Passive Forms — Build Causatives and Focus

Tap the words in the correct order to build each advanced passive structure. One extra word does not belong.

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Question 1

Build the past causative passive: _____

Options: The laboratory had its ventilation system recalibrated before the external inspection., recalibrates

Question 2

Build the ongoing get-causative: _____

Options: restores, The archive is getting the damaged scans restored by a specialist this month.

Question 3

Build the recipient-as-subject passive: _____

Options: The witnesses were offered legal support after the interview., to

Question 4

Build the thing-as-subject passive: _____

Options: sends, A copy of the ruling was sent to each party after the hearing.

Question 5

Build a cleft with a passive relative clause: _____

Options: It was the junior analyst who was praised for identifying the anomaly., praises

Question 6

Build a passive pseudo-cleft: _____

Options: challenges, What was challenged at the hearing was the reliability of the sampling method.

Question 7

Build the passive gerund as subject: _____

Options: Being selected for independent review is considered a mark of methodological quality., selects

Question 8

Build a passive gerund naming the cause: _____

Options: denies, Being denied access to the raw data made independent replication impossible.

Question 9

Build the past unreal conditional with two passives: _____

Options: If the evidence had been disclosed earlier, the inquiry would have been concluded months ago., discloses

Question 10

Build the present unreal condition and future passive result: _____

Options: addresses, If the safety concerns were addressed, the facility could be reopened next month.

Practise Passive Forms — Build Causatives and Focus with this interactive sentence-building exercise of 10 questions. Tap the words into the correct order to build each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every sentence.

Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Passive Forms — Build Causatives and Focus in everyday English.