Контрольная работа в 8 классе Тема: the Passive Voice and the Active Voice

Test

I. State the tense forms of the verb in the Passive or Active:

1. wrote
2. was not answered
3. will be done
4. is starting
5. is being wanted
6. has been put
7. were being given
8. will have been spoken
9. takes

10. had said

II. Open the brackets:

1. The telegram ______ (to receive) tomorrow.
2. The room _______ (to clean) yesterday.
3. She showed me the picture which _______ (to paint) by her father.
4. Fried potatoes ________ (to be often) with fish.
5. The situation ________ (not to improve) yet.
6. This article ________ (to discuss) now.
7. The film _______ (to watch) at 6 o’clock yesterday.
8. I hope that the tickets _______ (to give) me by 4 o’clock tomorrow.
9. Don’t worry! The dinner _______ (to cook already).

10. He _______ (to bring) new textbooks next wee.

III. Translate:

1. Послушай! Играют очень знакомую мелодию.
2. Дети не ложились спать, пока елка не была украшена.
3. Самые важные новости печатаются в газетах.
4. Вас обслужат через пять минут.
5. После обеда посуда была вымыта.
6. Результаты уже объявили.
7. Письмо было написано вчера к пяти часам.
8. Обед готовился вчера в 2 часа.
9. Домашнее задание будет сделано завтра к 8 часам.
10. Английский язык изучается в школе уже в течение нескольких лет.

IV. Make these sentences passive. Make the underlined words subjects of the passive sentences:

1. They offered me a cup of tea.
2. Students take examinations at the end of each term.
3. The waiter will serve you breakfast in five minutes.
4. We have just sent for the doctor.
5. The lights went out when they were serving the meal.
6. The police were following him until he got to the office.
7. They haven’t brought back my skates.
8. They are repairing the clock now.
9. He had interrupted me.

10. I will have read this book by 10 o’clock tomorrow.

Test “ Passive Voice or Active Voice”

1. William Shakespeare … Romeo and Juliet.

1. write; b) wrote c) is written

1. “Oliver Twist” and “Domby and Son” … by Charles Dickens.

1. is written; b)are written; c)were written

1. In 1926 the theatre … by fire.

1. is destroyed; b) was destroyed; c) destroyed

1. The shop … at nine every day.

a) is opened b) was opened c) will be opened

5. William Shakespeare … in Stratford-upon-Avon.

a) were born b) is born c) was born

6. London is the place where many famous writers …

a) were born b) is born c) was born

7. Many great writers … in Westminster Abbey.

a) are buried b) buried c) were buried

8. The Poet’s Corner …. by many people.

a) was known b) are known c) is known

9. The English language …. all over the world.

a) speak b) was spoken c) is spoken

10. Jane Austen … in the Bath between 1800 and 1806.

a) lived and worked b) was lived and worked c)live and work

11. Burn’s poems ….all over the world.

a) recited b) are recited c) is recited

12. Shakespeare’s works …read all over the world.

a) is read b) were read c) are read

13. Yesterday I … a very interesting book.

a)read b) am reading c) am read

14. The State Turgenev Museum.in the author’s native town of Oriol

a) open, b) opened c) was opened

15. William the Conqueror …the Tower of London in the 11th century.

a) build b) built c) was built

16. St Paul’s Cathedral …. by Sir Christopher Wren in the 17th century.

a) build b) were built c)was built

17. Columbus … America.

a) discovered b) discover c) is discovered

18. Italian … in Italy.

a) are spoken b) is spoke c) is spoken

19. Da Vinci … the Mona Lisa

a) painted b) is painted c) paint

20. Penicillin … by Fleming

a) is discover b) was discovered c) discovered