The passive (present and past simple): ejercicios de gramática A2

6 ejercicios de nivel A2 (Gramática) sobre «The passive (present and past simple)», con respuestas. Haz cada actividad y compruébala al momento. Gratis, sin cuenta.

HabilidadGramática
NivelA2 Elemental
Ejercicios6
Huecos29
Tema36 de 76

Antes de empezar. La pasiva pone el foco en la acción o en lo que la recibe, no en quién la hace. La voz pasiva: cómo funciona

Ejercicio 1. Find the past participles of these irregular verbs. What sound do they all end with? Listen and check.

Audio
Audio
verbpast participle
1   dodid / done
2   writewritten / wrote
3   drawdrawn / drew
4   wearwore / worn
5   taketaken / took
6   stealstole / stolen
7   breakbroke / broken
8   throwthrew / thrown

Ejercicio 2. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the affirmative or negative to make the sentences true.

7 huecos
  • 1
    Coffee isn’t grown (grow) in Iceland.
  • 2
    The Olympic Games (hold) every year.
  • 3
    Spanish (speak) in Argentina.
  • 4
    English (teach) in Polish schools.
  • 5
    Tricks (play) on April Fool’s Day.
  • 6
    Uniforms (wear) by most police officers.
  • 7
    Meat (sell) in a greengrocer’s.
  • 8
    Easter (celebrate) in every country of the world.

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Ejercicio 3. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple passive form of the verbs in the box.

5 huecos
bring     build     drop     kill     paint     write
  • 1
    The Hobbit was written by J.R.R Tolkien.
  • 2
    The Empire State Building in 1931.
  • 3
    Potatoes to Europe from America.
  • 4
    More than 1,500 people when the Titanic sank.
  • 5
    In 1985, a bottle of wine worth $250,000 by a waiter.
  • 6
    The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Ejercicio 4. Complete the text. Use the present or past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

7 huecos
  • The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian stone tablet with words on it from 196 BC. The words 1) are written (write) in three different languages, including Egyptian picture-writing. The stone 2) (find) in 1799 by French soldiers who were fighting in Egypt. After the war, it 3) (take) to England. Over the next few years, most of the words on the stone 4) (translate), but nobody could understand the picture-writing. That mystery 5) (not solve) until 1822, when a French academic called Champollion translated them. The fact that ancient Egyptian picture-writing 6) (understand) today is mostly thanks to Champollion’s work. Today, the Rosetta Stone 7) (keep) in the British Museum, where many ancient Egyptian treasures 8) (see) by millions of visitors each year.

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Ejercicio 5. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, present or past simple. Include by … if necessary.

6 huecos
  • 1
    They don’t make cars in Wales.
  • 2
    They wear uniforms at most British schools.
  • 3
    John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola.
  • 4
    They do a lot of shopping online.
  • 5
    British people send 2 billion text messages a week.
  • 6
    They produced wine in France in Roman times.

Ejercicio 6. Challenge!

4 huecos
  • Think of two examples for each of these things.
  • 1
    Books that weren’t written by a man.
  • 2
    Things that are made in your country.
  • 3
    Things that are eaten at Christmas.
  • 4
    Fruits that aren’t grown your country.

Respuestas personales: esta tarea no tiene solucionario.

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