Самостійна робота "Passive Voice".

Test

Variant 1

1.                Are these sentences true or false?

1.               Radium was discovered by Marie Curie.
2.               Lots of wine is produce in California.
3.               Buildings designed by architects.
4.               Sand is used to make glass.
5.               The Olympics were hold in Beijing in 2008.
6.               Usain Bolt was won a gold medal.
7.               The light bulb was invent in the 19th century.
8.               Nowadays lots of things are recycled.

2.            Choose one of the answers for each question.

1. The necklace ________ by the thieves.

steals  stolen  is stole  was stolen

2. This room ________ every morning.

cleans  is clean  is cleaned  cleaned

3. The letter ________ tomorrow morning.

delivers  delivered  will be delivered  will delivered

4. Lots of ice cream is ________ in the summer.

ate  eat  eaten  eating

5. The snow ________ later.

cleaned  are cleaned  will clean  will be cleaned

6. Bridges ________ by engineers.

are designed  is designed  design  designed

7. Most roads ________ because of the snow.

are closed  close  closed  closing

8. Chocolate ________ from beans.

Made  is made  makes  is make

9. Macbeth ________ by Shakespeare.

Wrote  written  was wrote  was written

III. Open the brackets using Present, Past or Future Simple Passive

1.               My question __________________ (to answer) yesterday.
2.               Hockey __________________ (to play) in winter.
3.               Mushrooms __________________ (to gather) in autumn.
4.               Many houses __________________ (to burn) during the Great Fire of London.
5.               His new book __________________ (to finish) next year.
6.               Flowers __________________ (to sell) in shops and in the streets.
7.               This town  __________________ (to found) in 1703.
8.               Bread __________________ (to eat) every day.
9.               The letter __________________ (to receive) yesterday.
10.          Nick __________________ (to send) to Rivne next week.
11.          I __________________ (to ask) at the lesson yesterday.

IV. Complete each sentence ‘b’ so that it means the same as sentence ‘a’. Use no more than three words.

e.g. 1. a John took Cindy to the cinema.

b Cindy..was taken.to the cinema.

2 a The cat ate the cheese.

b The cheese...........the cat.

3 a The shop was opened by the Queen.

b .................the shop.

4 a Somebody called the police.

b The police............... 

5.      a Was it written by him?

b .....................it?

6.      a This computer does not accept my password,

b My password............. 

V. Choose the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in brackets to complete the sentences.

1.   This city_________________ (is visited / visited) by many tourists.
2.   Who _________________ (protects/is protected) animals?
3.   This holiday ______________ (celebrated /is celebrated) at the end of the summer.
4.   My friends ____________ (like / are liked) this place in the city center very much.
5.   Our holiday ________________ (is begun/begins) next week.
6.   Pupils _________________ (are given /give) textbooks by the teacher
7.   Our house _________________ (made/is made) of wood.
8.   Who _________________ (gives/is given) bad marks in your class?
9.   What books by Conan Doyle______________ (translated / are translated) into Ukrainian?