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Grammar Quiz 10A

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verb in brackets.

0 The news on BBC 1 is read (read) by Fiona Bruce every evening.

1 Last week, twenty members of a criminal gang were arrested (arrest) by the police. The next day they

were questioned (question) about a number of recent crimes in the area.

2 A report on Britain's crime has been published (publish) by the government. It shows that the law is broken
(break) every five seconds in the UK.

3 The Glasgow School of Art was damaged (damage) by fire in 2014. This year it has been destroyed (destroy) once
again by another fire.

4 Millions of wallets and mobile phones are stolen (steal) by pickpockets every year but many of these crimes

are not reported (not / report) to the police.

5 John Lennon was killed (kill) on December 8th 1980 by Mark David Chapman.

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences with the correct active or passive form of the verb from the box.

ask ✓ invent happen write lock injure employ

0 The police asked the man where he was at 10:00 p.m. the previous evening.

1 J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, has written four detective novels using the name Robert Galbraith.

2 Guns and gunpowder were invented by the Chinese in the 10th century.

3 Police forces in America employ around 1.1 million people to help fight crime.

4 The bank robbery happened at 6:00 a.m. this morning.

5 The guard was locked in the bathroom for twelve hours before his rescue.

6 A young man was injured when a bus hit him last night on his way home from work.

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