PASSIVE VOICE (GERUND) — EXERCISE 1 (ESL)

level: Intermediate (B1/B2)

The passive gerund — being + past participle — is used after prepositions and verbs that take gerunds. This exercise practises transforming relative clause phrases into their passive gerund equivalents.

Grammar review Passive voice with gerunds

Passive gerund: being + past participle
She hates being interrupted. He was afraid of being caught.

Used after prepositions and verbs that take gerunds.

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Change each relative clause phrase into a gerund passive voice phrase.
EXAMPLE: the book that he is writing → the book being written by him

the song that they are singing → the song by them

the car that they are driving → the car by them

the complaint that the police are investigating → the complaint by the police

the dog that we are adopting → the dog by us

the flowers that Bill is buying for his wife → the flowers by Bill for his wife.

the house that I'm selling → the house by me

the water that James is drinking → the water by James

the answers that Robert is giving → the answers by Robert

clothes that we are trying on → clothes on by us

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shows that they are watching → shows by them

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Passive voice is essential for formal and academic English — these exercises cover every tense and variation.

More passive voice exercises:
Passive voice (gerund) 2 (B1/B2)
Passive voice (infinitive) 1 (B1/B2)
Passive voice (simple past) 1 (B1/B2)
Passive voice (simple past) 2 (B1/B2)
Passive voice (simple present) 1 (B1/B2)
Passive voice (mixed) 1 (B1/B2)

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