passive voice test and answers

Passive voice
TEST 12
1.
The Remembrance Day and the Veteran’s Day ___ on the 11th of
November every year.
A) celebrated
C) will be celebrated
E) is celebrated
2.
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
B) was done
D) had been done
15. Houses ___ very quickly now.
A) builds
C) built
E) were built
B) had been tested
D) was tested
A) destroyed / was rebuilt
B) was being destroyed / rebuilt
C) were destroyed /were rebuilt
D) is destroyed / has been rebuilt
E) destroys / rebuilds
B) will be killed
D) are killed
The sports competitions which ___ on Sunday ___ by a lot of
people.
17. You can’t use this textbook now. It ___ by your friend.
A) takes
C) took
E) had taken
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.
8.
9.
A) are built
C) were built
E) has been built
B) sent
D) will send
B) are building
D) have been built
19. The new film ___ in all the big theatres of the city.
A) is demonstrated
C) is being demonstrated
E) had been demonstrated
This story ___ to everybody as the name of the first space pioneer
___ in the heart of people all over the world.
A) knows / lives
C) is known / is lived
E) knows / is lived
B) has been taken
D) were taken
18. Many modern apartments ___ in Berlin since 1980.
The inspector is not in the town. He ___ to another place some
days ago.
A) was sent
C) will be sent
E) sends
B) are building
D) are built
16. In 1834 the Houses of Parliament with the exception of
Westminster Hall ___ by fire, they ___ later.
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
C) was killed
E) were killed
6.
B) will be finding out
D) will be found out
-Did the company test the equipment yesterday?
-Yes it _____.
A) has tested
C) had tested
E) tested.
5.
A) answered / take
B) were answered / took
C) are answered / were taken
D) answered / took
E) were answered / were taken
Everything ___ before you came.
A) is done
C) has done
E) has been done
4.
B) are celebrated
D) was celebrated
I hope that the truth ___ very soon.
A) will find out
C) is found out
E) shall find out
3.
13. All the business letters ___ yesterday. They ___ to the post
office immediately.
B) was being demonstrated
D) would be demonstrated
20. Nobody likes ___ for at night.
B) knew / lived
D) is known / lives
A) be sent
C) was sent
E) sent
B) is sent
D) to be sent
The business letter ___ just ___ .
A) is / written
C) was / written
E) is / going to write
21. I ___ that I ___ at the station at 5.
B) has / been written
D) were / written
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
10. Business letters ___ usually on special forms.
A) will be written
C) are being written
E) write
22. Heroes ___ by people because they served their people and
their country.
B) are written
D) is written
A) is remembered
C) are remembered
E) would be remembered
11. Sometimes a lot of guests ___ to his birthday party.
A) had invited
C) were inviting
E) is inviting
B) was invited
D) are invited
23. By the time we came to the bookshop all books ___
A) are sold
C) had been sold
E) is being sold
12. The business letters ___ tomorrow.
A) are sent
C) will be sent
E) would be sent
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B) was remembered
D) had been remembered
B) is sent
D) will send
B) were sold
D) are being sold
24. Don’t touch the door, it ___ just ___ .
A) is / being painted
C) is / painted
E) would / be painted
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B) has / been painted
D) will / be painted
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25. Scientific articles ___ often ___ in this paper.
A) to be / published
C) are / published
E) are / publish
38. A woman’s work ___ never done.
B) are / being published
D) have / published
A) are
C) will
E) were
26. The fugitive ___ from prison to prison in Germany until he ___ in
prison in 1944.
39. Last Monday I received a telegram ___ by my sister on the 1st of
May.
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
A) sending
C) had sent
E) was sent
A) wasn’t given
C) am not given
E) have been given
B) were given
D) have given
A) is told
C) had been told
E) have been told
B) will be found
D) were found
A) is written
C) has been written
E) would be written
B) He said
D) Bob liked to tell
A) kept
C) are kept
E) keeps
B) are to be built
D) are built
B) was kept
D) were kept
44. The people next door disappeared 6 months ago. They ___ since
then.
