Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Question Tags.

I- Write the correct question tags.

Example: Peter works in the shop, ___________ ?

Answer: Peter works in the shop, doesn't he?

1) She is collecting stickers, ________________?

2) We often watch TV in the afternoon, _____________?

3) You have cleaned your bike, _______________?

4) John and Max don't like Maths, ______________?

5) Peter played handball yesterday, ________________?

6) They are going home from school, _______________?

7) Mary didn't do her homework last Monday, ______________?

8) He could have bought a new car, ____________________?

9) Kevin will come tonight, _______________________?

10) I'm clever, _______________________?

II- Write tha Question Tags to these sentences.

çHe's not been to Texas,________________

Dogs like meat, __________________

There are not some apples left,_________________

I'm not late,_______________

Let's go,_____________________

Don't smoke, ___________________

He does sing in the bathroom,____________________

He'll never know,_____________________

I think, he's from India,_______________________

Lovely day today,____________________________

Active or Passive.

I- Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive.

They listen to music. ___________

She is reading an e-mail. ___________

These cars are produced in Japan. ___________

Alan teaches Geography. ____________

German is spoken in Austria. _____________

Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake. _____________

Henry Ford invented the assembly line. _____________

The bus driver was hurt. _____________

You should open your workbooks. _____________

Houses have been built. ____________

Past Passive.

I- Rewrite the given sentences in Past Passive.

Example: Frank built a house.
Answer: A house was built by Frank.

1) She bought four apples.
____________________________________________________________.
2) We won the match.
____________________________________________________________.
3) The man stole the blue car.
____________________________________________________________.
4) The police arrested the thieves.
____________________________________________________________.
5) Jack swam the 200 metres.
___________________________________________________________.
6) The dog bit the old lady.
-___________________________________________________________.
7) Tom and Max ate five hamburgers.
____________________________________________________________.
8) Oliver taught the children.
____________________________________________________________.
9) Victoria rode the brown horse.
____________________________________________________________.
10) Grandmother told good stories.
____________________________________________________________.

II- Past Passives

1- The presentation was ______ by Gill Bates.

announced

stood

underlined

2- The factory was ______ 10 years ago.

built

discovered

killed

3- These watches were ______ in Switzerland.

built

made

killed

4- I would have liked to have come but I wasn't ______.

invited

allowed

kept

5- I don't understand why you don't have the report. It was ______ to you over a week ago.

invited

allowed

sent

6- The computer is working. It was ______ while you were on holiday.

fixed

made

invited

7- I had to ask them to write the report again. It was very badly ______ .

fixed

written

invited

8- The old factory used to be over there but it was ______ a few years ago

fixed

written

pulled down
9- Our new factory was ______ by the President at a special ceremony last month.

pulled down

opened

kept

10- I'm afraid we have to improve security. A computer was ______ from here yesterday.

pulled down

opened

stolen

Present Passive.

I- Rewrite the given sentences in Present Passive.

Example: Frank builds a house.
Answer: A house is built by Frank.


1) Mr Jones watches the film.
_____________________________________________
2) The people speak English.
_____________________________________________
3) He reads comics.
_____________________________________________.
4) We play volleyball.
______________________________________________.
5) They sing the song.
_______________________________________________.
6) I take photos.
_________________________________________________.
7) She does the housework.
_________________________________________________.
8) The policemen help the children.
_________________________________________________.
9) He writes text messages.
_________________________________________________.
10) Mother waters the flowers.
__________________________________________________.