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Passive Voice — All Forms — What the Orchestra Knows

Grammar: Passive voice (full range: all tenses, get-passive, agent omission)

Free ESL grammar exercise on passive voice — all forms themed around what the orchestra knows. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising passive voice (full range: all tenses, get-passive, agent omission). The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

The mistake was corrected within seconds. No email was sent. The information had been communicated, absorbed, and acted upon entirely through a shared system of attention, cue, and register.

Grammar

Present simple passive
Subject + am/is/are + past participle. The score is revised after every rehearsal. Use when the action matters more than the agent.
Past simple passive
Subject + was/were + past participle. The error was corrected within seconds. Agent can be added with by when relevant.

Sample items

  1. The concert programme ______ (print) before the venue change was announced.
  2. New rehearsal schedules ______ (distribute) to all section leaders this morning.
  3. The conductor's contract ______ currently... (review) by the board.

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