SYLLABUS/TOPIC: Passive Voice
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 20 questions, the answers are provided.
1. The Remembrance Day and the Veteran’s Day ___ on the 11th of
November every year.
A) celebrated
B) are celebrated
C) will be celebrated
D) was celebrated
E) is celebrated
2. I hope that the truth ___ very soon.
A) will find out
B) will be finding out
C) is found out
D) will be found out
E) shall find out
3. Everything ___ before you came.
A) is done
B) was done
C) has done
D) had been done
E) has been done
4. -Did the company test the equipment yesterday?
-Yes it _____.
A) has tested
B) had been tested
C) had tested
D) was tested
E) tested.
5. People go to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier to stand in silence
for a minute to honor the memory of those who ___ in wars.
A) is killed
B) will be killed
C) was killed
D) are killed
E) were killed
6. The sports competitions which ___ on Sunday ___ by a lot of
people.
A) are held / will be visited
B) was held / will visit
C) will held / will visit
D) have been held / have visited
E) will be held / will be visited
7. The inspector is not in the town. He ___ to another place some
days ago.
A) was sent
B) sent
C) will be sent
D) will send
E) sends
8. This story ___ to everybody as the name of the first space pioneer
___ in the heart of people all over the world.
A) knows / lives
B) knew / lived
C) is known / is lived
D) is known / lives
E) knows / is lived
9. The business letter ___ just ___ .
A) is / written
B) has / been written
C) was / written
D) were / written
E) is / going to write
10. Business letters ___ usually on special forms.
A) will be written
B) are written
C) are being written
D) is written
E) write
11. Sometimes a lot of guests ___ to his birthday party.
A) had invited
B) was invited
C) were inviting
D) are invited
E) is inviting
12. The business letters ___ tomorrow.
A) are sent
B) is sent
C) will be sent
D) will send
E) would be sent
13. All the business letters ___ yesterday. They ___ to the post
office immediately.
A) answered / take
B) were answered / took
C) are answered / were taken
D) answered / took
E) were answered / were taken
14. The special information ___ in an hour or so, that’s why it ___ in
the newspapers yesterday.
A) brings / didn’t publish
B) will bring / don’t publish
C) will be brought / wasn’t published
D) will be brought / didn’t publish
E) brought / wasn’t published
15. Houses ___ very quickly now.
A) builds
B) are building
C) built
D) are built
E) were built
16. In 1834 the Houses of Parliament with the exception of
Westminster Hall ___ by fire, they ___ later.
A) destroyed / was rebuilt
B) was being destroyed / rebuilt
C) were destroyed /were rebuilt
D) is destroyed / has been rebuilt
E) destroys / rebuilds
17. You can’t use this textbook now. It ___ by your friend.
A) takes
B) has been taken
C) took
D) were taken
E) had taken
18. Many modern apartments ___ in Berlin since 1980.
A) are built
B) are building
C) were built
D) have been built
E) has been built
19. The new film ___ in all the big theatres of the city.
A) is demonstrated
B) was being demonstrated
C) is being demonstrated
D) would be demonstrated
E) had been demonstrated
20. Nobody likes ___ for at night.
A) be sent
B) is sent
C) was sent
D) to be sent
E) sent
ANSWERS:
1-B
2-D
3-D
4-D
5-E
6-E
7-A
8-D
9-B
10-B
11-D
12-C
13-E
14-C
15-D
16-C
17-B
18-D
19-C
20-D
21. I ___ that I ___ at the station at 5.
A) was told / should be met
B) told / is being met
C) tells / am met
D) am told / was met
E) will be told / would be met
22. Heroes ___ by people because they served their people and
their country.
A) is remembered
B) was remembered
C) are remembered
D) had been remembered
E) would be remembered
23. By the time we came to the bookshop all books ___
A) are sold
B) were sold
C) had been sold
D) are being sold
E) is being sold
24. Don’t touch the door, it ___ just ___ .
A) is / being painted
B) has / been painted
C) is / painted
D) will / be painted
E) would / be painted
25. Scientific articles ___ often ___ in this paper.
A) to be / published
B) are / being published
C) are / published
D) have / published
E) are / publish
26. The fugitive ___ from prison to prison in Germany until he ___ in
prison in 1944.
A) transferred / killed
B) was transferred / was killed
C) is transferred / was killed
D) has been transferred / has been killed
E) will be transferred / was killed
27. I ___ a card to the club and in the afternoon I went there to play
bridge.
A) had been given
B) were given
C) was given
D) have given
E) was giving
28. I hope this book ___ .
A) will find
B) will be found
C) found
D) were found
E) had been found
29. ___ about this film tomorrow.
A) It is an article
B) He said
C) I shall be asked
D) Bob liked to tell
E) He couldn’t
30. New schools ___ in our city every year.
A) is built
B) are to be built
C) will build
D) are built
E) have built
31. A liar ___ when he speaks the truth.
A) don’t believe
B) isn’t believed
C) believed
D) believe
E) didn’t believe
32. The doctor ___ just ___ for.
A) is / sent
B) was / sent
C) has / sent
D) has / been sent
E) will / be sent
33. This year a very beautiful theatre ___ in our city.
A) built
B) was built
C) has been built
D) had been built
E) has built
34. The Great Expectations ___ by Charles Dickens.
A) were written
B) is written
C) wrote
D) are written
E) was written
35. In 1969 two manned spaceships ___ into space from the first
space station.
