WORKSHOP

August 10th - Friday

AGUSTINIANO SALITRE SCHOOL

WORKSHOP – THIRD TERM

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

NINTH GRADE

Name ___________________________________________9 ___ Date ___________

 1.    Add tag questions

 

1.    Alison is 26, ___________________

2.    She teaches sky-diving, ___________________

3.    You can windsurf, ___________________

4.    He isn't Australian, ___________________

5.    She doesn't speak Spanish, ___________________

6.    We can't fly a plane, ___________________

7.    She's got brown hair, ___________________

8.    They met everyone yesterday, ___________________

9.    She hasn't finished her book yet, ___________________

10. Will and Jenny didn't get up late, ___________________

 2.    Rewrite the sentences in passive voice

a.    Julia rescued three cats.

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b.    The students handed in the reports.

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c.     Maria crashed into the blue car.

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d.    Alex learned the poem.

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e.    Steven has forgotten the book.

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f.     The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.

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g.    They play handball.

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h.    Sue puts the rucksack on the floor.

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i.      The girls had lost the match.

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j.     The teacher is not going to open the window.

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 3.    Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in parentheses.

 

1.     Yesterday our teacher (arrive) ____arrived_____ five minutes late.

2.     The morning paper (read) ________________________by over 200,000 people everyday

3.     Las night my favorite TV program (interrumpt) ________________________ by a special news bulletin.

4.     That’s not my coat. It (belong) ________________________to Luoise.

5.     Our mail (deliver) ________________________before noon every day.

6.     The ‘b’ in ‘comb’ (pronounce, not) ________________________. It is silent.

7.     A bad accident (happen) ________________________ on Highaway 95 last night.

8.     When I (arrive) ________________________at the airport yesterday, I (meet) ________________________ by my cousin and a couple of her friends.

9.     Yesterday I (hear) about Margaret’s divorce. I (surprise) ________________________by the news. Janice (shock) ________________________.

10.  A new house (build) ________________________next to ours next year.

11.  Jordan (write) ________________________this composition last week. That one (write) ________________________ by Mike

12.  Radium (discover) ________________________ by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.

13.  The Eiffel Tower (be) ________________________ in Paris, France. It (visit) ________________________ by millions of people every year. It (design) ________________________ by Alexander Eiffel (1832-1923). It (erect) ________________________ in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it (be) ________________________ the most famous landmark in Paris. Today it (recognize) ________________________ by people throughout the world.