Passive Voice- Numbers Quiz
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Passive Voice- Numbers Quiz
Work in twos 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 they 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.
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?
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Things from the past until now (= both past and present)
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The past before the past/ The past up to a certain past time
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The future
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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.
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How many kilos of checked baggage _______________ (allow) by Philippine Airlines?
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How many new homes ____________ (build) in the UK in the year ending June 2019?
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How many exoplanets __________________________ (discover) by the end of 1998?
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How many people could ___________________ (displace) by climate change by
2100?
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How long ______________________________________________ (lawn tennis play)?
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How many kilos of fuel _____________________ (require) to send a human to Mars?
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How many people ______________________ (train) in resuscitation worldwide in
2019?
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How many years _______________________________________ (chopsticks use)
for?
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How many minutes _____________________ (waste) per day by the average worker?
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How many people ___________________________ (the movie 50 Kisses write) by?
Try to remember the irregular past participles of these verbs used below, then check.
build
drink
eaten
find
leave
make
send
shoot
sell
spend
strike
throw
write
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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 kilo-
grammes are allowed.
2. How many US Supreme Court judges were appointed in the 90s? Four were appoin-
ted.
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 pyr-
amids 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 global-
citizen.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 gran-
ted.
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
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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 ac-
countant 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 bluewa-
tercredit.com)? 94 minutes are wasted by them.
51. How many people was the movie 50 Kisses written by? It was written by 51 people.
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