Grammar Quiz | Group A

UNIT 10 LESSON 10A

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

1 Complete the sentences with the correct

passive form of the verb in brackets.
0 The news on BBC 1 is read (read) by Fiona
Bruce every evening.
1 Last week, twenty members of a criminal gang
_________________ (arrest) by the police. The
next day they _________________ (question)
about a number of recent crimes in the area.
2 A report on Britain’s crime _________________
(publish) by the government. It shows that the
law _________________ (break) every five
seconds in the UK.
3 The Glasgow School of Art
_________________ (damage) by fire in 2014.
This year it _________________ (destroy) once
again by another fire.
4 Millions of wallets and mobile phones
_________________ (steal) by pickpockets
every year but many of these crimes
_________________ (not / report) to the police.
5 John Lennon _________________ (kill) on
December 8th 1980 by Mark David Chapman.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct

active or passive form of the verb from the
box.

ask invent happen write lock injure

employ

0 The police asked the man where he was at

10:00 p.m. the previous evening.
1 J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter,
_________________ four detective novels using
the name Robert Galbraith.
2 Guns and gunpowder _________________ by
the Chinese in the 10th century.
3 Police forces in America _________________
around 1.1 million people to help fight crime.
4 The bank robbery _________________
at 6:00 a.m. this morning.
5 The guard _________________ in the bathroom
for twelve hours before his rescue.
6 A young man _________________ when a bus
hit him last night on his way home from work.
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