Name: ____________________________________________ Date: 21/10/2021

PASSIVE VOICE
Task 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. That book _____ by a famous author.
A. wrote B. was written C. is writing D. has written
2. The children’s song _______ by one of the parents.
A. is taping B. are being taped C. are taping D. is being taped
3. A few days ago, Tom’s car ______ by one of the teenagers in his neighborhood.
A. was stealing B. was stole C. has been stolen D. was stolen
4. Pencils ______ at the test, so please bring your own.
A. are provided B. will be provided C. won’t be provided D. shall not be provided
5. Everything_____.
A. are going to be forgotten B. is going to be forgotten C. is going to be forgot D. were going to be forgotten
6. The battles ________ for liberation.
A. had be fought B. had been fighted C. had been fought D. has been fought
7. “Can’t we do something about the situation?” “Something _____ right now.”
A. is doing B. is done C. is being done D. has been done
8. Harvard University _______ as one of the best universities in the world for hundreds of years.
A. has regarded B. is regarded C. has been regarded D. regards
9. “David is in prison for smoking drugs.” “He ______ that it was against the law.”
A. is telling B. was told C. told D. tells
10. “Come back at 5 o’clock,” he said, “the job _______ by then.”
A. will have been done B. has been done C. is being done D. was being done
11. “Has ______ about the eight o’clock flight to Chicago?” “Not yet.”
A. been an announcement made B. an announcement been made
C. an announcement made D. been made an announcement
12. Mark _______ a lot by his friends, isn’t he?
A. is influenced B. is influencing C. isn’t influenced D. isn’t influencing
13. Jack _______ the news immediately. If you don’t do it, I will.
A. ought to be told B. ought be told C. ought to tell D. ought to
have told
14. They recommend that a hotel _______ on the edge of the lake.
A. should be built B. must be built C. was built D. could be built
15. The music at the party was very loud and _______ from far away.
A. can hear B. could hear C. can be heard D. could be heard
16. Both domestic and imported automobiles must _______ anti-pollution devices.
A. equipped with B. be equipped with C. equipped by D. be equipped by
17. Tom has just had a computer ________ in his room.
A. install B. installed C. to install D. installing
18. Despite all my anxiety, I _______ for the job I wanted.
A. was hiring B. hired C. got hiring D. got hired
19. Have you got the advisor_______ the issue?
A. to examine B. examining C. to be examined D. examined
20. We got our mail _________ yesterday.
A. been delivered B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver
21. These tennis courts don‘t _________ very often. Not many people want to play.
A. got used B. used C. get used D. get use
22. He dislikes _______ what to do.
A. people tell him B. being told C. to be told D. they telling him
23. Jack accepted _______ for his brother’s fault.
A. to punish B. to be punished C. punish D. being punished
24. I don’t want any conclusion _________ before we have all the evidence.
A. be made B. to be made C. being made D. to have been made
25. He was seen_______ a stone and _______ it at the police.
A. pick up - throw B. picking up – throw C. picked up - thrown D. to pick up - throw
26.________ that military spending is extremely high.
A. We are felt B. It feels C. It is felt D. We feel that it is
27. I wanted _________ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being to see

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28. Her watch needs __________.
A. repairing B. to be repaired C. repaired D. A and B

Task 2: Choose the best answer which indicates the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the given one.
1.The robbers attacked the police from behind.
A. The police was attacked from behind. B. The police were attacked from behind.
C. The robbers were attacked from behind D. The robbers are attacked from behind
2. They have to hold the meeting in this narrow room.
A. The meeting had to be hold in this narrow room. B.The meeting has to be hold in this narrow room.
C. The meeting had to be holded in this narrow room D. The meeting has to be held in this narrow room.
3. They showed his photograph on television.
A. On television they had his photograph shown. B. His photograph was shown on television.
C. His photograph is being shown on television D. The television was shown his photograph.
4. They began to build the bridge two months ago.
A. The bridge was begun to build two months ago. B. The bridge was begun to be built two months ago.
C. The bridge began to build two months ago. D. The bridge began to be built two months ago.
5. They saw him searching the truck.
A. He is seen searching the truck. B. He is seen to search the truck.
C. He was seen searching the truck D. He was being seen searching the truck.
6. The barber has cut my hair.
A. My hair has already been cut now. B. I’ve got to have the barber cut my hair.
C. My hair has become shorter and shorter D. I’ve had my hair cut.
7. People say that the American women are used to living independently.
A. It is said that the American women are used to living independently.
B. The American women are said to be used to living independently.
C. The American women are said they be used to live independently.
D. A & B are correct
8. People think that he was born in a rich family.
A. That is thought he was born in a rich family. B. He was thought to be born in a rich family.
C. That he was born in a rich family is thought. D. He is thought to have been born in a rich family.
9. It is impossible to do this work right now.
A. It is impossible for this work to be done right now. B. It is impossible for to be done this work right now.
C. This work is impossible to do right now. D. This work is impossible to be done
10. Close the windows of the room.
A. Let the windows of the room to be closed B. Let the windows of the room be closed.
C. The windows of the room are closed. D. The windows of the room will be closed.
11. They said that the president had arrived in the city.
A. The president was said to have arrived in the city. B. It is said that the president had arrived in the city.
C. The president was said to arrive in the city. D. It was said that the president arrived in the city.
12. He expects that his father will come back home.
A. It was expected that his father will come back home. B. His father was expected to be come back home.
C. His father will be expected to come back home. D. His father is expected to come back home.
Task 3: Find ONE mistake in each sentence and correct it.
1. The children were frightening by the thunder and lightning.
2. Two people got hurt in the accident and were took to the hospital by an ambulance.
3. The students helped by the clear explanation that the teacher gave.
4. That alloy is composing by iron and tin.
5. The winner of the race hasn’t been announcing yet.
6. Progress is been made every day in all parts of the world.
7. When, where and by whom has the automobile invented?
8. Each assembly kit is accompany by detailed instruction.
9. Arthur was giving an award by the city for all of his efforts in crime prevention.
10. It was late and I was getting very worry about my son
11. I discovered that many strange things were happened last night.
12. He was seen go to the beach with some other people.
13. He is believed to work for the CIA in the 1970s.
14. We are not let to cycle in the park, are we?
15. You should get your car to service every two years.
16. Only coffee and dessert been served at the reception yesterday.
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17. When I have been finished my work, I’m going to take a walk.
18. Because we have a writing agreement, our landlord won’t be able to raise our rent for two years.
19. The heel of my shoe broke off, and then my dress got tore in the elevator door.
20. When I crossed the road I saw two men whose car was broken down.

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