Let's review the passive form: past simple

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Master the past simple passive voice! This worksheet offers exercises to identify, form, and transform sentences effectively.

Choose the correct option in the following news report: The Tamworth Herald.Woman’s plea after dogs are attacked. By Nicola Robinson – News Editor1-A woman from Tamworth is appealing for information after her two rescue dogs ...................by another animal last December – leaving one needing surgery. were attacked was attacked were attack was attack 2- The incident happened as Lorraine Jones took her two dogs a Yorkshire terrier Pepper and a Westie Bertie for a late-night walk, on December 21 near her home in Field Farm Road, Belgrave. “The dog launched at Pepper and I just screamed for help to get it off us.”Fortunately Ms Jones’ cries ........................by her neighbours who rushed to her aid. was heard were heard were hear was hear 3- But as soon as Pepper ..................., the dog then “went straight” to Bertie’s neck. was free was fred was freed were freed Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple passive. She said: “I was bitten (bit) by the dog in the process. The owner just stood there and said, “What do you expect me to do about it?”Ms Jones needed stitches in her left hand. Bertie suffered deep wounds to the neck and had to have eight stitches and have an operation, while Pepper was injured (injure) with cuts to her leg.Both dogs were prescribed (prescribe) antibiotics and pain killers and the drama meant Ms Jones was forced (force) to cancel her plans to spend Christmas Day in Yorkshire.Fortunately, food was donated (donate) by kind friends and generous members of the “Free to Collect Tamworth” Facebook page so Ms Jones could enjoy a festive meal, and old blankets to keep the dogs warm.Adapted from: Choose the sentence in past simple passive voice (remember than in passive voice the subject suffers the action): Ms Jones added: “We were so lucky my neighbours helped us” Ms Jones added: “We were so lucky we were helped by our neighbours” Ms Jones added: “We was so lucky we were helped by our neighbours” Ms Jones added: “We was so lucky my neighbours helped us” Choose the sentence in past simple active voice (remember than in passive voice the subject does the action): One friend of Ms Jones informed the police The police is informed by one friend of Ms Jones One friend of Ms Jones informes the police The police was informed by one friend of Ms Jones What is the verbe tense of "was urged"?Anyone with information about the dog was urged to contact Staffordshire Police past simple passive voice past simple active voice What is the passive form of this sentence?A man described the dog as dark coloured The dog was described as dark coloured by a man The dog was dark coloured by a man A man was described as dark coloured by the dog A man was dark coloured by the dog What is the active form of this sentence?A smaller black dog was walked by a tall man on that day On that day a smaller black dog walked a tall man On that day a tall man walked a smaller black dog On that day a tall dog was walked by a black man On that day a smaller black man walked a tall dog

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