Тестові завдання "Present&Past Simple Passive" 9 клас

FORM 9. PRESENT & PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE.      V-1

1.                 Open the brackets in the Present or Past Passive:

1.                Pigs ____ (use) to find truffles.
2.                This old theatre _______(reconstruct) by the council last year.
3.                When _____ the first laptop computer (invent)?
4.                ____ English (speak) by  all the local people in Hawaii?

II. Read the text and underline the correct alternatives.

The Eaton Hotel (1) located/is located in the very centre of London, near Victoria Station. It (2) built/ was built in 1980, just before I (3) visited/was visited England for the second time. At first, the hotel had only five single rooms but later, in 1983, it (4) changed/was changed by its owners into a bigger bed and breakfast place. It is now a very modern and comfortable hotel. Breakfast (5) serves/is served between 7 and 9 o’clock and the food is always very tasty. The rooms (6) clean/are cleaned every day. Apart from the excellent food and comfortable rooms, early in the morning or late at night visitors (7) are met/were met at the airport by one of the hotel staff and then they (8) take/are taken directly to the hotel.

III. Change Active into Passive. Begin with the underlined words.

1) Thomas Edison demonstrated the first electric light in 1879.

2) Edgar Allan Poe first wrote detective stories as a genre of fiction.

3) The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the people of America as a present.

4) In 1941 science fiction writer Isaac Asimov first used the word ‘robotics’ to describe the technology of robots.

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FORM 9. PRESENT & PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE.      V-2

I. Open the brackets in the Present or Past Passive:

1.                Jack and Susan_____(ask) by the police about the bank robbery yesterday.
2.                Portuguese_______ (speak) in some countries of Latin America.
3.                ____ the driver (arrest) by the police after the accident?
4.                Where _____  these tasty sweets (make)?

II. Read the text and underline the correct alternatives.

Prima Pasta restaurant (1) is located/ located in Little Italy in New York. At first, the restaurant (2) served/was served only four different kinds of pasta but later, in 1995, it (3) changed/was changed by its owners into a very big pasta and pizza place. Now, apart from a variety of pasta it (4) offers/is offered twelve kinds of pizza and many other Italian dishes. The food (5) always serves/is always served hot and tasty and customers (6) never wait/are never waited longer than fifteen minutes for their dishes. But when I  was at Prima Pasta for the second time, our meal (7) brought/was brought after twenty minutes. The waitress was very sorry for the delay and we (8) gave/were given our pizzas completely free of charge.

III. Change Active into Passive. Begin with the underlined words.

1.                The English scientist James Gregory invented a reflecting telescope in 1663.
2.                William Lear equipped cars with the first practical automobile radio.
3.                The Irish immigrant Henry Ford founded the giant Ford Motor Company in 1903 in the USA.
4.                Leonardo da Vinci designed a prototype of modern-day helicopter in Italy long time ago.