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Cutting Edge Advanced Unit 6

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

OVER TO YOU!

Change this sentence into passive voice. Pay attention to the tense!


People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

(a)  

2.

OVER TO YOU!

Change this sentence into passive voice. Pay attention to the tense!


The company will spend 10 million on the new mall.

(a)  

3.

Choose the passive sentence

a)

My favorite book was written by Frida Kahlo.

b)

My favorite book was wrote by Frida Kahlo.

c)

My favorite book written by Frida Kahlo.

4.

Read the sentences below and choose the right answer.

What is the passive voice for each sentence?.

Gabriel García Marquéz wrote "Cien años the soledad".

a)

"Cien años de soledad" is written by Gabriel García Marquéz.

b)

"Cien años de soledad" was writes Gabriel García Marquéz.

c)

"Cien años de soledad" was written by Gabriel García Marquéz.

d)

"Cien años de soledad" were written Gabriel García Marquéz.

5.

Christophorus Columbus discovered America in 1492.

a)

America was discovered by Christophorus Columbus in 1492.

b)

America was discovered Christophorus Columbus in 1482.

c)

America was discovered in 1482.

d)

America is discovered by Christophorus Columbus in 1482.

6.

Look at the clouds. It _______________ later. You'll see

a)

will to rain

b)
would be raining
c)
will be to rain
d)
will be raining
7.

Complete the sentences in passive.

Nowadays, a lot of computers__________(make) in Korea

a)
is  making
b)
is made
c)
are made
d)
are making
8.

Complete the following sentences by using a reporting verb with the passive voice. Use as many words as you need. Consider the tense whether is in past, present or future.

The killer (a)   (believe / escape) in a stolen car which was later found abandoned.

9.

Complete the following sentences by using a reporting verb with the passive voice. Use as many words as you need. Consider the tense whether is in past, present or future.

During the 1960s, this kind of furniture ________________ (consider / be) the last word in style and good taste

a)

was considered to be

b)

is considered to be

c)

is considered being

d)

had it considered

10.

Complete the following sentences by using a reporting verb with the passive voice. Use as many words as you need. Consider the tense whether is in past, present or future.

The former champion ________________ _ (not think / consider) a comeback at present.

a)

is not thought to be considering

b)

is not think to be considered

c)

is not thought to be

d)

it was not to be considered

11.

Complete the following sentences by using a reporting verb with the passive voice. Use as many words as you need. Consider the tense whether is in past, present or future.

American TV star Hope de Loris __________________ (rumour / spend) $1.4 million on a lavish new home ... for her pet dog!

a)

is rumoured to have spent

b)

was rumored to have spent

c)

will be spent

d)

rumored spent

12.

Complete the following sentences by using a reporting verb with the passive voice. Use as many words as you need. Consider the tense whether is in past, present or future.

New crime figures released by the government (a)   (expect /show) a dramatic rise in offences committed by young people

13.

Complete the sentences in passive by using the verbs "have" or "get". Bear in mind if the sentence is written in simple or continuous form.

You can't go to a formal party dressed like that. You'd better ____ _____(changed).

(a)  

14.

Complete the sentences in passive by using the verbs "have" or "get". Bear in mind if the sentence is written in simple or continuous form.

I think Michelle's at the hairdresser's. She's probably _____ ____ ____(hair / done) right now. (3 words)

(a)  

15.

Complete the sentences in passive by using the verbs "have" or "get". Bear in mind if the sentence is written in simple or continuous form.

Nobody seemed to care about the abandoned car in front of the house. In the end, we had to pay to ____ ___ ______(it / remove). (3 words)

(a)  

16.

It was nearly 1 o'clock, and we were _______ trying to contact my family to tell them where we were.

a)

desperate

b)

desperately

17.

Something smells _________. What's for dinner?

a)

good

b)

well

18.

The mining company had to dig _____underground in order to extract the remaining coal

a)

deep

b)

deeply

19.

We'll only get the contract if we all work extra _______ over the next few weeks.

a)

hard

b)

hardly

20.

t's a pity you didn't complete the course. _______, I imagine you learnt quite a lot from it.

a)

Still

b)

Already

21.

As I sat down, someone I'd never seen before waved to me ________.

a)

friendly

b)

in a friendly way

22.

The presidential candidate walked_____ among the crowds, smiling and shaking hands.

a)

free

b)

freely

23.

Read the description and write a word related to vocabulary about "Education".

a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

(a)  

24.

Read the description and write a word related to vocabulary about "Education".

in the U.K., a school or part of a school for children who are four to seven years old:

(a)