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Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate
TEST 7 • passives

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1 The basics – verb forms. Make passive sentences. Use uncontracted forms (e.g. I have been NOT I’ve been).
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A police car has been seen
Penicillin
The meat
The dog
Who
All the sandwiches
‘Excuse me. Our room

in our street. (see: present perfect)
by Alexander Fleming. (discover: simple past)
with either rice or potatoes. (serve: simple present)
by our neighbours. (look after: present progressive)
to speak at Jill and Sam’s wedding? (ask: present perfect)

(eat: past perfect)
this morning. It’s Room 201.’ (not clean: simple past)

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2 The basics – present and past progressive; present and past perfect.
1 Normally sushi
A is making

with raw ish and rice.
B is made

Circle the correct form.

C is being made

2 ‘Is my wife still with the doctor?’ ‘Yes, she
A is seen
B is being seen

now.’

3 I was so sorry when I heard that your son
A was being hurt
B has been hurt

in an accident last week.
C had been hurt

C has been seen

4 We couldn’t use the conference room for the 9 o’clock meeting because it
A has been cleaned
B is being cleaned
C was being cleaned
5 Sometimes I
A am asked

to speak at conferences. When this happens, I nearly always say ‘yes’.
B am being asked
C have been asked

6 I opened the fridge and saw that all the milk
A was being drunk
B has been drunk
7 The repairs on her house
A aren’t inished

before October.
B won’t be inished

C had been drunk
C won’t be being inished

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3 Passive ininitives and -ing forms. Put in be, to be or being.
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They want
respected.
She mustn’t
interrupted while she’s working.
He’s sensitive – he hates
laughed at.
I don’t mind
criticised, as long as it’s fair.
sent an invitation to Sue’s party.
I hope
We may not
asked to stay for dinner.
What time would you like
woken in the morning?
What happened was an accident, so he shouldn’t
punished.

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Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 7 • passives

© Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE


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4 Verbs with two objects. Correct (✓) or not (✗)?
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A present was given all the children at the end of the party.
Somebody promised a pay rise the workers.
The president has been shown a report about the disaster.
All the students were sent their exam results.
We were promised to an apology.
They were taught tennis by a professional coach.

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5 Reasons for using passives.

Circle the best way to continue – A or B.

1 Brian uses his mobile phone a lot.
A He sends texts to his friends all day long.

B His friends are sent texts by him all day long.

2 Paula sings in a choir.
A Somebody asked her to join two years ago.

B She was asked to join two years ago.

3 This chocolate cake tastes delicious.
A I think someone has made it with real chocolate.

B I think it has been made with real chocolate.

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6 Mixed structures. Put in the missing words (one or more). Use uncontracted forms.
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He was angry that he
been criticised in the newspaper.
The winning team
probably
welcomed by the President when they come home.
Cricket
mainly
in English-speaking countries.
you
given something for your headache by the nurse?
I realised I
being talked
by the rest of the class, and I didn’t like it.
‘Incomprehensible’ means ‘can’t

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Who
this book written
I was driving too fast, so I was lucky that I
stopped by the police oicers.
was the planet Neptune discovered
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The furniture was
for with a stolen credit card.

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Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 7 • passives

© Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE