DESARROLLO GRAFICO DE ARQUITECTURA

ENGLISH LEVEL V
9/ PASSIVE VOICE QUIZ

Name: Leonardo Parra Date: 6/9/2020

1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Present Simple.
a. English SPOKEN (speak) in many countries.
b. The post DELIVER (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.
c. My salary IT IS PAID (pay) every month.
d. These cars NO MADE (not make) in Japan.
e. The name of the people who committed the crime THEY DO NOT KNOW (not know).
f. His travel expenses ARE NOT PAID (not pay) by his company.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Past Simple.
a. My car IT WAS UNDER REPAIR (repair) last week.
b. This song IT WAS NOT WRITTEN (not write) by John Lennon.
c. The film MADE (make) ten years ago.
d. The car IT WAS NOT DAMAGED (not damaged) in the accident.
e. The original building IT FELL (pull) down in 1965.
f. Where WAS THE POT (this pot/make)?
g. When THIS BRIDGE WAS UNDER CONTRUCCION (this bridge/build)?
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Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

a. Someone built this house 200 years ago.
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT TWO DECADES AGO
b. A thief stole my purse.

SOMEONE STOLE MY BAG

c. The police arrest the robbers.

THE SUSPECT WERE ARRESTED BY THE POLICE

d. They produced cars in this factory.

PEOPLE PRODUCED CARS IN THE FACTORY

e. They serve breakfast at eight o’clock every day.

PEOPLE SERVE BREAKFAST AT EIGTH ON THE POINT EVERY DAY

f. People throw away tones of rubbish every day.

CITIZENS THROW AWAY TONS OF GARBAGE EVERY DAY

g. They make coffee in Brazil.

PEOPLE MAKE COFFE IN BRAZIL

h. Someone stole Jim’s bike last night.

A THIEF STOLE JIM’S BIKE LAST NIGHT