ENGLISH TEST

Saint Mary College

Buin Miss Mnica Leiva Marambio

Name............................................................................. Grade: ..2nd. High Level... Date: .Monday, Novembre 9th. 2015.-
Ideal Score: .....45... points..................... Your score: ................................. Mark: .......................................

I.- Write sentences in the present passive with the information given in the box. (7 points)

Not find speak make not eat mine not grow cause

1. Spanish / by nearly 40 million people ..

2. Oranges / cold countries .....
3. Tennis balls / of rubber .....
4. Beef / by most Hindus .....
5. Gold / in Australia ....
6. Many accidents by dangerous driving.
7. Polar bears / in the Antartic ...

II.- Read the text and write with the correct form of passive voice given in brackets. (6 points)

The Taj Mahal . (build) for Emperor Shah Jahan to honour the memory of his favourite wife.
It .. (make) out of White marble, and it .. (set) in a 300-square-metre
garden. Over 22,000 workers and 1,000 elephants ..(involve) in the construction of the
building, which .. (complete) in about 1648. Later, people say that the Emperor
. (put) in prison, and he could only see it from the window of his prison cell.

III.- Translate the text on Item II into Spanish. (9 points)

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IV.-Complete the descriptions for the following pictures with sentences in passive voice. (11 points)

These houses (build) 20 This bridge .. (build) in 1925.

years ago. Before that there was a cinema here but the It (use) by hundreds of
building (damage) in a fire and had to people every day. At the momento the bridge
.. (knock down). .
. (Paint).

This Street (call) Wilton This is a bicycle Factory. Bicyles

Street. It used to (call) (make) here since 1931. Its the largest bicycle Factory
James Street but the name .. in the country hundreds of bicyles
(change) a few years ago. (produce) here every year.

V.- Use passive voice to write a new sentence with the same meaning. (12 points)

1. Somebody has stolen my keys. My keys .

2. Somebody stole my car last week. My car .
3. Somebody has eaten the bananas. The .
4. Somebody will repair the machine. The .
5. Somebody is watching us. We
6. Somebody has to buy the food. The