English Formative Test - Unit 6: Name: Grade: Date

COLEGIO PARTICULAR GERÓNIMO RENDIC 9th GRADE
LA SERENA High school

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH FORMATIVE TEST – Unit 6

NAME: GRADE: DATE:
CONTENTS: Grammatical structure: Passive voice in Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple.
1. Active or Passive? Write A or P
a) ____ Paper is often recycled.
b) ____ Cola is drunk everywhere.
c) ____ Some people drink cola every day.
d) ____Arabic is spoken in many countries.
e) ____ Online dictionaries are forbidden in the test.

f) ____ Everyone studies maths.
g) ____ My mobile phone was stolen by that man.
h) ____ We use computers at school.
2. – Look at the active sentence (A). Then complete the passive sentence (B).
a) A: Farmers in Asia grow a lot of rice.
B: ________________ is ________________ in Asia.
b) A: Shops sell suncream in the summer.
B: ________________ is ________________ in the summer.
c) A: We use hot water to make tea.
B: ________________ is ________________ to make tea.
d) A: Nurses look after sick people in hospital.
B: ________________ are ________________ after in hospital.
e) A: Teachers teach science in most schools.
B: ________________ is ________________ in most schools.
3. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.
a) English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.
b) The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.
c) ______________________________ (the building/use) anymore?
d) How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games (hold)?
e) How _______________________ (your name/spell)?
f) My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
g) These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.
h) The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________ (not know).
i) His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.
4. Circle the correct option.
a) That programme was / were watched by millions of people.
b) Some books was / were left in the room.
c) Why was / were you upset at school?
d) When was / were your room last painted?
e) Was / were your phone made in China?
f) Who was / were your computed used by?
g) The questions was / were written in French.
h) Who was / were woken up by the storm last night?
5. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.
a) My car ______________________ (repair) last week.
b) This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.
c) ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?

d) The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.
e) When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?
f) The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.
g) The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.
h) Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?
i) When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?

6. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
FIAT _________________ (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat,
_________________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars _____________________ (exported/were
exported) by the company to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat _________________ (started/was started)
making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars
____________________ (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car
____________________ (called/was called) the Topolino – the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and
in 1963 Fiat _____________________ (exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in
Turin, and its cars _________________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.
7. You are asking a friend about a party that happened yesterday. Write passive questions.
a) How many people / invite __________________________________________________________________?
b) Where / the cars / park __________________________________________________________________?
c) All the food / eat __________________________________________________________________. ?
d) What sort of music / play __________________________________________________________________?
e) anything / broken __________________________________________________________________ ?
8. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets.
a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
_________________________________________________________________________________
b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by Thomas Edison)
_________________________________________________________________________________
c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
_________________________________________________________________________________
d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
_________________________________________________________________________________
e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
_________________________________________________________________________________
9. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.
a) They are building a new bridge.

_________________________________________________________________________________
b) Brian Brody directs The Ultimate Space Adventure.

_________________________________________________________________________________
c) Pierre Matie designs her costume.

_________________________________________________________________________________
d) Someone found my wallet.

_________________________________________________________________________________
e) One of the students broke the window.

_________________________________________________________________________________
f) They are delivering my computer today.

_________________________________________________________________________________
g) Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
_________________________________________________________________________________
h) British astronomers discovered a new planet.

________________________________________________________________________________
10. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple Passive.
Two men _________________________ (see) breaking into a house in my street last night. The police
_____________________ (call) and they arrived very quickly. One man _____________________ (catch) immediately.
The other escaped, but he ______________________ (find) very soon. Both men _____________________ (take) to the
police station where they _________________________ (question) separately by a police officer. The two men
________________________ (charge) with burglary.
11. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the school. Some children saw the thief. The police are searching for the bus
now. They will use the children’s descriptions to catch the thief.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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COLEGIO PARTICULAR GERÓNIMO RENDIC 9th GRADE

LA SERENA High school

ENGLISH FORMATIVE TEST – Unit 6

1. Active or Passive? Write A or P

a) ____ Paper is often recycled.

b) ____ Cola is drunk everywhere.

c) ____ Some people drink cola every day.

d) ____Arabic is spoken in many countries.

e) ____ Online dictionaries are forbidden in the test.

g) ____ My mobile phone was stolen by that man.

h) ____ We use computers at school.

a) A: Farmers in Asia grow a lot of rice.

B: ________________ is ________________ in Asia.

b) A: Shops sell suncream in the summer.

B: ________________ is ________________ in the summer.

c) A: We use hot water to make tea.

B: ________________ is ________________ to make tea.

d) A: Nurses look after sick people in hospital.

B: ________________ are ________________ after in hospital.

e) A: Teachers teach science in most schools.

B: ________________ is ________________ in most schools.

a) English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.

b) The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.

c) ______________________________ (the building/use) anymore?

d) How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games (hold)?

e) How _______________________ (your name/spell)?

f) My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.

g) These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.

i) His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.

4. Circle the correct option.

a) That programme was / were watched by millions of people.

b) Some books was / were left in the room.

c) Why was / were you upset at school?

d) When was / were your room last painted?

e) Was / were your phone made in China?

f) Who was / were your computed used by?

g) The questions was / were written in French.

h) Who was / were woken up by the storm last night?

a) My car ______________________ (repair) last week.

b) This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.

c) ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?

e) When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?

f) The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.

g) The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.

h) Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?

i) When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?

a) How many people / invite __________________________________________________________________?

b) Where / the cars / park __________________________________________________________________?

c) All the food / eat __________________________________________________________________. ?

d) What sort of music / play __________________________________________________________________?

e) anything / broken __________________________________________________________________ ?

9. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

a) They are building a new bridge.

b) Brian Brody directs The Ultimate Space Adventure.

c) Pierre Matie designs her costume.

d) Someone found my wallet.

e) One of the students broke the window.

f) They are delivering my computer today.

B: is in Asia.

B: is in the summer.

B: is to make tea.

B: are after in hospital.

B: is in most schools.