CBSE Class 8 English Grammar Active and Passive Voice and Biographies Worksheet Set 09

Answer: 1. The scooter is being repaired.
2. The shoes are being polished.
3. Dinner is being cooked.
4. The dishes are being washed.
5. The patient is being examined.
6. The cow is being milked.

Teacher's Note: The pictures are not in the text, so the verbs are matched to the objects by meaning.

Answer: 1. is made; 2. built; 3. have been given; 4. will be shown; 5. has been stolen; 6. are being built.

Teacher's Note: Give an example if the question allows.

Answer: 1. Nearly fifty people were arrested by the police.
2. The CD can be returned next Sunday.
3. The programme has been recorded by me.
4. The doors were being painted.
5. I had been lent some money by Sanchit.
6. Teachers should be respected.

Teacher's Note: Write a short, clear answer.

Answer: 1. Somebody cleans the room every day.
2. A dog bit Tom.
3. They were serving lunch.
4. The District Collector will inaugurate the new school tomorrow.
5. They are recording the function on video.
6. Somebody has sharpened the pencil.

Teacher's Note: Remember this for your exam.

Answer: 1. No, I'll have it mended.
2. No, I had it cut.
3. No, they have them cleaned.
4. No, she had them stitched.
5. No, I have it cut.
6. No, I have had it repaired.
7. No, he has them typed.
8. No, they had it mended.

Teacher's Note: 'Have something done' means someone else does the job for us.

Answer: Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September 1888 in Tiruttani, in present-day Tamil Nadu. He was a brilliant student and became a famous philosopher and teacher. He taught at the University of Mysore and Calcutta, and at Oxford University, and he later became the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. After independence he served as India's ambassador to the Soviet Union, and was the first Vice-President of India from 1952 to 1962. He became the second President of India in 1962. His birthday is celebrated every year as Teachers' Day. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954. He died on 17 April 1975.

Teacher's Note: Use the key term in your answer.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809 in a poor log cabin in Kentucky, in the United States. He had very little schooling but taught himself by reading books, and later became a lawyer. He entered politics and became the 16th President of the United States in 1861. During his time the country was torn by the Civil War over slavery. Lincoln worked to keep the nation united, and in 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves in the rebel states free. His Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in history. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865 and died the next day.

Teacher's Note: Give an example if the question allows.