Name:. .....................................

Grammar Present passive

1 Choose the correct words. 1 _______________ the plates _______________

I went / goed shopping yesterday. (make) from recycled paper?

1 Are you watching / Do you watch TV at the moment? 2 The date __________________ (announce) today.

2 They not saw / didn’t see the match. 3 Shampoo _______________ (not sell) at the bank.

3 We sleeped / slept really badly. Past passive

4 Do you want to / Want you to go to the cinema? 5 The article ____________________ (write) yesterday.
5 What was / were they talking about? 6 The parents ____________________ (not invite).
7 My house ____________________ (build) last year.
2 Look at the online catalogue for sports equipment. Then
circle the correct answers. 5 Complete the questions and answers.
* ** *** **** ***** 1 What ______________________________________?
good very good I’m watching TV.
Ball (small) €20 **** 2 Did they see the match yesterday?
Ball (big) €30 **** Yes, ________________________________________.
Water bottle (small) €8 ***** 3 How _______________________________________?
Water bottle (big) €10 ***** I slept really badly last night.
Table tennis table €200 ***** 4 What ______________________________________?

Tennis racket €35 *****
1. The small water bottle is cheaper than / more
expensive than / the most expensive the big
water bottle.
2. The big ball is not as expensive as / not as cheap
as / as expensive as the tennis racket.
3. The table tennis table is cheaper than / more
expensive than / the most expensive item in the
catalogue.
4. The cheap ball is bigger than / smaller than / as
big as the other ball.
5. The balls are as good as / better than / not as
good as the table tennis tables.
3 Write sentences from the prompts using the present
simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous
tense.
1 you / watch TV / at the moment / ?
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2 They / not see / the match / yesterday
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3 We / sleep / badly / last night
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4 What / they / talk about / when I called / ?
4 Complete the sentences using the present or past
passive.
We were talking about football when you called.
5 How _______________________________________?
I see my grandparents about once a week.
6 Did you go to the museum?
Yes, ________________________________________.
6 Complete the conditional sentences using the verbs in
brackets.
If it rains (rain) tomorrow, we’ll stay (stay) at home.
1 If I _______________ (get) a good mark tomorrow,
I _____________________ (invite) you to dinner.
2 If I _______________ (see) him later, I __________
__________ (give) him the book.
3 They __________________ (not tease) me if I
__________________ (not be) so shy.
4 You _______________ (not be) able to work if you
______________ (listen) to music at the same time.
5 If we ______________ (sell) the car, you ________
____________ (have) to walk to school.
7 Choose the correct words.
I went / goed shopping yesterday.

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 1 You must / should wear a coat – it’s cold.
2 We not write / didn’t write the essay.
3 He occasionally sends / sends occasionally me an
email.
4 Do you like / Like you watching TV?
5 Where was / were they going?
8 Write present perfect sentences from the prompts.
Include the word in brackets.
1 He / tell me (already)
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2 I / not see / my cousin / three years (for)
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3 They / hear / the news (just)
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4 She / work / for that company / 1999 (since)
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5 We / not do / the shopping (still)
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9 Complete the sentences with should (n’t), must (n’t) or
(don’t) have to.
1 You ___________________ talk to her – she’ll
understand.
2 You ___________________ pay to get in – it’s free
until 10 p.m.
3 You ___________________ leave without saying
goodbye – I’ll never forgive you!
4 They ___________________ go to bed so late –
they’re always tired.
5 You ___________________ ring this number – it’s the
only way to contact them.
10 Complete the questions and answers.
1 What ______________________________________?
I went shopping yesterday.
2 Where _____________________________________?
They were going to the supermarket when you saw
them.
3 How _______________________________________?
He emails me twice a day!
4 Are you having dinner at the moment?
Yes, ________________________________________.
5 Did he take the bus to school yesterday?
Yes, ________________________________________.
11 Rewrite these sentences using the reported speech.
1 ‘I live with my parents,’ Liam said.
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2 ‘Will you marry me?’ Tim asked Samantha.
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3 ‘Why were you crying?’ my mum asked me.
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4 ‘Leave me alone!’ Alan told me.
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12 Complete the following sentences using relative
pronouns or adverbs. If they can be omitted, write
brackets.
The book (which) I was reading was very interesting.
1 The man ................ I saw yesterday is 99.
2 I know someone ................ sister is a nurse.
3 People ................ eat too much tend to have poor
health.
4 My new job, ................ I started last week, is very
stressful.
5 I never met someone ................ didn’t like music.
13 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 tidy / really / bedroom / have / I / to / my
2 have / school / to / take / bus / Derek / Does / the / ?
3 yesterday / Why / go / you / cousin’s / have / to / to /
did / your / house / ?
4 you / study / Do / we’ll / year / to / think / hard / next /
have / ?
Reading
STUDENTS AND TECHNOLOGY
When my dad was at school, there weren’t any computers and
the internet didn’t exist. He didn’t communicate with his friends
by email and he didn’t make new friends in chat rooms online.
These days the answer to almost every question is on your
computer. How has this influenced the way we study? Firstly, we
can find information much more easily than we could in the
past. You don’t need to search through books and
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encyclopaedias. You can enter your key words in a search
engine and then choose from the many websites which can give
you the information you need.
Secondly, there are also websites which give advice and
practical help with essays and other homework. Sometimes you
have to pay for this, but there are a lot which are free. Some
people think this is cheating, but if you write the essay yourself,
you won’t just copy text. You will also learn.
All in all, I think we’re lucky today. Studying is a lot more
fun!
1 Read the text. Then read the sentences and write true or
false.
The writer’s dad had a computer at school. False
1 The writer’s dad used email a lot. __________
2 Today it’s harder to find information. __________
3 Some homework websites are free. __________
4 The writer thinks homework websites can help you
learn. __________
MARKS:
Grammar: ______
Reading: ______
5 The writer thinks studying was more fun when her
dad was at school. __________
2 Tick () the true sentences and correct the false
sentences.
1 The writer’s dad didn’t make new friends.
____________________________________________
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2 We can get a lot of information through our
computers.
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3 The writer thinks homework websites are cheating.
____________________________________________
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4 Students today are luckier than before.
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5 You will also learn using the information from the
Internet.
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