Passive Voice- Numbers Quiz

Passive voice numbers quiz

Work in pairs (or threes), with one Student A worksheet and one Student B worksheet per group. Take turns asking each other questions from your worksheets, giving hints if the guesses are wrong until the other people get exactly the right number. Please guess in full sentences each time.

Useful language for giving hints
(That’s close but)	it’s (actually)   the real number is	much much a lot/ much/ far quite a lot slightly/ a little/ a bit very slightly/ a tiny bit	more/ higher/ longer/ more often.   less/ lower/ shorter.

Ask about anything on your worksheets which you don’t understand, think could be a different number, etc.

 

Passive voice presentation

Fill the gaps below with the right form:

How many Americans _________________________ (kill) by cows in an average year?

How many people _______________________ (kill) by the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima?

Check your answers below. What is similar about those two forms? What is different?

Why are those two different forms used in those sentences?

What similar forms could you use to talk about these situations?

• Things from the past until now (= both past and present)
• The past before the past/ The past up to a certain past time
• The future
• Possible things in the future (using “could”, “may”, etc)

Fill the gaps below with the right one of the six forms above, then check below.

• How many kilos of checked baggage _______________ (allow) by Philippine Airlines?
• How many new homes ____________ (build) in the UK in the year ending June 2019?
• How many exoplanets __________________________ (discover) by the end of 1998?
• How many people could ___________________ (displace) by climate change by 2100?
• How long ______________________________________________ (lawn tennis play)?
• How many kilos of fuel _____________________ (require) to send a human to Mars?
• How many people ______________________ (train) in resuscitation worldwide in 2019?
• How many years _______________________________________ (chopsticks use) for?
• How many minutes _____________________ (waste) per day by the average worker?
• How many people ___________________________ (the movie 50 Kisses write) by?

Try to remember the irregular past participles of these verbs, then check below.

build                                 drink                                 eaten                                find

leave                                make                                send                                 shoot

sell                                    spend                               strike                                 throw                                write

 

Student A

Take turns asking each other questions from your worksheets, guessing in full sentences and giving hints if the guesses are wrong until they get exactly the right number.

1. How many kilos of checked baggage are allowed by Philippine Airlines? 32 kilogrammes are allowed.
2. How many US Supreme Court judges were appointed in the 90s? Four were appointed.
3. How many people were arrested in the USA in 2018 for drug law violations? 1,700,000 people were arrested.
4. How many new homes were built in the UK in the year ending June 2019? 170,000 new homes were built.
5. According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, how many people were the pyramids built by? They were built by 100,000 people.
6. How often are the windows of London’s Shard skyscraper cleaned? They are cleaned four times a year.
7. How many homes were severely damaged by the 2010 Haiti earthquake? 250,000 homes were severely damaged.
8. How many people was the movie The Owner directed by? It was directed by 25 people.
9. How many planets had been discovered outside our solar system by the end of 1998? Four had been discovered.
10. How many people could be displaced by climate change by 2100 (according to globalcitizen.org)? 2,000,000,000 people could be displaced.
11. How many Americans were drafted during the Vietnam War? 2,200,000 Americans were drafted.
12. How many litres of champagne is drunk every year in France? 100,000,000 litres are drunk.
13. How many pizzas are eaten every year in the US? Three billion pizzas are eaten.
14. How many people were employed by Amazon in October 2020? One million people were employed by them.
15. How many prisoners were executed in the US in 2019? 22 people were executed.
16. How many tulips are exported from Holland every year? Two billion tulips are exported.
17. How many English and Welsh people were fined for not wearing facemasks from June 2020 to November 2020? 641 people were fined.
18. How many well-preserved bottles of 190-year-old champagne were found on the Föglö Schooner shipwreck in 2010? 168 bottles were found.
19. On average, how many US patents are granted each year? 400,000 patents are granted.
20. How many Icelandic bankers were jailed for their role in the 2008 banking crisis? 36 bankers were jailed.
21. How many schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria on 14 April 2014? 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped.
22. How many people were killed by smallpox? 300,000,000 people were killed.
23. How much money is left as inheritance by the average American? $69,000 is left.
24. How many of the original Volkswagen Beetle were made? 21,000,000 were made.
25. How many US babies were named Thanos in 2018? 13 US babies were named Thanos.

 

Student B

Take turns asking each other questions from your worksheets, guessing in full sentences and giving hints if the guesses are wrong until they get exactly the right number. 

26. How many Americans are killed by cows in an average year? 20 Americans are killed.
27. How many hours were spent on smartphones worldwide in the first half of 2020? 1.6 trillion hours were spent on them.
28. How many weeks are needed to learn basic Python programming? Seven weeks are needed.
29. How often is most of Sydney Harbour Bridge painted? It is painted once every five years.
30. How long has lawn tennis been played? It has been played for 150 years.
31. How many US dollars were printed in 2020? Nine trillion dollars were printed.
32. How many books were published in China in 2019? 330,000 books were published.
33. How many hours are usually recommended to study for the CPA certified public accountant exam? 350 hours are recommended.
34. How many prisoners were released during the storming of the Bastille at the beginning of the French Revolution? Seven prisoners were released.
35. How many leaked “Panama Papers” were released in April 2016? 11,500,000 papers were released.
36. How much kilos of fuel will be required to send a human to Mars (according to the top answer on quora.com)? 700,000 kilogrammes will be required.
37. How many people from the Titanic were saved after it sunk? 705 people were saved.
38. How many tries were scored in the 2019 Rugby World Cup? 344 tries were scored.
39. How many British prisoners were sent to Australia as punishment? 164,000 were sent.
40. How many people were shot and killed by police in the US in 2018? 990 people are short and killed.
41. How many pairs of jeans are sold each year? 2,000,000 pairs of jeans are sold.
42. How much was Instagram sold to Facebook for? It was sold for $1,000,000,000.
43. How much money was spent on the US military in 2019? $730,000,000,000 was spent.
44. How many people was Roman Emperor Julius Caesar stabbed by? He was stabbed by 23 people.
45. How many people are struck and killed by lightning in the US in an average year? 26 people are struck and killed by it.
46. How many kilogrammes of tea was thrown into Boston Harbour during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773? 40,000 kilos were thrown into it.
47. How many people were trained in resuscitation worldwide in 2019? 5,400,000 people were trained in it.
48. How many years have chopsticks been used for? They have been used for 5,000 years.
49. What percentage of plastic is used only once and then thrown away? 50% is used once and then thrown away.
50. How many minutes are wasted per day by the average worker (according to bluewatercredit.com)? 94 minutes are wasted by them.
51. How many people was the movie 50 Kisses written by? It was written by 51 people.