Flash Test 21 - Present and past
passive
1 Change the sentences to the correct form of the
passive.
1 They made three Lord of the Rings films
Three Lord of the Rings films were made
2 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
Hamlet was wrote by Shakspeard
3 They make cheese in France
Cheese
4 Jennifer Aniston plays Rachel in Friends.
Rachel
5 They pay some footballers a lot of money.
Some footballers .....
2 Write the questions in the passive.
1 What
for? John was chosen for
the school football team.
2 What
. on? The film is based on the
book.
3. What
..? I was given a new bike for
my birthday
4 Who
by? The party was organised
by my friends.
5 Where
...? The programmes are
recorded in the TV studios.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the passive and a verb from the box.
show film make
base be born give
1 Lord of the Rings ..... (not) in Australia
2
Friends an Oscar award?
No, it
3
you
........ in Italy? Yes, I .......
4 My favourite TV series .......... every Friday.
5 The Harry Potter films on the books.​