Тест "Passive voice"

1) Fill in the PASSIVE in the appropriate tense:

1. (TV / invent / Baird)                                  …….. TV was invented by Baird. ……………..
2. (Pyramids / build / Egyptians)                   ………………………………………………….
3. (milk / produce / cows)                              ………………………………………………….
4. (coffee / grow / in Brazil)                           …………………………………………………
5. (chopsticks / use / in China)                       …………………………………………………
6. (plants / water / every day)                          ………………………………………………..
7. (the thief / arrest / policeman / yesterday)   ………………………………………………..
8. (the injured man / take to a hospital / now) ………………………………………………..
9. (the car / repair / tomorrow)                        …………………………………………………
10. (the letter / send / last week)                       …………………………………………………

2) Put the verbs in brackets into PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE:

     There is a chimpanzee which ….. is called …… (call) “Bubbles”. It ………………….. (own) 

by Michael Johnson. It …………………………. (keep) in his home. It …………………. .(feed)

every day by Michael Johnson himself. It …………………………………….. (always / dress) in

funny clothes. It ………………………………. (said) that “Bubbles” is Michael Johnson’s only

friend.

3) Look at the Hotel Information table and write sentences as in the example:

1. Breakfast / serve – where and when?

          Breakfast is served in Pierrot’s Restaurant between 7 and 9:30 am.

2. Dinner / serve – where and when?
3. Newspapers / sell – where?
4. Telephone calls / can make – where?
5. Rooms / clean – who by and how often?
6. Hot water / supply – when?
7. Films / show – where and when?

4) Put the verbs in brackets into PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE:

     Two men ….. were seen ……. (see) breaking into a house in my street last night. The police …………………………. (call) and they arrived very quickly. One man ……………………….

(catch) immediately. The other escaped, but he ……………………………. (find) very soon. Both men ………………………………… (take) to the police station where they …………….

………………………. (question) separately by a police officer. The two men ………………..

………………………. (charge) with burglary.

5) Turn from ACTIVE into PASSIVE:

1. The gardener has planted some trees.  

      …. Some trees have been planted by the gardener..

2. Doctor Brown will give you some advice.
3. A famous designer will redecorate the hotel.
4. Steven Spielberg directed “E.T.”
5. Someone has broken the crystal vase.
6. His parents have brought him up to be polite.
7. Fleming discovered penicillin.
8. They will advertise the product on television.
9. Someone is remaking that film.
10. Picasso painted that picture.

6)  Using the PASSIVE, ask questions to which the bold type words are answers:

     1.  Columbus discovered America.           …….. Who was America discovered by………… ?

     2.  We keep money in a safe.                     …………………………………………………… ?

     3.  A bee stung him.                                    ……………………………………………………?

     4.  They speak Italian in Italy.                   …………………………………………………… ?

     5.  They have taken his aunt to hospital.    ……………………………………………………?

     6.  The boys damaged the television.          ………………………………………………….. ?

     7.   Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.          ………………………………………………….. ?

     8.   He invited 30 people to his party.         ………………………………………………….. ?

     9.   They grow bananas in Africa.              …………………………………………………..

7)  Rewrite the following passage in the PASSIVE:

     Some people saw a UFO in the sky above London last night. They reported it to the police. The army sent a helicopter to look at it more closely. The UFO shot the helicopter down and killed both men in it. People have given photographs of the UFO to the police. Experts are looking for them now.