31. A liar ___ when he speaks the truth.
A) don’t believe
C) believed
E) didn’t believe
B) was written
D) had been written
43. Finally he decided to come back and live in the house of his
parents which ___ by his aunt.
30. New schools ___ in our city every year.
A) is built
C) will build
E) have built
B) shall be told
D) were told
42. Someone wrote this report last week. This report ___ last week.
29. ___ about this film tomorrow.
A) It is an article
C) I shall be asked
E) He couldn’t
B) hadn’t been given
D) haven’t been given
41. I ___ about my father’s death before my mother.
28. I hope this book ___ .
A) will find
C) found
E) had been found
B) to send
D) sent
40. “I ___ the test yet today,” said Ann.
27. I ___ a card to the club and in the afternoon I went there to play
bridge.
A) had been given
C) was given
E) was giving
B) is
D) would
A)aren’t seen
C) weren’t seen
E) aren’t being seen
B) isn’t believed
D) believe
B) haven’t been seen
D) weren’t being seen
45. It is winter. Everything ___ with snow.
32. The doctor ___ just ___ for.
A) is / sent
C) has / sent
E) will / be sent
A) is covered
C) were covered
E) are covered
B) was / sent
D) has / been sent
B) covered
D) will cover
46. The men ___ after the explosion.
33. This year a very beautiful theatre ___ in our city.
A) built
C) has been built
E) has built
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
B) was built
D) had been built
34. The Great Expectations ___ by Charles Dickens.
A) were written
C) wrote
E) was written
47. -”Did someone throw those letters away?”
-”Yes, but it was a mistake. They ___ away.”
B) is written
D) are written
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
35. In 1969 two manned spaceships ___ into space from the first
space station.
A) launch
C) launches
E) were launched
B) launched
D) were launching
48. A.: Was there any trouble at the yesterday’s demonstration?
B.: Yes, about twenty people ___ .
36. We can’t get there in time. By the time we get there the papers
___ .
A) will be destroyed
C) will have been destroyed
E) have been destroyed
A) had been arrested
C) were being arrested
E) are arrested
B) would be destroyed
D) are destroyed
49. Mike didn’t have his car yesterday. It ___ at the station.
A) was serviced
C) had serviced
E) is serviced
37. This school ___ next year.
A) will close
C) will be closed
E) would be closed
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B) arrested
D) were arrested
B) is closed
D) was closed
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B) were serviced
D) had been serviced
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50. You can’t come in. She ___ for the TV.
A) is interviewed
C) is being interviewed
E) has been interviewed
63. A lot of books by this writer ___ into many languages of the
world.
B) interviews
D) was interviewed
A) translated
C) were translated
E) had been translated
B) is translated
D) has been translated
51. I had an unpleasant feeling that I ___ .
A) watched
C) have been watched
E) will be watched
64. The great English scientist Isaac Newton ___ not far from
Cambridge.
B) was watched
D) was being watched
A) born
C) are born
E) was born
52. He’ll finish the job tomorrow. The job ___
A) is finished
C) will be finished
E) was finished
B) would be finished
D) will finish
65. May Day ___ in Great Britain with singing and dancing round a
Maypole.
A) celebrate
C) is celebrated
E) has celebrated
53. After a thorough examination the patient ___ home.
A) was sent
C) are sent
E) sends
B) were sent
D) to send
B) celebrated
D) is celebrating
66. He ate everything that ___ on the table.
A) is leaving
C) were left
E) are left
54. I ___ for shopping yesterday.
A) is sent
B) was sent
C) am sent
D) are sent
E) has been sent
B) was left
D) is left
67. He made a rush at the door without realizing it ___ by me earlier.
A) locks
C) was locked
E) had been locked
55. How much money ___ yesterday?
A) is stolen
C) will steal
E) was stolen
B) is born
D) were born
B) stole
D) will be stolen
B) is locked
D) am locking
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
C) had finished
E) will be finished
B) was finished
D) have been finished
58. The delegation ___ at the station by the students yesterday.
A) meet
C) have been met
E) are met
B) is met
D) was met
59. Today acupuncture ___ effectively in our country.
A) were used
C) is used
E) had used
B) are used
D) has been 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
61. The first coins in America ___ in 1752. They were not regular in
shape.
