PA013 - Active or Passive

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Put the verbs in brackets into their correct form.



  1. Last year, over $40 million on computers . (SPEND)
  2. I hurt my back while I in the garden. (WORK)
  3. When you had this great talent for numbers? (YOU REALISE)
  4. The car by the police this morning. (STOP)
  5. Breakfast at this hotel from 7 to 9 a.m. (SERVE)
  6. A few hours after the robbery, the thief by the police (CAPTURE)
  7. I to the party because I on an important project (NOT GO , WORK)
  8. In the past, many types of medicine by accident. (DISCOVER)
  9. Who to when I saw you this morning? I've never seen her before . (YOU TALK)
  10. They didn't hear the news because they on a desert island at the time (STAY)
  11. I you had the same birthday as me . (NOT KNOW)
  12. This type of food can as a starter or as a main dish (EAT)
  13. The new stadium next Tuesday (OPEN)