PASSIVE VOICE TEST

NAME:

DATE:

Rewrite these sentences from the active voice to the passive voice (__/10)

1. The storm destroyed the house.

2. Millions of people watch this programme.
3. We finished all the school projects.
4. Sally took this picture.
5. The lawyer prepared important documents.
6. They saw the suspect.
7. They make all of the components in foreign factories.
8. People speak English all over the world.
9. All the newspapers reported the scandal.
10. Picasso painted Guernica in 1937.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (__/5)

1. “Hamlet” was _____ (write) by Shakespeare.

2. Nobody was _____ (inform) of the accident last week.
3. English and French are _____ (speak) in Canada.
4. Many people were _____ (kill) in the Second World War.
5. The movie “Titanic” was _____ (make) in 1997.

Multiple choice: Choose the correct passive form (__/10)

1. English is spoken/are spoken in many countries of the world.

2. The oldest house in the USA is built/was built in 1624.
3. Two car thieves were arrested/was arrested by the police last night.
4. Pizza was made/were made with cheese and tomatoes.
5. Corals are collected/is collected to make jewellery.
6. All the people were told/was told to leave the house.
7. Hundreds of houses is destroyed/were destroyed in London in 1754.
8. The first cars was built/were built before 1900.
9. This movie was made/were made by a famous director.
10. My house was cleaned/is cleaned last Saturday.