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passives: revision test
Q Circle the correct passive or active verb form.
► This book written/was written by my uncle.
1 Derek posted / was posted his letter to the university today.
2 We did a lot of work for the school, but we didn't pay / weren't paid.
3 My friend Douglas speaks / is spoken seven languages.
4 The letter H doesn't pronounce / isn't pronounced in French.
5 A new hospital will build / will be built in the town centre.
6 You can't come in here - the room is cleaning / is being cleaned.
7 We have invited / have been invited to John's party tonight.
8 This sauce makes/is made with oil and vinegar.
9 French speaks/is spoken in Belgium.
10 John broke/is broken his leg last week.
Q Correct (/) or not (X)?
► English is spoken in New Zealand. . . 5 Our car has been stolen........
► I am born in Manchester. 6 When is that window broken?......
1 I was studied German for three years.... 7 This book was written from my father.......
2 Emma invited to a party by her boss.... 8 I was taken to the opera by a friend of mine.
3 How is written your name?...... 9 The new road will finished in July........
4 'Where's your coat?' 'It's being cleaned.' 10 Our house was built in 1850........
^ Put in the correct passive tenses.
► 'The Birds' by Alfred Hitchcock. (direct)
► You . J?.e. next week, {pay)
1 'Is the library still downstairs?''No, it ’{move)
2 A new hospital...............................................here next April, (open)
3 Somebody has been in my handbag. Some money.............................................(take)
4 'Where's your black sweater?''It '(wash)
5 You.............................................. your examination results before the weekend, (tell)
6 'My car ' 'Well, tell the police.'(steal)
1 This phone.............................................. in China, (make)
8 Spanish............................................. in most of South America, (speak)
9 The windows...............................................nearly every week, (clean)
10 I .............................................. to help you. What can I do? (ask)
11 There was a fight at the football match on Saturday, and one man...............................................(kill)
12 Do you think all translation...............................................by computers one day? (do)
13 'When.............................................. the match ?' 'Tomorrow.' (play)
14 Three computers.............................................. from the school since Christmas, (steal)
15 The factory closed suddenly last week, and all the workers.............................................away, (send)
16 This kind of cheese.............................................from goats' milk, (make)
17 Alice........................................... by a car the other day, and her leg............................................ (hit; break)
18 Your letter...............................................now - it will be ready in five minutes. (translate)
19 It says in today's paper that gold.............................................. in Scotland, (find)
20 'Have you done those letters?' 'Not yet. They...............................................by five o'clock.' (finish)
102 PASSIVES In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full
forms (for example / am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.
