COLEGIO PARTICULAR GERÓNIMO RENDIC 9th GRADE

LA SERENA High school

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

ENGLISH FORMATIVE TEST – Unit 6

NAME: GRADE: DATE:
CONTENTS: Grammatical structure: Passive voice in Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple.

1. Active or Passive? Write A or P

a) ____ Paper is often recycled.

b) ____ Cola is drunk everywhere.

c) ____ Some people drink cola every day.

d) ____Arabic is spoken in many countries.

e) ____ Online dictionaries are forbidden in the test.

f) ____ Everyone studies maths.

g) ____ My mobile phone was stolen by that man.

h) ____ We use computers at school.

2. – Look at the active sentence (A). Then complete the passive sentence (B).

a) A: Farmers in Asia grow a lot of rice.

B: ________________ is ________________ in Asia.

b) A: Shops sell suncream in the summer.

B: ________________ is ________________ in the summer.

c) A: We use hot water to make tea.

B: ________________ is ________________ to make tea.

d) A: Nurses look after sick people in hospital.

B: ________________ are ________________ after in hospital.

e) A: Teachers teach science in most schools.

B: ________________ is ________________ in most schools.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.

a) English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.

b) The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.

c) ______________________________ (the building/use) anymore?

d) How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games (hold)?

e) How _______________________ (your name/spell)?

f) My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.

g) These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.

h) The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________ (not know).

i) His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.

4. Circle the correct option.

a) That programme was / were watched by millions of people.

b) Some books was / were left in the room.

c) Why was / were you upset at school?

d) When was / were your room last painted?

e) Was / were your phone made in China?

f) Who was / were your computed used by?

g) The questions was / were written in French.

h) Who was / were woken up by the storm last night?

5. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.

a) My car ______________________ (repair) last week.

b) This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.

c) ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?

d) The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.

e) When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?

f) The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.

g) The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.

h) Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?

i) When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?

6. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

FIAT _________________ (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat,
_________________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars _____________________ (exported/were
exported) by the company to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat _________________ (started/was started)
making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars
____________________ (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car
____________________ (called/was called) the Topolino – the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and
in 1963 Fiat _____________________ (exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in
Turin, and its cars _________________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.
7. You are asking a friend about a party that happened yesterday. Write passive questions.

a) How many people / invite __________________________________________________________________?

b) Where / the cars / park __________________________________________________________________?

c) All the food / eat __________________________________________________________________. ?

d) What sort of music / play __________________________________________________________________?

e) anything / broken __________________________________________________________________ ?

8. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets.
a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
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b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by Thomas Edison)
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c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
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d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
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e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
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9. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

a) They are building a new bridge.

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b) Brian Brody directs The Ultimate Space Adventure.

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c) Pierre Matie designs her costume.

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d) Someone found my wallet.

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e) One of the students broke the window.

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f) They are delivering my computer today.

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g) Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
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h) British astronomers discovered a new planet.

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10. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple Passive.

Two men _________________________ (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.

11. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the school. Some children saw the thief. The police are searching for the bus
now. They will use the children’s descriptions to catch the thief.
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