Grammar Exercises
Exercise 5.17 A
Practice based on Question 12 (Sample English tests: Grammar, punctuation
and spelling Paper 2 – Levels 6)
Purpose of exercise: Personal / impersonal forms
1. This sentence is written in the personal form.
I am really scared of ants.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
Ants are pretty disgusting.
I hate ants.
Ants are really scary.
Ants are my friends.
2. This sentence is written in the personal form.
I have noticed the ants are restless.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
It has been noticed that ants are restless.
I spotted some ants acting crazy.
The ants are restless is what I noticed.
If the ants want to be restless that is fine.
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Exercise 5.17 A Y6 (based on Question 12 Paper 2 L6)
3. This sentence is written in the personal form.
I have been bitten by so many ants recently.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
I have been bitten by 99 ants over the last 3 days.
Ant bites are dangerous if you get lots of them.
Recently ant bites have become frequent.
Ant bites are actually good for you.
4. This sentence is written in the personal form.
We were having a picnic in the park but we had to run away from of the ants.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
There are ants in the park attacking picnicking people.
I was covered in ant bites after that terrible picnic.
Picnickers in the park had to run away from the ants.
I think people should share their picnics with the ants.
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Exercise 5.17 A Y6 (based on Question 12 Paper 2 L6)
5. This sentence is written in the personal form.
I think ants are mother nature’s kindest children.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
You can see that ants are the kindest of mother nature’s children.
Ants can be very kind if you are kind to them.
Ants are neither kind nor unkind; they are only determined.
It is thought that ants are mother nature’s kindest children.
6. This sentence is written in the impersonal form.
It has become clear that ants have declared war on humanity.
Which sentence below is a correct personal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
I can see now that ants have declared war on us.
I can clearly see that ants are a war-like species.
That ants have declared war on humanity is now clear.
The ants are coming! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
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Exercise 5.17 A Y6 (based on Question 12 Paper 2 L6)
7. This sentence is written in the impersonal form.
People should not worry as the army will protect them.
Which sentence below is a correct personal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
The army will protect people so they should not worry.
I know the army will kill all the ants.
Don’t worry everyone as I know the army will protect us.
I hope the army are coming soon, the ants are massing.
8. This sentence is written in the impersonal form.
The tower block was drowning in an ocean of ants.
Which sentence below is a correct impersonal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
My whole block is drowning in ants now.
Our tower block was drowning in an ocean of ants.
From the roof you could see only ants in every direction.
Everybody stamp on as many as you can!
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Exercise 5.17 A Y6 (based on Question 12 Paper 2 L6)
9. This sentence is written in the impersonal form.
It was found that, unlike people, ants are not scared of tanks.
Which sentence below is a correct personal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
We expected the ants to be scared of all the soldiers, but we
found that they are not.
The tanks fired their guns, but the ants were unafraid.
I have found that ants, unlike people, are not scared of tanks.
I have been a soldier for twenty years and I’ve never faced an
enemy this determined.
10. This sentence is written in the impersonal form.
London became an ant-hill and people knew that the war was lost.
Which sentence below is a correct personal form of the sentence?
Tick one.
My London is lost, and I see that there is only an anthill now.
The war has turned London into an anthill.
The war will never be over! Stamp out the ants!
London is an anthill and the war is lost.
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Exercise 5.17 A Y6 (based on Question 12 Paper 2 L6)