Test Paper-Passive Voice
Test Paper-Passive Voice
1. Complete the text, putting the verbs in brackets in the present or past simple, active or passive.
TEA-the most popular drink in the world
India, Sri Lanka and China grow (grow) most of the worlds tea. The tea plant can grow to 12 metres
high, but it is usually cut (usually cut )to 1.5 metres. The leaves .. (not pick ) until the
plant is about five years old .
Tea .(produce ) like this .First the tea leaves ..(pick).Then they
( take) to special rooms to dry .They ( leave ) in these
rooms for a day. Then the leaves . (break) by machines. This
(allow) the oil to come out of the leaves .Next the leaves
( put )into ovens . When the tea leaves .(come out ) of the
ovens ,they (pack )in wooden boxes .Some of the tea
..(export ) and some of it (keep ) in the
country where it was grown .
Tea . (probably discover) in China about 5,000 years ago.
According to one story, Emperor Shang Yeng was drinking hot water in his garden when some leaves
(fall) off a wild tea bush into his cup . He.. (love) the drink and soon tea bushes
..( plant ) all over China. For a long time, tea .. (use) as
money in China .In the fourteenth century, a good horse .(cost) about 68 kilos of
tea .
Tea (not bring) to England until 1657 .At first, only rich people
.(drink ) it because it was expensive . But it soon ( become )
a very popular drink .Most people now (make ) tea with tea bags .In fact,
every day in Britain ,150 million cups of tea .(make ) from tea bags .
2. Match the sentence halves and agree or disagree with the suggestions.
1. Couldnt
2. How about
3. We could
4. Why
5. Lets find out