

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Exercises:

Exercise 1 (Easy): Choose the correct passive form

Choose the correct passive form. These sentences use perfect tenses in the passive.

Exercises:

1

The report ___ already. You can read it now.

was writtenhas been writtenhas written

2

By the time we arrived, the windows ___.

had brokenwere brokenhad been broken

3

The new bridge ___ by next spring.

will be builtwill have builtwill build

4

Several complaints ___ to the manager this week.

were madehave been madehave made

5

The stolen paintings ___ in a warehouse last night.

have been foundwere foundwere finding

6

The decision ___ before the meeting even started.

had been madehas been madewas making

7

By 2030, the new railway ___ throughout the country.

will have been expandedwill be expandedwill expand

8

A number of errors ___ in the latest report.

have foundwere findinghave been found

9

The city centre ___ completely since the earthquake.

has rebuiltwas rebuildinghas been rebuilt

10

More than a million tickets ___ before the show even opened.

had been soldwere sellinghave sold

Passive Voice: Advanced (B2)

At B2 level you need to use the passive across all tenses, and master passive with reporting verbs: structures common in news, academic texts, and formal writing.

Perfect Passive Forms

Present Perfect Passive

has / have been + pp

The bridge has been repaired.

Past Perfect Passive

had been + pp

The evidence had been destroyed before we arrived.

Future Simple Passive

will be + pp

The results will be announced tomorrow.

Future Perfect Passive

will have been + pp

By 2030, the law will have been changed.

Passive Reporting Verbs

Used in news and formal writing to report what people say, believe, or think: without naming the source.

STRUCTURE 1: It + passive verb + that-clause

It is said that…

It is believed that…

It is thought that…

It is reported that…

It is expected that…

It is known that…

STRUCTURE 2: Subject + passive verb + to-infinitive

Present situation

He is thought to be hiding.

Past event

She is believed to have left the country.

Past passive event

It is thought to have been built in 1850.

💡 Common reporting verbs: say, believe, think, report, know, expect, claim, allege, understand, estimate, consider. They all follow the same two structures above.

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