Daily Test Passive Voice Grade 8

                                     

PASSIVE VOICE

A. Change these active sentences into passive sentences.

1. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office.  _________________________________________________________________________________

2. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.

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3. Someone painted the office last week.

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4. Several people saw the accident.

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5. They make great videos about marine animals.

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6. A famous American rock band Guns n’ Roses held a concert in Jakarta last week.

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7. Indonesia hosted Asian Para Games in October 2018.

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8. Startup business people make a lot of money.

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9. Good citizens obey the rules.

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10. The library provides great facilities for the students.

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B. Change these passive sentences into active sentences.

1.   Television is watched by billions of people around the world.

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2.   My mother’s hair is cut by the hairdresser.

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3.   A new hospital was visited by the Queen this morning.

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4.   The results of the elections were discussed by some politicians on TV.

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5.   The novel 1984 is written by George Orwell.

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6.      People’s attitudes are changed by some soap operas.

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7.      This area is searched by some police officers.

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8.      Bad road accident was reported by some witnesses last night.

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9.      The awards were given by Penelope Cruz last year.

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10.     Three million dollars were paid by the company for that advertisement.

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C. Fill the blanks using the words in the brackets; Change the words into passive form in Simple Past Tense.  

Fiat was started (start) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat company produced 132 cars. Some of these cars 1_____________________ (export) by the company to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat started making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a big track in the factory where the cars 2____________________ (test) and 3____________________ (build) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car 4____________________ (call) the Topolino – the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and, in 1963, more than 300,000 vehicles 5____________________ (sell) by Fiat. Today, Fiat is based in Turin, and its cars are sold all over the world.