Listen to Sarah talking to a friend about her holiday photographs. What place is each person in?

1. Caroline: ________________________

2. Jack: ___________________________

3. Sarah: __________________________

4. Peter: ___________________________

5. Sarah's father:_____________________

Castle

Cathedral

Hotel

Market

Mountains

Museum

Restaurant

Sea

English grammar exercise on-line for elementary level students - the passive. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive.

Jeans ________________ (invent) in the United States by Levi Strauss in 1872. Jeans ________________ (be) a type of pants made from heavy, strong cotton material called denim. In the late 1800s, they ________________ (wear) by workers.The word 'jeans' ________________ (come) from the French name of the city in Italy where a strong cotton fabric ________________ (make). The Italian city's name, Genoa, ________________ (spell) 'jene' in Middle English and 'Gnes' in the French language. In the 1950s, jeans ________________ (become) a popular fashion for teenagers and young adults.Today Jeans ________________ (wear) in many countries around the world and they ________________ (make) in many styles and colours. Now, jeans ________________ (be) a very popular type of pants. Historic brands ________________ (include) Levi's, Lee and Wrangler. Jeans ________________ (come) in various types. Lately, a new range of snowboard-related jeans ________________ (be) introduced by Levis. Jeans ________________ (be) the symbol of American cultural influence in the world.

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

1.In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian________________(visit)his provinces in Britain.

2.On his visit, the Roman soldiers________________(tell)him that Pictish tribes from Britain's north

________________(attack)them.

3.So Hadrian ________________(give)the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the

country.

4.After 6 years of hard work, the Wall ________________(finish)in 128.

5.It ________________(be)117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

6.The Wall ________________(guard)by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

7.Every 8 kilometres there ________________(be)a large fort in which up to 1,000

soldiers________________(find)shelter.

8.The soldiers________________(watch)over the frontier to the north and ________________(checkthe people

who________________(want)to enter or leave Roman Britain.

9.In order to pass through the Wall, people________________(must go)to one of the small forts

that________________(serve)as gateways.

10.Those forts________________(call)milecastles because the distance from one fort to another

________________(be)one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

11.Between the milecastles there ________________(be)two turrets from which the soldiers

________________(guard)the Wall.

12.If the Wall ________________(attack)by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets ________________(run)to the

nearest milecastle for help or ________________(light)a fire that ________________(can / see)by the soldiers in the

milecastle.

13.In 383 Hadrian's Wall ________________(abandon)

14.Today Hadrian's Wall ________________(be)the most popular tourist attraction in northern England.

15.In 1987, it ________________(become)a UNESCO World Heritage Site.