What it tests
Passive forms in all tenses and with modals: be + past participle, agent with by.
In the exam: part XI, 5 tasks. A task scores only when all your choices are right.
Step by step
- Decide whether the sentence should be passive: does the subject receive the action?
- Check be in the right tense: is made, was made, has been made, will be made, is being made.
- Check the past participle (V3): built, written, sent.
- Modal passive: modal + be + V3: can be borrowed.
- Active sentences in the list are not passive — don't select them unless the task asks for correct sentences of any kind.
Watch out for
- Missing been: The hall hasn't decorated ✕ → hasn't been decorated.
- -ing instead of V3: are still making by… ✕ → are still being made.
- Wrong agreement: The letters was sent ✕.
Example
Preparations are still making by the picnickers.
Wrong — the passive continuous is are still being made.