Test 12: Passive voice

English Grammar Tests » Test 12: Passive voice

- Passive voice

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
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
Everything ___ before you came.
- A) is done
- B) was done
- C) has done
- D) had been done
- E) has been done
- Did the company test the equipment yesterday?
- Yes it _____.
- A) has tested
- B) had been tested
- C) had tested
- D) was tested
- E) tested.
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
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
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
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
The business letter ___ just ___ .
- A) is / written
- B) has / been written
- C) was / written
- D) were / written
- E) is / going to write
Business letters ___ usually on special forms.
- A) will be written
- B) are written
- C) are being written
- D) is written
- E) write
Sometimes a lot of guests ___ to his birthday party.
- A) had invited
- B) was invited
- C) were inviting
- D) are invited
- E) is inviting
The business letters ___ tomorrow.
- A) are sent
- B) is sent
- C) will be sent
- D) will send
- E) would be sent
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
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
Houses ___ very quickly now.
- A) builds
- B) are building
- C) built
- D) are built
- E) were built
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
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
Many modern apartments ___ in Berlin since 1980.
- A) are built
- B) are building
- C) were built
- D) have been built
- E) has been built
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
Nobody likes ___ for at night.
- A) be sent
- B) is sent
- C) was sent
- D) to be sent
- E) sent
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
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
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
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
Scientific articles ___ often ___ in this paper.
- A) to be / published
- B) are / being published
- C) are / published
- D) have / published
- E) are / publish
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
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
I hope this book ___ .
- A) will find
- B) will be found
- C) found
- D) were found
- E) had been found
___ 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
New schools ___ in our city every year.
- A) is built
- B) are to be built
- C) will build
- D) are built
- E) have built
A liar ___ when he speaks the truth.
- A) don’t believe
- B) isn’t believed
- C) believed
- D) believe
- E) didn’t believe
The doctor ___ just ___ for.
- A) is / sent
- B) was / sent
- C) has / sent
- D) has / been sent
- E) will / be sent
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
The Great Expectations ___ by Charles Dickens.
- A) were written
- B) is written
- C) wrote
- D) are written
- E) was written
In 1969 two manned spaceships ___ into space from the first space station.
- A) launch
- B) launched
- C) launches
- D) were launching
- E) were launched
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
This school ___ next year.
- A) will close
- B) is closed
- C) will be closed
- D) was closed
- E) would be closed
A woman’s work ___ never done.
- A) are
- B) is
- C) will
- D) would
- E) were
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
“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
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
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
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
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
It is winter. Everything ___ with snow.
- A) is covered
- B) covered
- C) were covered
- D) will cover
- E) are covered
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
- ”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
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
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
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
I had an unpleasant feeling that I ___ .
- A) watched
- B) was watched
- C) have been watched
- D) was being watched
- E) will be watched
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
After a thorough examination the patient ___ home.
- A) was sent
- B) were sent
- C) are sent
- D) to send
- E) sends
I ___ for shopping yesterday.
- A) is sent
- B) was sent
- C) am sent
- D) are sent
- E) has been sent
How much money ___ yesterday?
- A) is stolen
- B) stole
- C) will steal
- D) will be stolen
- E) was stolen
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
This work ___ tomorrow.
- A) is finished
- B) was finished
- C) had finished
- D) have been finished
- E) will be finished
The delegation ___ at the station by the students yesterday.
- A) meet
- B) is met
- C) have been met
- D) was met
- E) are met
Today acupuncture ___ effectively in our country.
- A) were used
- B) are used
- C) is used
- D) has been used
- E) had used
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
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
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
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
The great English scientist Isaac Newton ___ not far from Cambridge.
- A) born
- B) is born
- C) are born
- D) were born
- E) was born
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
He ate everything that ___ on the table.
- A) is leaving
- B) was left
- C) were left
- D) is left
- E) are left
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

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