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TEST PAPER
9TH GRADE
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense: (30p)
The Golden Globe Awards 1)....................................(first/organise) in 1944 in Los Angeles. Since
then, they 2)...................................(hold) every year. The awards show is an important Hollywood
event. Every year, millions of viewers around the world tune in to see who 3).............................(give)
a prize for their talents. Famous directors, writers and actors arrive on the red carpet and enjoy
4)..............................................(admire) by photographs and fans.
Awards that 5)................................(present) on the night are the best motion picture, best actor and
more. Five nominations 6)..................................(can/make) for each award from which one winner
7)........................................(choose). The awards 8).....................................(sometimes/hand out) to
the winners by the son or daughter of a famous celebrity. Last year, Lorraine Nicholson, daughter of
Jack Nicholson, 9)......................................(ask) to help out in the show.
The Golden Globe Awards 10)...................................(consider) to be one of the highest honours
anyone in the television or film industry can receive.
II. Write the following sentences in the passive: (30p)
1. Steven Spielberg has directed a lot of successful films.
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2. They saw two men running out of the bank.
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3. A number of reporters will meet the professor at the airport.
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4. The Romans founded Bath in the first century AD.
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5. They should build more bike lanes.
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III. Rewrite the following passage in the passive: (30p)
Our apartment block is starting a new scheme. We will collect all the old newspapers and tin cans.
We will put them in two special containers. When they are full, the council will collect them. They
will take them to a factory. The factory will recycle the newspapers and cans into something new.
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