Active Voice and Passive Voice
Test Paper the 8-th form

I. Choose and write the correct item to complete the sentences.
1. The students greeted/were greeted/are greeted the famous singer warmly.
2. A new album by Ruslana are recorded/was recorded/records this month.
3. Our teacher loved/loves/is loved by many people.
4. People in Britain are read/read/were read newspaper when they are at home.
5. Music is heard/hear/heard everywhere.

II. Change sentences in the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.
1. I bought two tickets to the concert three days ago.
2. They sell many encyclopedias in this shop.
3. Music always inspires people.
4. The Black Sea washes our country.
5. We staged this opera in our concert hall last season.

III. Make up questions.
1. This portrait of my father was painted by the great artist. (What..?)
2. He made a mistake in this sentence. (Where..?)
3. A parcel to his friend was sent two days ago. (When..?)
4. It was very hot and the boy has opened the window. (Why..?)
5. This poem was learnt by heart by children very quickly. (How..?)

IV. Make up a short story about Khortyn Fortress using Active Voice or Passive Voice.
Khortyn Fortress: the fortress of the 13th-18th centuries, the first fort of the 9th century, to be built under Prince Volodymyr, to be situated on the important trade crossroads, to be connected with the names of many historical figures (Danylo Halytskyi, the Turkish Sultan, Ian Tarnovsky from Poland, Bohdan Khmelnitskyi and others).​

1. Wood is heavier than cotton.

2. She was singing more quietly than usually.

3. A car goes faster than the bicycle.

4. The kids usually behaved noisier than today.

5. This plane took off more smoothly than the one we took previously.

6. She usually stays up later than her mother.

7. Could you write the word more clearly please?

8. For further information call Mrs. Morrison — she will give you some advice.

9. The train arrived earlier than it was supposed to.

10. Jane was driving slower/more slowly than ever before. That accident influenced her a lot — she is really afraid. (оба варианта возможны)

1. I don’t get what you mean. Could you please talk slower/more slowly (оба варианта возможны)

2. You should have thought about buying the dress earlier.

3. Airyn laughs louder than before. Is everything better now?

4. Her mother knows the history more accurately than her teacher.

5. All of a sudden John turned out to run faster.

6. The situation on the labor market is getting worse. It is getting harder to find an appropriate job.

7. The group of old friend arrived to the station later than everyone else.

8. I used to go to the swimming pool more often than I do right now.

9. This test was very difficult. I know you can do much better

10. They moved farther than they planned.

1. I speak German a little.

2. I hope you come / will come to see us next Sunday

3. He had finished writing his report by the end of last week.

4. At 9 o’clock tomorrow I will be sitting at the lesson.

5. When I saw them they were playing football.

6. I am looking for my glasses. Where are they?

7. He will have written his report by the end of next week.

8. This time last year he was preparing for his entrance exams.

9. Last night someone stole a car in our street.

10. George has been to India three times.

11. We can’t go out. It is raining hard.

12. He has been translating this article for 3 hours already and has not finished yet.

13. It is autumn. Soon the leaves will change colour.

14. As we were waiting for the bus, a man with a gun ran out of the bank.

15. The professor had reviewed the material before he gave the test.

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