EXAM OF PASSIVE VOICE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

1. Complete with the verbs in the present passive.

Collect control give locate not import not make
1. People who arrive on foot or by bicycle ____________ a discount on the entry price.
2. The domes ___________ of glass, but of a special type of plastic.
3. The Eden Project _____________ in the southwest of England.
4. Rainwater ____________ to water the plants.
5. Temperatures inside the domes ___________ by a computer.
6. The food in the restaurants is grown locally, it _____________.

2. Complete with the past passive.

1. It _____________ (design) by Heitor da Silva Costa.
2. It ___________ (not discover) until 1812, when a Swiss explorer found it.
3. It ______________ (build) between 1922 and 1931.
4. The buildings ____________ (cut) into the mountains.
5. Different parts ______________ (construct) between the sixty century BC and the sixteenth
century AD.
6. Individual sections _____________ (not connect) until the Qin Dynasty in 221-206 BC.

3. Active or passive? Write the correct option.

A. Machu Picchu built / was built by Emperor Pachacutec in about 1450.
B. It didn’t rediscover / wasn’t rediscovered until 1911.
C. He took some things back to USA, where they kept / are kept in a museum.
D. Today, hundreds of thousands of people visit / are visited the ruins each year.
E. Hirram Bingham, an American historian, found / was found it.
F. The people abandoned / were abandoned it later because of disease.

4. Write the verbs in the present or past. Choose active or passive.

The Taj Mahal ___________ (build) for Emperor Shah Jahan to honour the memory of his favourite
wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She _______ (die) young at the age of 38, and the sad emperor _________
(start) the project the next year, in 1632.

Over 22,000 workers and 1,000 elephants ____________ (involve) in the const5ruction of the
building, which ______________ (complete) in about 1648. Later, people say that the emperor
__________ (put) in prison, and he could only see it from the window of his prison cell.

The Taj Mahal ____________ (make) out of white marble, and it __________ (set) in an enormous
garden. People __________ (come) from all over the world to see it, and the guides always
________ (tell) them the tragic story of the emperor and Mumtaz Mahal.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronoun and say if they are defining
or non-defining. (WHO, WHERE, WHICH, WHOSE, THAT)
1. I visited a square __________ there was a bear made of wood.
2. Yesterday I met a person ________ has a very long hair.
3. The house, ________ I have already sold, is full of ghosts.
4. Sarah, _______ daughter is called Silvia, was my classmate at school.
5. My brother adopted a dog _________ was supposed to be a Chihuahua.
6. The place ________ my parents used to live is near the sea.
 6.Write the sentences in the present passive.
Make mine not eat not find not grow speak
1. Spanish / by nearly 40 million people:
2. Oranges / cold countries:
3. Tennis balls / of rubber:
4. Gold / in Australia:
5. Polar bears / in the Antarctic:
6. Beef / by most Hindus:

7. Put these sentences into passive or active voice:

1. Don Quixote was written by Miguel de Cervantes
2. The Egyptians built the Pyramids of Giza
3. Pablo Picasso painted Guernica
4. Happy is sung by Pharrell Williams
5. The Chinese invented the paper
6. Mireia Belmonte won two Olympic gold medals in 2012

8.Are these questions active (A) or passive (P)?

1. Is the Loch Ness Monster seen very often by tourists?
2. Was the first helicopter invented by the Egyptians?
3. Where do people find Yeti footprints?
4. When was Tutankhamun’s tomb discovered by Howard Carter?
5. What do scientists use the Allen Telescope Array for?
6. What animals did a meteorite kill about 65 million years ago?

9.Make the questions in exercise 8 passive or active.

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10. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
1. Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty.
The __________________________________________.
2. Thousands of people visit Machu Picchu every year.
Machu Picchu ____________________________________.
3. Somebody stole my mobile phone on the underground last night.
My _________________________________________________.
4. Did Christopher Columbus discover America?
Was _____________________________________________?
5. Queen Elizabeth II rules Britain.
Britain _____________________.
6. When did Europeans discover Easter Island?
When was ______________________________?