ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
GRADE 8
1. Given below is a set of instructions for making tea. Complete the following paragraph on how
tea is made.
* Boil three glasses of water.
* Add milk to the boiling water.
* Drop tea powder
*Sprinkle sugar and stir the tea.
* Pour the tea into cups and serve hot.
To make tea first three glasses of water is boiled. Then, milk (a)------- to the boiling water. Tea
powder (b)-------- into the kettle. Then some sugar (c) ------- and the tea (d)-------. The tea (e)-----
---- into the cups and served hot.
[Link] you can see a set of instructions for making cake. Complete the following paragraph
which describes how cakes are made. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Take 2 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, ½ teaspoon of salt, 2 ½ teaspoons of baking
powder, 4 tablespoons of margarine and a cup of milk.
Stir flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
Cut in margarine
Add milk
Mix well until batter is quite stiff.
Spread batter in a cake pan.
Bake at 325 C until golden in colour.
Two cups of flour, two tbs. of sugar, half tsp. of salt, two and a half tsps. of baking powder, four
tbsps. of margarine and a cup of milk are taken. Salt, baking powder and sugar (a) ------------.
Margarine (b)------------------------------. Then milk (c) -------------------and the ingredients (d) ---------
------- quite stiff. Finally, the batter (e) ------------------------------------and baked at 325 C until it is
golden in colour. Thus a delicious cake is baked.
3. Below you can see a set of instructions for making Chinese Blossom tea. Complete the
following paragraph which describes how blossom tea is made. The first one has been done as
an example.
*Boil four cups of water.
* Add 2 tblsps of tea.
* Boil for 5 mins.
* Rinse teapot with boiling water.
* Put layer of rose, mogra or jasmine flowers.
*Pour tea. Let stand for 5 mins.
*Serve before or after meal.
Four cups of water should be put to boil. When the water has boiled,(a)--------------------------
and allowed to boil for five minutes. Meanwhile, the tea pot (b)----------------------------- with
boiling water. A layer of either rose, jasmine or mogra flowers is then (c) ------------------------
However it should not be served immediately; it (d) ---------------------------------- five minutes
before it is served.
[Link] you can see a set of instructions for making sandwich. Complete the following
paragraph which describes how sandwich is made.
* Take a pan with 1 tbsp. oil.
*Fry the onion till it turns golden brown.
*Take a slice of bread and put a layer of fried onion on it.
*Later put the layer of cheese, tomato, salt and pepper powder.
* Put another slice of bread on it.
* Place the layer in the sandwich maker and close it.
*When ready, serve the sandwich with tomato sauce.
A pan with one tablespoon of oil is taken. Onion (a) ---------- till it turns golden brown. A slice of
bread (b) ----------- and a layer of fried onions (c) -------- on it. The layer of cheese, tomato, salt
and pepper (d)------------------ on it later. The layer (e) ------------- in the sandwich maker and it (f)-
--------------------. The sandwich (f) -------------- with tomato sauce when ready.
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