Active Voice and Passive Voice
Test Paper the 8-th form
I. Choose and write the correct item to complete the sentences.
1. The students greeted/were greeted/are greeted the famous singer warmly.
2. A new album by Ruslana are recorded/was recorded/records this month.
3. Our teacher loved/loves/is loved by many people.
4. People in Britain are read/read/were read newspaper when they are at home.
5. Music is heard/hear/heard everywhere.
II. Change sentences in the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.
1. I bought two tickets to the concert three days ago.
2. They sell many encyclopedias in this shop.
3. Music always inspires people.
4. The Black Sea washes our country.
5. We staged this opera in our concert hall last season.
III. Make up questions.
1. This portrait of my father was painted by the great artist. (What..?)
2. He made a mistake in this sentence. (Where..?)
3. A parcel to his friend was sent two days ago. (When..?)
4. It was very hot and the boy has opened the window. (Why..?)
5. This poem was learnt by heart by children very quickly. (How..?)
IV. Make up a short story about Khortyn Fortress using Active Voice or Passive Voice.
Khortyn Fortress: the fortress of the 13th-18th centuries, the first fort of the 9th century, to be built under Prince Volodymyr, to be situated on the important trade crossroads, to be connected with the names of many historical figures (Danylo Halytskyi, the Turkish Sultan, Ian Tarnovsky from Poland, Bohdan Khmelnitskyi and others).
2. The mother told her son to go to his room and do his homework then.
3. The teacher asked Nina if she lived far from the school.
4. The little boy asked his parents what they had bought him for Christmas.
5. Helen said that she couldn't call me, because she’d lost my phone number.
6. Marina said that she had lost her ticket.
7. Ann told Harry not to take her ruler, but to use his oneWe.
8. He/they (etc.) suggested going to a movie.
9. Nick told us that he saw Jimmy at a party the week before.
10. The stewardess told the passengers to fasten the seat belts.
11. My friend asked me if I had finished reading his book.
12. Mother asked why I was looking pale and what the matter was.
13. My sister said to me that she had been looking for me everywhere.
14. David said that it was a bit cold that day and he was going to wear a pullover.
15. Mother told Alice not to interrupt the grown-ups.
16. The chairman suggested beginning the meeting.
17. The doctor told me to eat more fruit and vegetables.
18. I told him not to come before 6 o’clock.
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