1.

Complete with the PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE:

a) Those books
b) The exams

(correct) in the teacher's room.

c) That car
d) I

(use) by our intermediate students.

(drive) by a professional driver.

(give) a wonderful present for my birthday

every year.
e) These apples

(grow) by my grandfather.

f) A lot of water

(drink) during the race.

g) Chinese

(learn) in that school.

2. Complete with the PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE:

a) We

(send) a strange email yesterday.

b) Alice

(give) a scholarship last year.

c) Those delicious chocolate muffins

grandmother.

(cook) by my

d) They

(tell) to stay in their houses during the

storm.
e) The apple pie

(eat) by the children.

f) The most expensive jacket

(buy) by my best

friend.
g) The window

(break) by a couple of boys who

were playing football.

Marie bakes some cookies.
2. Joseph tells nice jokes.
3. She dances salsa.
4. They study languages.
5. It cleans cars.

A) Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice? 10 points.

1) Steven likes to play baseball.
Active voice

Passive voice

2) Bingo is played in Britain.

Active voice

Passive voice

3) Lots of houses were destroyed.

Active voice

Passive voice

4) French is spoken in Nigeria.

Active voice

Passive voice

5) The bus driver was hurt.

Active voice

Passive voice

B) Rewrite the sentences in Active voice. 10 points.

Example: Letters were written by the students.
The students wrote letters.
1) The club was founded by Ron and Peggy.

2) The computer is used by Patrick.

3) Coffee is sold by Marie.

4) This book was written by an Irishman.

5) Football is played by the children.

C) Rewrite the sentences in Passive voice. 10 points.

Example: The students wrote letters.
Letters were written by the students.
1) Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans.

2) The electricians test the fire alarm.

3) The girls can play handball.

4) Our dog did not bite the cat.

5) My friend bought a new car.

D) Make correct passive forms. Mind the tenses in brackets. 10 points

Example: the car - to produce (Simple Present)
the car is produced
1) songs - to sing (Simple Past)

2) films - to watch (Simple Present)

3) a prize - to win (Simple Past)

4) English - to speak (Simple Present)

5) volleyball - to play (Simple Past)

Put the verbs into the correct form, present

or past. Please, try to use full form:
1. While I was travelling around the country my
camera
(steal)from my hotel room.

2. The policemen

3. The road

(call) by our friends.

(use) very often.

4. Originaly the book

years ago it

5. The islands

6. Telephone

7. About this event

(write) in Spanish, and a few

(translate)into English.

(wash) by the Atlantic ocean.

(invent) in the ninteenth century.

(speak much) now.

8. We

9. Our project

10.Three boys
lesson.

(not allow) to make personal calls at work.

(make) a week ago.

(inform) about test results last