A) are made
C) were made
E) is made
B) made
D) was made
62. Many magnificent palaces and museums ___ in our city lately.
A) have built
C) has been built
E) were built
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B) has built
D) have been built
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Passive voice
Test 8: Modals (Page 124)
1-C
9-D
17-D
25-B
33-A
41-D
49-D
57-C
65-D
73-A
81-D
89-C
97-B
105-A
113-A
121-A
129-D
137-C
145-B
153-D
161-D
2-A
10-A
18-E
26-E
34-C
42-E
50-C
58-D
66-E
74-C
82-B
90-C
98-B
106-B
114-C
122-B
130-B
138-B
146-C
154-D
162-D
3-A
11-A
19-D
27-B
35-B
43-B
51-B
59-B
67-E
75-E
83-E
91-D
99-B
107-E
115-C
123-D
131-C
139-A
147-D
155-E
4-A
12-E
20-E
28-D
36-D
44-C
52-D
60-B
68-A
76-C
84-E
92-E
100-C
108-B
116-B
124-E
132-D
140-D
148-C
156-E
Test 11: Infinitive - Gerund (Page 136)
5-A
13-A
21-A
29-C
37-C
45-E
53-D
61-B
69-B
77-C
85-E
93-C
101-C
109-C
117-A
125-E
133-B
141-D
149-D
157-B
6-A
14-E
22-E
30-B
38-D
46-C
54-A
62-C
70-A
78-E
86-C
94-D
102-C
110-C
118-C
126-B
134-D
142-B
150-A
158-D
7-A
15-C
23-A
31-A
39-B
47-A
55-B
63-A
71-A
79-D
87-A
95-D
103-E
111-E
119-B
127-C
135-D
143-B
151-C
159-D
8-A
16-D
24-C
32-A
40-A
48-B
56-E
64-C
72-E
80-E
88-D
96-B
104-C
112-B
120-C
128-E
136-D
144-C
152-C
160-C
1-A
9-A
17-C
25-C
33-D
41-E
49-B
57-B
65-B
73-A
81-D
89-B
97-E
3-E
11-E
19-C
27-A
35-D
4-D
12-D
20-E
28-B
36-B
5-E
13-B
21-C
29-E
37-A
6-A
14-C
22-B
30-D
7-C
15-C
23-D
31-C
8-A
16-A
24-E
32-B
Type 2
1-B
2-C
9-B
10-D
17-D
18-D
25-D
26-C
3-A
11-A
19-A
27-D
4-B
12-E
20-C
28-C
5-D
13-D
21-A
6-E
14-B
22-C
7-C
15-B
23-C
8-D
16-B
24-E
Type 3
1-E
2-E
9-C
10-A
17-A
18-D
3-D
11-C
4-D
12-D
5-C
13-B
6-A
14-C
7-D
15-D
8-B
16-B
Mixed
1-A
2-C
9-E
3-A
4-C
5-D
6-A
7-C
1-B
9-B
17-B
25-C
33-C
41-C
49-A
57-E
65-C
Answers
2-C
10-C
18-C
26-A
34-D
42-C
50-D
58-B
66-A
74-C
82-E
90-B
98-D
106-B
3-E
11-E
19-B
27-B
35-D
43-E
51-C
59-E
67-E
75-D
83-C
91-B
99-A
4-C
12-B
20-D
28-B
36-E
44-C
52-B
60-C
68-C
76-B
84-B
92-B
100-C
5-B
13-A
21-B
29-D
37-B
45-E
53-C
61-C
69-C
77-D
85-D
93-C
101-B
6-D
14-B
22-C
30-D
38-D
46-D
54-B
62-C
70-D
78-D
86-D
94-D
102-D
7-C
15-C
23-D
31-C
39-D
47-B
55-C
63-B
71-B
79-D
87-A
95-B
103-B
4-C
12-C
20-A
28-A
36-E
44-C
