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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) — Perfect Passive: choose the correct form

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

Exercises:

1

The report ___ already. You can read it now.

has writtenhas been writtenwas written

2

By the time we arrived, the windows ___.

had brokenhad been brokenwere broken

3

The new bridge ___ by next spring.

will buildwill be builtwill have built

4

Several complaints ___ to the manager this week.

have madehave been madewere made

5

The stolen paintings ___ in a warehouse last night.

were findinghave been foundwere found

6

The decision ___ before the meeting even started.

had been madehas been madewas making

7

By 2030, the new railway ___ throughout the country.

will expandwill be expandedwill have been expanded

8

A number of errors ___ in the latest report.

have been foundhave foundwere finding

9

The city centre ___ completely since the earthquake.

has rebuilthas been rebuiltwas rebuilding

10

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

have soldhad been soldwere selling

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