Everybody knows that leather jacket and shoes _______________________ (make) from

animal skins, but did you know that, even nowadays, animal products
_______________________ (use) to make other kinds of clothing? For example, since the
beginning of the twentieth century, animal fat _______________________ (add) to cotton
clothes because it _______________________ (make) them soft. There are people who
_______________________ (not eat) animal products or even use them, they are vegans.
A 1997 survey _______________________ (report) that there were over 600,000 vegans in
the USA. Despite the fact that so many people are vegans these days, vegan clothes
_______________________ (not sell) in many shops. However, in 1998, a company called
Vegan Essentials _______________________ (set) up by Courtney and Sue Emster. Since
then, the company _______________________ (grow) and seven people now
_______________________ (work) there, all of whom are vegans. Recently, many new
items _______________________ (add) to the companys range: not only clothes but also
make up, washing-up liquid and in the future even accessories for pets
_______________________ (be) on sale.
1. Open the brackets using the correct forms of the Active/Passive Voice.
Last Friday, in Denmark, 24 people _______________________ (leave) hanging upside
down when a roller coaster car _______________________ (make) an unscheduled stop.
The passengers _______________________ (trap) 60ft. in the air for 20 minutes until
firemen _______________________
(arrive) with ladders. A spokesperson for the
fairground _______________________ (say) the riders _______________________ (firmly/lock)
in and they _______________________ (not be) in danger. They _______________________
(give) their money back in a couple of days, the spokesperson said.
A driver (send) to jail for 90 days for driving with excess alcohol. Graham Smith, 29, of
North Street, Barton, (stop) by police officers near his home last November and (find)
to (drink) almost twice the legal limit for drivers, Didcot magistrates (hear) on
Thursday. Twelve months earlier Smith (disqualify) from driving for three years for
drink-driving. He (ban) for twelve months in 1986 for a similar offence. Mr Peter Jones,
defending, (say) Smith (use) the car to visit a sick friend. He (say) Smith (depress)
after the visit, and (go) to a pub and (drink) five or six pints before driving home. He
(catch) by police during a routine speed check in Wantage Road, Barton.
2. Complete the text with expressions from the box.
had been given, had been told, had never been taught, was given ( twice), was
offered, was promised, was sent, was shown, wasnt being paid
Ill never forget my first day at that office. I (1) to arrive 8.30, but when I got there
the whole place seemed to be empty. I didnt know what to do, because I (2) no
information about the building or where I was going to work, so I just waited around
until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I (3) a dirty little office on the
fifth floor, where I (4) a desk in a corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I (5)
some letters to type on a computer by one of the senior secretaries. This wasnt very
successful, because I (6) how to use a computer. (In the letter I (7) when I (8)
the job, I (9) computer training, but theyd obviously forgotten about this.) By
lunchtime things hadnt got any better, and I decided that I (10) enough to put up
with this nonsense, so I walked out and didnt go back.
First look in your dictionary to find out whether these verbs are transitive or
intransitive. Then complete these sentences with appropriate passive (if
possible) or active forms of the verbs).
arrive, destroy, deteriorate, develop, follow, exist, happen, need, prevent,

recede, release, wear

Numerous works of art _______________________ (destroy) in an earthquake last
weekend. 2. By the time Carol we had finished eating and were ready to go. 3. No
record of the visit he claimed to have made to Paris in 1941. 4. Because my visa
had expired I from re-entering the country. 5. It is generally agreed that new
industries for the southern part of the country. 6. If Nick hadnt come along, I dont
know what would . 7. The economic situation in the region quite sharply over the
last year. 8. The coastline into the distance as our ship sailed further away. 9. Its
incredible to think that these clothes by Queen Victoria. 10. A new drug to
combat asthma in small children. 11. When Kathy left the room, everyone . 12. A
number of political prisoners within the next few days.
is deemed, could soon be fitted, were charged, has been held, has finally been
elected, is expected, being caused, to be printed, is auctioned, being considered
1. High-tech leg-irons on violent suspects arrested by the police, under plans by
chief constables. 2. Last week, police in Scotland called for the introduction of legrestraints following concerns about the number of injuries during struggles in the
back of police cars and vans. 3. Four people last night with public disorder offences
after officers mounted dawn raids on suspected football hooligans. 4. Hugh Hefner,
founder of Playboy, to the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. 5. A
first-edition copy of Chaucers Canterbury Tales, the first book in England, to
raise at least 500,000 when it in July. 6. A British woman released early from an
attempted murder sentence in the United States a charge which she has always
denied in prison because she an illegal immigrant.
3. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passages with one
suitable word.
Twenty-four hours after arriving in the country, I (1) told to leave. The security
police, the countrys largest employer, came to my hotel, politely asked me what I
thought of the city and then recommended that I leave on the morning plane. I asked
them why I was (2) expelled and they said it was not a question of my being (3)
out, they were simply recommending that I leave. I refused and the problems started.
My passport and plane ticket (4) stolen from my room after my key disappeared.
The police shrugged their shoulders and decided not to interview the leather-jacketed
youth who I (5) been pressed up against in the lift. For three days I was (6) by
two not very secret policemen everywhere I went. I visited a fellow-journalist whose
address I had (7) given. He lived in a beautiful old house which would (8)
demolished the following year by the Government to make way for a block of modern
flats. Everybody would be (9) in it as soon as it was ready but where they would live
in the meantime had not been (10) out. Massive taxation was (11) imposed on
the people to pay for these supposed improvements. I went back to the hotel, still
(12) followed by the two policemen, and felt very depressed.
It was last May, while we were taking our annual late spring break on Lindos that we
(1) our house broken into. All our TV and video equipment (2) stolen, but what was
worse was when we discovered that the final draft of my husbands latest novel (3)
(4) torn into pieces and the disks he (5) (6) writing it on (7) disappeared. Of
course, you hear about people who (8) (9) their properties vandalized and others
whose most prized possessions (10) (11) taken, but its a terrible shock when it
happens to you, when you know that your home (12) (13) invaded, and that you
(14) (15) your most intimate belongings handled and examined by strangers.

SAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

I2
NAME:

DATE:

-WRITTEN QUIZTEACHER:

1) COMPLETE THE TXT WITH THE APPROPRIATE FORMS OF THE VERBS. USE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
VOICE
Nowadays, mobile phones (use) by people all over the world. They
are popular because they (can / take) anywhere. Billions of phones
(sell) in the past few years. But do you know how and when the
phone was invented? The first telephone (develop) in Boston USA by
Alexander Graham Bell. Bells mother was deaf, so he (be)
interested in speech and sound. The idea for the phone (come) to
him quite suddenly while he (stay) with his parents in 1874. He
(tell) his father about it, and they discussed the possibilities
together. Bells idea (test) by using a wire set up between two
rooms. The invention worked but Bell still wasnt sure whether messages
(could/ send) over long distances. He neednt have worried. In 1876,
the very first distance phone call (make). Today, scientists are
worried that peoples health (may / damage) if they use the phones
too often but we cannot know for sure because tests (still / carry
out).
2) REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING: SO THAT; SUCH THAT; ENOUGH; EITHER OR; NEITHER
NOR; TOO; HAVE/GET STH. DONE
a- The test was very difficult. I couldnt do it.
.
b- I had a high fever last Monday. I had to go to the doctor.
.
c- My sister cut my hair last weekend.
.
d- Peter couldnt turn off the lights. The switch is high.
.
e- The girl had an accident. She is my cousin.
.
f- Mr. Brown took Alans photo yesterday.
.
g- Our house is very small. We cant have the party here.
.
h- My friends are lazy. They dont want to study or work.
.
i- It is late to organize a retirement party for Susan. We dont have time.
.
j- I dont know whether the film was directed by Barbara Streisand or Sandra
Bullock.
.
k- The weather was lovely. We didnt need to wear our sweaters.
.

l- Marys neighbours watered her plants when she was away.

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE??

Lord Bryant was a rich and famous banker. When he

(die) last month he (give) a magnificent funeral
which (attend) by hundreds of famous people. The
funeral was going to (hold) in Westminster Abbey and
many ordinary people (watch) the procession. The
wonderful carriage (pull) by six black horses. Lord
Bryant
(give)
a
royal
farewell,
everybody
(watch) the procession with amazement.

Mermaids (see) by sailors for centuries. Mermaids

(suppose) to be a species of creatures called
Manatee. Mermaids used to (show) in circuses until
recently. It all began in 1817 when a mermaid (buy)
by a sailor in the South Pacific. He (exhibit) the
mermaid and (make) lots of money. The people
who
(see)
this
mermaid
(must be) disappointed because it wasnt really a
mermaid, it (make) by a Japanese fisherman!! But it
(be) such a good job that some people really believed
they were seeing a mermaid.

FUTURE
Claire: I havent had time to go shopping today.
Rob: Dont worry. I _____________________ (go) to the supermarket tomorrow
morning. I _____________________ (not go) to work as the office is being
Claire: repainted.
Rob: Lucky you!! What _____________________ (do, you) all day?
I dont know yet. I __________ probably _____________________ (work) a bit at
Claire: home and in the afternoon Ill meet Frank.
_________________________ (cook, you) dinner by the time you leave? You
know, Ill be at the studio all day and I think I _____________________ (not
Rob: have) time to eat anything.
Im afraid I _____________________ (not have) time to cook a big meal.
Claire: _____________________ (go out, you) this evening?
No. I ____________________ (have) a bath and read my book in bed. I
_____________ probably ____________________ (finish) it by the time you get
home.