QUIZ N° 02

PASSIVE VOICE PRESENT AND PAST

Student: ______Alexandra Sirena Peñ a Carrera _______________________________________________ Date:

____________

I.- Put these sentences into the passive (present or past)

a) The airline sent our passage to Australia by mistake.

Our Passage to Australia was send by mistake for the

airline .________________________________________________________________________

b) Farmers grow soy in Argentina.

Grow soy for farmers in Argentina

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c) People export Spanish tortilla to the US.

_Tortilla is export from Spanish for people to the US

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d) El Greco painted The Burial of the Count of Orgaz.

___The burial of the count of Orgaz was painted for el Greco

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e) You don’t find penguins at the North Pole.

____Penguins are not find at the North Pole

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f) Columbus didn’t discover merica in 1491.

America not discover for Columbus in 1491

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g) They draw some paintings.

__Some painting are draw for thet

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h) My uncle sold the bicycle.

__The bicycle was sold for my uncle

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i) The child broke all the plates in the cupboard.

_All the plates in the cupboard were broken for the child
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j) She didn’t find the book.

__The book isn’t find for her

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II. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). You must either use Simple
Present or Simple Past.

1. The Statue of Liberty (give) __given_________________ to the United States by France.

2. It (be) ____are______________________a present on the 100th anniversary of
the
United States.
3. The Statue of Liberty (design) was designed____________________________by
Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi.
4. It (complete) ________was completed__________________________________ in
France in July
1884.
5. In 350 pieces, the statue then (ship) ____were ship___________________to New York,
where it
(arrive) _________arrived_________ on 17 June 1885.
6. The pieces (put) ______putting_______________________together and the
opening
ceremony (take) ____taken _____________________ place on 28 October
1886.
7. The Statue of Liberty (be) _________are ________________46 m high (93 m including
the
base).
8. The statue (represent) ____represented_____________________the goddess of liberty.
9. She (hold) _____holded____________________a torch in her right hand and a tablet
in her
left hand.
10. On the tablet you (see / can) ___can
see_______________________________________the
date of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776).