A) launch
B) launched
C) launches
D) were launching
E) were launched
36. We can’t get there in time. By the time we get there the papers
___ .
A) will be destroyed
B) would be destroyed
C) will have been destroyed
D) are destroyed
E) have been destroyed
37. This school ___ next year.
A) will close
B) is closed
C) will be closed
D) was closed
E) would be closed
38. A woman’s work ___ never done.
A) are
B) is
C) will
D) would
E) were
39. Last Monday I received a telegram ___ by my sister on the 1st of
May.
A) sending
B) to send
C) had sent
D) sent
E) was sent
40. “I ___ the test yet today,” said Ann.
A) wasn’t given
B) hadn’t been given
C) am not given
D) haven’t been given
E) have been given
ANSWERS:
21-A
22-C
23-C
24-B
25-C
26-B
27-C
28-B
29-C
30-D
31-B
32-D
33-C
34-E
35-E
36-C
37-C
38-B
39-D
40-D
41. I ___ about my father’s death before my mother.
A) is told
B) shall be told
C) had been told
D) were told
E) have been told
42. Someone wrote this report last week. This report ___ last week.
A) is written
B) was written
C) has been written
D) had been written
E) would be written
43. Finally he decided to come back and live in the house of his
parents which ___ by his aunt.
A) kept
B) was kept
C) are kept
D) were kept
E) keeps
44. The people next door disappeared 6 months ago. They ___ since
then.
A)aren’t seen
B) haven’t been seen
C) weren’t seen
D) weren’t being seen
E) aren’t being seen
45. It is winter. Everything ___ with snow.
A) is covered
B) covered
C) were covered
D) will cover
E) are covered
46. The men ___ after the explosion.
A) are said to be arrested
B) said to be arrested
C) are said to being arrested
D) are said to have been arrested
E) are said to arrest
47. -”Did someone throw those letters away?”
-”Yes, but it was a mistake. They ___ away.”
A) mustn’t be thrown
B) shouldn’t be thrown
C) shouldn’t have been thrown
D) can’t be thrown
E) need to be thrown
48. A.: Was there any trouble at the yesterday’s demonstration?
B.: Yes, about twenty people ___ .
A) had been arrested
B) arrested
C) were being arrested
D) were arrested
E) are arrested
49. Mike didn’t have his car yesterday. It ___ at the station.
A) was serviced
B) were serviced
C) had serviced
D) had been serviced
E) is serviced
50. You can’t come in. She ___ for the TV.
A) is interviewed
B) interviews
C) is being interviewed
D) was interviewed
E) has been interviewed
51. I had an unpleasant feeling that I ___ .
A) watched
B) was watched
C) have been watched
D) was being watched
E) will be watched
52. He’ll finish the job tomorrow. The job ___
A) is finished
B) would be finished
C) will be finished
D) will finish
E) was finished
53. After a thorough examination the patient ___ home.
A) was sent
B) were sent
C) are sent
D) to send
E) sends
54. I ___ for shopping yesterday.
A) is sent
B) was sent
C) am sent
D) are sent
E) has been sent
55. How much money ___ yesterday?
A) is stolen
B) stole
C) will steal
D) will be stolen
E) was stolen
56. Ron Glib is a successful journalist. He ___ a big salary and his
articles ___ in newspaper. He ___ all over the world to write
about world events.
A) pays/publish/sends
B) paid/are published/isn’t sent
C) was paid/published/shall be sent
D) is paid/are published/is sent
E) will play/weren’t published/sent
57. This work ___ tomorrow.
A) is finished
B) was finished
C) had finished
D) have been finished
E) will be finished
58. The delegation ___ at the station by the students yesterday.
A) meet
B) is met
C) have been met
D) was met
E) are met
59. Today acupuncture ___ effectively in our country.
A) were used
B) are used
C) is used
D) has been used
E) had used
60. Some scrap metal ___ and ___ in the school yard by the evening
last Sunday.
A) was gathered/heaped
B) has been gathered/heaped
C) will be gathered/heaped
D) had been gathered/heaped
E) would be gathered/heaped
ANSWERS:
41-C
42-B
43-B
44-B
45-A
46-D
47-C
48-D
49-A
50-C
51-D
52-C
53-A
54-B
55-E
56-D
57-E
58-D
59-C
60-A
61. The first coins in America ___ in 1752. They were not regular in
shape.
A) are made
B) made
C) were made
D) was made
E) is made
62. Many magnificent palaces and museums ___ in our city lately.
A) have built
B) has built
C) has been built
D) have been built
E) were built
63. A lot of books by this writer ___ into many languages of the
world.
A) translated
B) is translated
C) were translated
D) has been translated
E) had been translated
64. The great English scientist Isaac Newton ___ not far from
Cambridge.
A) born
B) is born
C) are born
D) were born
E) was born
65. May Day ___ in Great Britain with singing and dancing round a
Maypole.
A) celebrate
B) celebrated
C) is celebrated
D) is celebrating
E) has celebrated
66. He ate everything that ___ on the table.
A) is leaving
B) was left
C) were left
D) is left
E) are left
67. He made a rush at the door without realizing it ___ by me earlier.
A) locks
B) is locked
C) was locked
D) am locking
E) had been locked
ANSWERS:
61-C
62-D
63-C
64-E
65-C
66-B
67-E
