Good and Taboo- Passive Voice Questions

Good and taboo passive voice questions

Choose a good question/ suitable question/ easy to answer question/ normal question from the list below and ask it to your partner. Before answering, your partner should try to find a question that is more normal/ suitable/ easy to answer, and ask that to you. Discuss which of the two questions is more normal/ suitable/ easy to answer, then only the person who was asked that question has to answer.

Continue doing the same, taking turns to choose first, until your run out of good questions or until your teacher stops you.

Ask about any questions which you don’t understand, you can’t answer, are not sure about how good or bad they are, etc.  

Fill the gaps below with the right tense in passive voice:

How ______________________________________ (your name spell) in English?

What’s your favourite film? When __________________________________ (it make)?

_________________________________________________________ (you ever rob)?

Will __________________________ (your homework answers accept) by the teacher?

Do you prefer ___________________________ (call) by your first name or last name?

Check below. Other tenses may be possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

Play the same game with your own ideas for passive voice questions. You can look at the list of questions to help, but you can’t use exactly the same questions as are there.

• Are you paid well?
• Do you prefer to be called by your first name or last name?
• Has your bicycle ever been stolen?
• Has your heart/ nose/ leg/ … ever been broken?
• Has your flight ever been cancelled?
• Have you ever been arrested?
• Have you ever been asked to do something illegal?
• Have you ever been bullied?/ Were you teased by other kids at school?
• Have you ever been phoned by a scammer/ a fraudster?
• Have you ever been robbed/ mugged/ burgled?
• Have your photos been liked much on social media?
• How are birthdays/ anniversaries/… celebrated in your country?
• How is New Year/ Mother’s Day/… celebrated in your country?
• How is my name written in your language?
• How is your name spelt (in English)?
• How many cards/ How much chocolate were you given on Valentine’s Day?
• How many times have you been dumped (by your boyfriends/ your girlfriends)?
• How much alcohol is drunk by your family?
• How much pocket money were you given?
• How often are you annoyed by your boss?
• How often are you bored by these English lessons/ this teacher?
• Is Halloween/ Xmas/ Easter/… celebrated in your country?
• Is that your rubbish/ paper/ chewing gum/… which has been left under the desk?
• Is your hair cut by a family member?
• Is your house cleaned for you (or do you do it yourself)?
• My dream is to be driven about in a limousine. How about you?
• That sweater looks warm. What is it made of?
• That’s a nice watch/ ring/ necklace/…. Was it given to you, or did you buy it yourself?
• That’s an interesting perfume. Who was it made by?
• Was anything of yours damaged in the last earthquake/ typhoon/…?
• Was that sweater bought for you by your mum?
• Were you brought up well?/ Were you raised well?/ Were you hit by your parents?
• Were you made to housework when you were a child? Were you paid for it?
• Were you made to learn the piano/ ballet/…?
• Were you often hugged by your parents?
• Were you sent to a private school/ a boarding school/ cram school/…?
• What is this called in your language?
• What were you given on your last birthday?
• What’s your favourite film? When was it made?
• What’s your favourite TV series? When is it broadcast?/ When was it broadcast?
• When was that coat/ sweater/ jacket last dry-cleaned?
• When was your home built?
• When were you last kissed?
• Who was your favourite book written by/ movie directed by/ picture painted by?
• Who was your lunch made by?
• Will your homework answers be accepted by the teacher, do you think?