UNIT 8: Grammar Check

GROUP A

Name: _______Elina Khubaieva_________________

Class: ____8b____________________

8.2 Present and Past Simple Passive
1 Complete the passive sentences using the
verbs in brackets.
0 My brother and I were given (give) a lift into town
by our mum yesterday.
1 This book was written (write) 200 years ago.
2 My bike was stolen (steal) while I was inside a shop.
3 Sherlock Holmes stories are being read (still / read) by
a lot of people nowadays.
4 When was our house built (our house / build)?
5 In my favourite TV series, criminals
are taken (take) to court, so you can follow the court
case.
6 The shoplifter wasnt caught (not / catch) because he
ran away.
7 My birthday presents were hidden (hide) out in the
garden – but I soon found them!
8 The police didn’t find any of the robbers, so the crime
was never solved (never / solve). /8
2 Make sentences in the passive, using the words
given. Add the word by if it is needed.
1 We / take / to school / our dad / every day.
_We are taken to school by our dad every day
2 When / these stories / publish? Last year?
When these stories were published Last year?
3 This camera / use / to catch / shoplifters
This camera is used to catch shoplifters
4 What time / crime / commit / last night?
What time crime was committed last night?
5 Hundreds of newspapers / sell / in this shop / every
day.
Hundreds of newspapers are sold in this shop every day
6 The suspect / not find / police / last night.
The suspect wasn found by police last night
7 The house / search / when the police arrived.
The house was searched when the police arrived
7 /15

0 This building / damage / vandals / last month. This

building was damaged by vandals last month

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