Grammar test: Passive voice Name:

Total:

I. Complete with the Present or Past Simple Passive of the verbs in brackets. ___/8

1. A lot of pasta (eat) in Italy.

2. A new library (build) in my neighbourhood a year ago.
3. Paper, plastic and glass (recycle) in our city.
4. My projects (always/check) by Mr Andrews.
5. Last year many gorillas (kill) in the African jungle.
6. The letters (send) to another address and I never got them.
7. This soap opera (watch) by millions of people every day. It’s
very popular.
8. Thousands of MP3 files (download) from this website every day.

II. Circle the correct words. ___/8

1. Millions of cars sell / are sold every year.

2. Our tent destroyed / was destroyed by a storm last night.
3. The famous actress won / was won three awards.
4. Lots of people use / are used mobile phones.
5. The War of the Worlds directed / was directed by Steven Spielberg.
6. Football plays / is played by two teams of eleven players.
7. We didn’t want to live in the city any more so we bought / were bought a house by the
sea.
8. The criminals caught / were caught last night.

III. Change the sentences from the active to the passive. ____/5

1. They grow coffee in Kenya. ____________________________________

2. The shark ate the man. ____________________________________
3. The police took him away. ____________________________________
4. Henry and his cousin built that house in 1974. __________________________________
5. The firefighters saved Lily’s life. _____________________________________