52-D
60-D
68-B
76-B
84-D
92-D
5-E
13-B
21-D
29-C
37-B
45-C
53-A
61-C
69-C
77-C
85-D
93-E
6-A
14-A
22-C
30-A
38-D
46-A
54-A
62-C
70-D
78-C
86-A
94-A
7-D
15-D
23-A
31-A
39-B
47-C
55-B
63-E
71-B
79-B
87-D
95-D
8-D
16-A
24-A
32-B
40-A
48-B
56-A
64-D
72-B
80-A
88-D
96-C
2-D
10-B
18-D
26-B
34-E
42-B
50-C
58-D
66-B
3-D
11-D
19-C
27-C
35-E
43-B
51-D
59-C
67-E
4-D
12-C
20-D
28-B
36-C
44-B
52-C
60-A
5-E
13-E
21-A
29-C
37-C
45-A
53-A
61-C
6-E
14-C
22-C
30-D
38-B
46-D
54-B
62-D
7-A
15-D
23-C
31-B
39-D
47-C
55-E
63-C
8-D
16-C
24-B
32-D
40-D
48-D
56-D
64-E
6-C
14-E
22-B
30-D
38-C
46-B
54-D
62-C
70-B
78-E
7-A
15-B
23-A
31-C
39-E
47-C
55-E
63-C
71-C
79-A
8-B
16-B
24-D
32-D
40-C
48-D
56-A
64-B
72-D
80-B
Test 13: Indirect speech (Page 142)
1-C
9-C
17-B
25-C
33-A
41-E
49-B
57-D
65-C
73-D
2-D
10-D
18-C
26-A
34-B
42-D
50-B
58-C
66-A
74-C
3-A
11-B
19-D
27-B
35-D
43-E
51-B
59-C
67-A
75-B
4-A
12-C
20-B
28-C
36-A
44-A
52-C
60-B
68-D
76-B
5-B
13-A
21-B
29-B
37-A
45-E
53-C
61-B
69-C
77-B
Test 14: When - While - Where - As soon as (Page 146)
1-C
9-B
17-C
25-D
33-D
41-B
49-D
57-B
8-B
Test 10: Comparatives - Superlatives (Page 133)
1-C
9-C
17-D
25-B
33-B
41-D
49-E
57-E
65-B
73-D
81-D
89-D
97-B
105-A
3-B
11-C
19-C
27-C
35-C
43-E
51-E
59-C
67-C
75-A
83-D
91-B
Test 12: Passive voice (Page 139)
Test 9: Conditionals (Page 129)
Type 1
1-E
2-D
9-B
10-C
17-A
18-B
25-A
26-B
33-C
34-D
2-B
10-B
18-A
26-B
34-D
42-B
50-A
58-C
66-A
74-E
82-C
90-C
8-E
16-B
24-C
32-B
40-D
48-D
56-A
64-B
72-E
80-E
88-A
96-E
104-E
2-C
10-C
18-C
26-A
34-A
42-C
50-D
58-B
3-A
11-C
19-B
27-A
35-A
43-B
51-B
4-D
12-C
20-B
28-C
36-A
44-D
52-C
5-A
13-C
21-E
29-B
37-D
45-A
53-A
6-A
14-E
22-B
30-E
38-D
46-A
54-A
7-C
15-B
23-A
31-A
39-A
47-D
55-D
8-B
16-C
24-B
32-C
40-E
48-D
56-B
6-B
14-D
22-A
7-A
15-D
8-D
16-D
7-B
15-C
23-E
31-A
39-D
8-A
16-A
24-D
32-D
40-C
Test 15: Questions tags (Page 148)
1-B
9-B
17-C
2-C
10-B
18-E
3-B
11-E
19-C
4-D
12-C
20-A
5-D
13-C
21-D
Test 16: Additions to remarks (Page 149)
1-C
9-A
17-C
25-E
33-C
41-A
410
2-A
10-C
18-D
26-D
34-A
42-D
3-C
11-A
19-D
27-B
35-D
43-C
4-D
12-C
20-B
28-E
36-D
5-A
13-A
21-B
29-D
37-E
6-D
14-D
22-C
30-C
38-B
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