Unit 9 A NAME _________________________

CLASS _________________________
GRAMMAR TEST DATE _________________________

1 Some of these sentences are passive. Tick (✓) the 4 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
passive sentences and name the passive tense.
1 The painting didn’t been stolen from
1 The statue was discovered by some children. the museum.
2 Where is Cheddar cheese made? 2 Lemons not are grow in the UK.
3 The police found the stolen money by the river. 3 Only a few of the books are sold.
4 The chef grated the cheese and added it to 4 Lots of computers made in China.
the sauce. 5 When your bike was stolen?
5 The gang of thieves have finally been arrested. 6 The window was broken with the boys.
6 Jonah wasn’t confident about his exam result. 7 The telephone didn’t invent by Marconi.
_____ /6 8 The sick boy hasn’t seen in school for three
days.
2 Use the prompts and the verbs in the box in the
9 Where are you born?
correct tense to write passive sentences.
10 The building wasn’t been designed
direct ■ repaint ■ write ■ speak ■ build ■ by a famous architect. _____ /10

download ■ design ■ grow ■ make ■ sculpt

5 Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
1 the skyscraper / American architect 1 No-one has seen the missing man.
2 the castle / four hundred years ago 2 When did they build the castle?
3 the song / one million times 3 They sold the painting for a million pounds.
4 this cheese / only in this area 4 The burglar didn’t steal anything from the flat.
5 the statue / Michelangelo 5 When did she design the sports stadium?
6 olives / in this region 6 A young archaeologist discovered the tomb
7 our house / repainted recently of an ancient king.
8 Frankenstein / young woman 7 They don’t produce olive oil in Britain.
9 these two films / the same person 8 Did they make a donation to a children’s
10 Spanish / many countries of Central and South charity?
America 9 I didn’t prepare the party food.
_____ /10
10 Have you taken the car to the mechanic?
_____ /10
3 Write questions using the passive and
the information in brackets.
6 Complete the gaps with the verbs
1 ‘........................................................................ (my parcel)?’ in brackets in the correct tense of the active
‘Yes, it has. It was delivered about an hour ago.’ or the passive.
2 ‘............................................................................ (Picasso)?’
‘No, it wasn’t. It’s by Van Gogh.’ SCIENCE FAIR – PROGRESS REPORT
3 ‘Where ........................................................ (your phone)?’ This year’s Science Fair is going to be 10–13th
‘In Korea, I think.’ April. This date 1................................ (choose) by the
4 ‘...................................................................... (classroom)?’ headteacher so that final year students can take
‘Yes, it has. They’ve just cleaned it.’ part in it before their exams 2................................
5 ‘When .......................................................... (the theatre)? (begin). All the Science teachers 3................................
‘In the 1960s. It’s been open for about fifty years.’ (send) the information about the Science Fair ten
6 ‘Why .......................................................... (this window)?’ days ago and they 4................................ (show) the
‘Because it was very hot in here.’ presentation to their classes last week too. Some
7 ‘Where .............................................................. (English)?’ students 5................................ (start) work on their
‘People speak it all over the world.’ projects already. The judges 6................................
8 ‘.......................................................... (photos / upload)?’ (select) yet, so that’s the next thing we need to do.
‘Yes, they have. They’re online now.’ _____ /6
_____ /8
TOTAL _____ /50

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