Choose the best answer (Passive voice):

1. An old woman feeds the pigeons. ➔ The pigeons ________________________

A. are fed               B. were fed by an old woman.

2. A burglar broke the window. ➔ The window _____________________

A. was broken           B. is broken by a burglar.

3. Someone has made a mistake. ➔ A mistake _______________________

A. was made            B. has been made .

4. Everyone is going to love her. ➔ She _____________________________

A. is going to be loved    B. was going to be loved by everyone.

5. Cervantes wrote 'Don Quixote'. ➔ 'Don Quixote' _______________________

A. was written by Cervantes.       B. has been written by Cervantes.

6. She is helping my sister. ➔ My sister ________________

A. is helped             B. is being helped by her.

7. Pamela will drive the bus. ➔ The bus ____________________

A. will been driven       B. will be driven by Pamela.

8. I was watering the plants. ➔ The plants ___________________

A. were being watered    B. are being watered by me.

9. He can cut out the picture. ➔ The picture __________________

A. can be cut out by him    B. can cut out by him

10. The technician has not repaired the DVD recorder. ➔ The DVD recorder _________

A. has not being repaired by the technician  B. has not been repaired by the technician

Write the best answer (passive voice):

1. That book ________________ (write) by a world’s famous novelist.

2. The timetable ________________ (not change) till tomorrow.

3. This house ______________ (build) by our grandfather all by themselves in 1990.

4. This morning, the flight _________________ (cancel) because of the bad weather.

5. The children ______________________ (punish) if they are naughty.

Using the given information, make passive voice sentences:

1. She has finished the report by noon

➔ The report ________________________________________

2. They may use this room for the classroom

➔ This room ________________________________________

3. The chef engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant

➔ All the workers of the plant ___________________________

4. The police easily captured the thief

➔ The thief _________________________________________

5. They will hold the meeting before May Day

➔ The meeting ______________________________________

Choose the best answer (present tense):

1. Mark usually watch/ watches TV before going to bed.

2. Maria is/ am a teacher. She teach/ teaches students.

3. I have learned/ learned English for 5 years.

4. You haven’t done/ did your project yet, I suppose.

5. It’s 12 o’clock, and my parents cook/ are cooking lunch in the kitchen.

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others:

1. A. artistic              B. heroic                C. botanic               D. classic

2. A. logical              B. physical              C. botanical              D. musical

3. A. national           B. politics               C. chemical              D. scientific

4. A. coffee              B. committee         C. dramatic           D. Chinese

5. A. trainee        B. guarantee            C. refugee            D. Cantonese

6. A. technology     B. interviewee        C. biology            D. geography

7. A. medical        B. zoology           C. historic            D. hospital

8. A. electric        B. specific            C. domestic          D. technical

9. A. arrival         B. technical           C. proposal          D. approval

10. A. refusal       B. astrology           C. conical           D. dynamic

1. They started to train the new recruits six weeks ago. undergoing

The new recruits _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the last six weeks.    

2. She was free to do whatever she wanted because her father was so rich. had

Given how _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to do whatever she wanted.

3. I will only be satisfied if the manager apologises to me personally. short

Nothing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will satisfy me.

4. If you need her to, she can prepare a delicious meal in about half an hour. rustle

Should the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a delicious meal in about half an hour.

5. Many local people criticised the architect’s design. came

The architect’s design _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ locals.

6. Sally was only in charge of the family business because her father retired early. have

But for her _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ running the family business.

7. This is the right moment for you to gain control of the company. ripe

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _over the company 

8. My grandparents are unlikely to arrive on my doorstep late at night. little

There's_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ doorstep late at night.

9. You must speak louder if you want people to hear you. raise

You'll have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _heard.

10. We're always telling Carla to do her work more carefully, but she never listens. times

No_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more carefully, she never listens.

11. I'd just fallen asleep on the sofa when the phone rang. nodded 
No sooner_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the phone rang.

12. “ Please, lend me your car, Jessica,” he pleaded. let

He pleaded _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her car.