Crossword puzzle : Complex passive forms in English

Think you’ve mastered the passive voice? This crossword will put your knowledge to the test with some of its most sophisticated forms — perfect infinitive passives, passive reporting structures, causative constructions and more. Designed for C1 learners, it challenges you to move beyond the basics and demonstrate genuine command of advanced English grammar.

Horizontalement

1. 2. grammatical category of voice in verbs
2. 7. Belonging to them
3. 10. To record a message
4. 10. To go away from
5. 12. Was not in short form
6. 15. passive form with no personal subject
7. 16. to reverse subject and object roles
8. 17. group of words with subject and verb
9. 18. to shorten a passive relative clause

Verticalement

1. 1. To a certain or fairly significant extent
2. 3. Continuing until now
3. 4. doer of action in passive sentence
4. 5. using multiple words instead of one verb form
5. 6. verb form used in passive voice
6. 8. base verb form used after passive modals
7. 9. element completing a passive verb phrase
8. 11. verbal adjective expressing necessity passively
9. 13. word indicating passive construction
10. 14. group of words forming a unit