# Present and Past Simple Passive Exercises with Answers

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- Title: Passive: Present and Past Simple
- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Category: Passive Voice and Causatives
- Questions: 14

Is made or was made? Practise the passive with am / is / are and was / were + past participle, when to add by, negatives, questions and verbs like happen that have no passive. Answers and short explanations included.

Practise the passive with am, is, are, was and were + past participle: when the doer is unknown or unimportant, by + doer, negatives and questions, and verbs…

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## Lessons on this topic

- [Passive: Present Simple and Past Simple](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar-lessons/passive-present-and-past-simple)

## Sample questions with answers

1. Rice ____ in the Mekong Delta.
   - A. is grown
   - B. are grown
   - C. is grow
   - D. grown
   Answer: A — Rice is uncountable, so is. Then the past participle: grown.

2. My bag ____ at the airport last night.
   - A. was searched
   - B. searched
   - C. is searched
   - D. was search
   Answer: A — Last night is past, and the bag didn't search itself: was searched.

3. Our guests ____ at seven.
   - A. arrived
   - B. were arrived
   - C. was arrived
   - D. are arrived
   Answer: A — Arrive has no object, so it has no passive.

## More Passive Voice and Causatives exercises

- [The Reporting Passive · B2](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/reporting-passive-b2) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/reporting-passive-b2.md
- [Passive Infinitives and Gerunds · C1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-infinitives-and-gerunds-c1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-infinitives-and-gerunds-c1.md
- [Make, Let and Help · C2](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/make-let-and-help-c2) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/make-let-and-help-c2.md
- [Present and Past Passive · A1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-and-past-passive-a1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-and-past-passive-a1.md
- [Passive with Modals · A2](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-with-modals-a2) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-with-modals-a2.md
- [Have and Get Something Done · B1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/causatives-have-get-something-done-b1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/causatives-have-get-something-done-b1.md
- [Having Something Done · B1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/having-something-done-b1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/having-something-done-b1.md
- [Passive: Other Tenses and Modals · B1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-other-tenses-and-modals-b1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/passive-other-tenses-and-modals-b1.md

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