Diagnostic Grammar Test 3vwo term 2

Choose the correct passive form for the following sentence (where possible):
The neighbour was sweeping the pavement so that my grandmother wouldn't have to do it.

• So that my grandmother wouldn't have to do it, the neighbour was sweeping the pavement.
• So that my grandmother wouldn't have to be done, the neighbour was sweeping the pavement.
• The pavement was being swept by the neighbour so that my grandmother wouldn't have to do it.
• This sentence cannot be made passive.

Choose the correct passive for the following sentence (where possible):
It is a fact that our town is the most boring in the whole world.

• It is a fact that our town has been the most boring in the the whole world.
• This sentence cannot be made passive.
• Our town, it is a fact, is the most boring in the whole world.
• It is being a fact that our town is the most boring in the whole world.

How many possibilities are there for making a passive sentence from the following:
He had called his girlfriend at 9 o'clock.

• None. This sentence cannot be made passive.
• Two.  At 9 o'clock he had called his girlfriend. + His girlfriend had been called at 9 o'clock.
• One. His girlfriend is called at 9 o'clock.
• One. His girlfriend had been called at 9 o'clock.

How many possibilities are there for making a passive sentence from the following:
She always gives him flowers.

• Two. Flowers are always given to him. + He is always given flowers.
• Two.  Flowers are always given to her. + He always gives flowers to her.
• This sentence cannot be made passive.
• One. Flowers are always given to her and him.

Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:
Die koeien worden nooit gemolken.

• Those cows will never be milked.
• Those cows were never milked.
• Those cows would never be milked.
• Those cows are never milked.

Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:
Die koeien zijn gemolken.

• Those cows have been milked.
• Those cows were milked.
• Those cows are being milked.
• Those cows will be milked.

Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:
Die koe is gister gemolken.

• That cow has been milked yesterday.
• That cow was milked yesterday.
• That cow had been milked yesterday.
• That cow will have been milked yesterday.

Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:
Er is een koe gemolken.

• A cow is being milked.
• There is a cow milked.
• A cow has been milked.
• There has been a cow milked.

Give the correct translation or translations of the following sentence:
Men zou koeien hebben gemolken.

• They will have milked cows.
• They would have milked cows. + Cows would have been milked.
• Cows will have been milked. + They will have milked cows.
• They would have been milked.

Please choose the correct translation of the following sentence:
De auto's in die parkeergarage zijn nieuw en duur.

• New and expensive are being the cars in that car park.
• In that car park there are new and expensive cars.
• New and expensive cars have been in that car park.
• The cars in that car park are new and expensive.