3.4.3.

Passive Voice
(Be + Verb 3)
Am, is, are present
was, were Past
Be modal
Been Perfect
Being Continuous
UH PASSIVE VOICE
1. “You seem to be waiting for something these days”
“That’s true, I’m waiting ______for an interview.”
A. To call
B. To be called
C. Be called
D. Called
E. Calling
2. The company’s new product ______on TV
A. Advertisement
B. To advertise
C. Advertised
D. Is advertising
E. Was advertised
3. He hasn’t got enough experience __________as a principal of our school.
A. Promoted
B. Is to promoted
C. To be promoted
D. Being promoted
E. He will be promoted
4. The window _____ by the carpenter when you came.
A. repaired
B. will be repaired
C. is being repaired
D. are being repaired
E. was being repaired
5. The computer _____ by that guy.
A. sold
B. has sold
C. has been sold
D. has been being sold
E. have been sold
6. She can’t be _____ by this gun.
A. stop
B. to stop
C. stops
D. stopped
E. stopping
7. Change into passive voice – He will change the answer.
A. The answer will be changed by him
B. The answer would be changed by him
 C. The answer is changed by him
D. The answer is being changed by him
E. The answer was changed by him
8. I knew when the room _____.
A. cleaned
B. to clean
C. was being cleaned
D. is being cleaned
E. are being cleaned
9. Change into passive voice – I have taken the salt.
A. The salt is taken by me
B. The salt was taken by me
C. The salt has been taken by me
D. The salt have been taken by me
E. The salt had been taken by me
10. The books _____ by Mr. Suherman last week.
A. bought
B. is bought
C. are bought
D. was bought
E. were bought
11. He is _____ by the principal now.
A. punishing
B. punished
C. be punished
D. Being punished
E. Been punished
12. The next year examination _____ perfectly.
A. would be passed
B. should be passed
C. has been passed
D. can be passed
E. is passed
13. Change into passive voice – He took the medicine.
A. The medicine is taken by him
B. The medicine are taken by him
C. The medicine was taken by him
D. The medicine is going to be taken by him
E. The medicine has been taken by him
14. A : Look! The girl is crying. What happened to her just now
B : While playing with her brother, she ___
A. kicks
B. kicked
C. will kick
D. was kicking
E. was kicked
15. A : Do you know the result of the test?
B : Not yet. The announcement ____ twice.
A. was postponed
B. has to be postponed
C. was being postponed
D. has been postponed
E. will be postponed
16. Mela : Why do you prefer Surya Dept store to others?
Noni : Because the items ____ at a reasonable price.
A. is sold
B. were sold
C. are sold
D. had been sold
 E. was sold
17. X : There’s no longer a rule for the youth to enter military service in Britain.
Y : Really, when….?
A. was it abolishing
B. was it to abolish
C. did it abolish
D. to be abolished
E. was it abolished
18. Dita : When did the accident happen?
Dini : When the goods ____ from the truck.
A. Have been unloaded
B. will be unloaded
C. were being unloaded
D. are unloaded
E. are being unloaded
19. R.A. Kartini ____ in Jepara in 1879.
A. is born
B. would be born
C. was born
D. has been born
E. will be born
20. The books in the library ___ in alphabetical order.
A. is arranged
B. have arranged
C. was arranged
D. has arranged
E. have been arranged
21. A big dam ___ in this area next year.
A. will build
B. has been built
C. will be built
D. is being built
E. would be built
22. We can’t swim in the swimming pool now / moment because it ___.
A. was being cleaned
B. will clean
C. is being cleaned
D. cleaned
E. has been cleaned
23. They had just been living in the house for two years when it ___ by the fire.
A. destroyed
B. will be destroyed
C. had destroyed
D. is being destroyed
E. was destroyed
24. She looks after the baby well.
The passive form is ____
A. the baby is well looked after
B. the baby is looked after well
C. the baby was looked after well
D. the baby would be well looked after
E. the baby will be well looked after
25. Everybody knew that he had shown great loyalty to the company, therefore he ____ a big
sum of money at the anniversary of the company.
A. rewarded
B. is being rewarded
C. was rewarded
D. has been rewarded
E. will be rewarded
26. At the moment the old building ____ to make space door a parking lot.
A. demolishing
B. had been demolishing
C. is being demolished
D. is demolishing
E. was being demolishing
27. Agnes is waiting for her birthday party dress because she ____ a new one by her mother.
A. has promised
B. has been promising
C. will promised
D. was being promised
E. will be promised
28. As the victim was badly hurt in the car accident, he ____ to the nearest hospital.
A. will be taken
B. was taken
C. is being taken
D. took
E. has been taken
29. In recent riots, a lot of shop windows _____________by the mop.
A. were broken
B. are broken
C. are breaking
D. have been breaking
E. break
30. The mail ____________before I left for school this morning.
A. Is delivered
B. Was delivered
C. Will be delivered
D. Would be delivered
E. Had been deliver