Урок контроля знаний по английскому языку "Active or Passive"

Exercise 1. Fill in the verb is or are.

1. Grammar rules ... always learnt by heart.

2. Rare animals ... protected in many countries.

3. This scarf ... made by my granny.

4. Animals in the reserve ... fed two times a day.

5. The same shirts ... worn by all the members of our team.

6. New Belarussian books ... shown in our library

7. Many Belarussian towns ... described in this book.

8. Dinner ... always cooked by my mother.

9. This place ... crowded on Sunday.

10. Our village ... surrounded with a forest.

Exercise 2 . Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I ... (like / am liked) this place.

2. What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Belarussian?

3. Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?

4. This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.

5. Who ... (gives / is given) bad marks in your class?

6. Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.

7. Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.

8. Pupils ... (are given / give) textbooks by the teacher.

9. The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.

Exercise 3 . Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I ... (like / am liked) this place.

2. What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Belarussian?

3. Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?

4. This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.

5. Who ... (gives / is given) bad marks in your class?

6. Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.

7. Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.

8. Pupils ... (are given / give) textbooks by the teacher.

9. The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps using the Present Simple Passive Voice form of the verb in brackets.

Mushroom and Ham Salad

First, 5 mushrooms … (1 – cut) into small pieces and …(2 — mix) with two cut spring onions. Then, 100 g cooked ham …(3— cut) into fine cubes. Now, mushrooms, onions and ham … (4 — mix) in a bowl. Finally, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice … (5 — mix) with 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and the mixture… (6 — add) to the salad mixture. Enjoy your salad!

Exercise 5. Put the passive sentences in order.

1. in a lot of schools / are / used / Computers

2. of plastic / made / are / CDs

3. seen / The information / on a screen/can be

4. are / very quickly / The answers / calculated

5. played / The game / is / on a computer

6. with a modem / are / sent / E-mails

7. is / on a disk / Information / stored

8. sent / Text messages / are / using mobile phones

9. to get information / used / is / The Internet

Exercise 6. Change the sentences from Active into Passive.

 They grow rice in India.

— Rice is grown in India.

1. I take books at the library.

2. Boys play football.

3. We clean our classroom after the lessons.

4. The postman brings newspapers every day.

5. They show American films every Sunday on TV.

6. We keep the dog in the yard.

7. We usually pick apples in September.

8. They use disks for storing information.

9. People give presents at Christmas.

10. They speak Spanish in Peru.