Arbeitsblatt: Test Present simple passive

Test: Present simple passive Name: Exercise 1 Choose the correct word. (6 points) 1 Books is are made of paper. 2 Paper is are made from trees. 3 The website is are visited by thousands of people. 4 Lots of books is are sold each year. 5 Each book is are labelled to help people choose. 6 The books is are left in public place. Exercise 2 Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (6 points) 1 Books are (write) by authors. 2 special programme is (use) to teach how to write stories. 3 Penguins are (find) in the Antarctic. 4 The website is (design) to advertise the new titles. 5 The bell is (ring) by my friend. 6 Books are (print) on paper. Exercise 3 Rewrite the sentences using the present simple passive. (10 points) Example: In Britain lots of people read newspapers. Newspapers are read by lots of people in Britain. 1 Colourful leaflets advertise the new computer games. The new computer games 2 The editor decides on the content of the newspaper. The content 3 Newspapers include the TV programmes. TV programmes 4 They print the special announcements at the back of the newspaper. Special announcements 5 The author writes short outline of the book. short outline Remember • Present simple passive is formed with: the present tense of the verb be (i.e. is and are) past participle: English is taught in school. • we use by noun when we want to say who does the action: English is taught in school by teachers. Remember for exercises 2 and 3: The past participle of regular verbs is formed with ed. i.e.: walk walked Exercise 4: Irregular verbs Fill in the right form of the past participle. (20 points) be sleep make bring run sing feel come find have go dream see speak eat think say drink know fall Points: 42 (you can reach the mark 6 with 36 points) Mark: