Active or Passive Form MCQ Exercise 1

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Question 1

James should tell everyone the good news as soon as possible.

A	Everyone should be told the good news.
B	James should be told good news.
C	Everyone should have told James the good news.
D	James should tell the good news to everyone.
E	Everyone should have been told.

Question 2

They didn't allow anyone to leave before the end of the month.

A	Everyone has been allowed to leave before the end of the month.
B	No one had been allowed to leave before the end of the month
C	Everyone was allowed to leave before the end of the month
D	No one was allowed to leave before the end of the month.
E	No one has been allowed to leave before the end of the month

Question 3

Someone gave me some very nice flowers for my birthday last week.

A	The flowers I was given last week were for someone's birthday
B	I was given some very nice flowers for my birthday last week.
C	I had been given some very nice flowers for my birthday a week before.
D	The flowers that someone gave me for my birthday last week are very nice.
E	Someone was given some very nice flowers last week as it was their birthday

Question 4

He hasn't been seen since the excursion.

A	He hasn't seen any one since the excursion.
B	No one saw him after the excursion.
C	No one has seen him since the excursion.
D	Everyone has seen him since the excursion.
E	They didn’t see him after the excursion.

Question 5

The radio is not used as much as it was in the past.

ACTIVE :

A	People do not use the radio as much as they did in the past.
B	In the past, people used the radio more.
C	They do have more usage for the radio now than in the past.
D	They used the radio much more than they did in the past.
E	The people using the radio don’t want to use it too much.

Question 6

The teachers are showing the students how to improve their reading skills.

PASSIVE:

A	The students see how their reading skills are being improved by the teacher.
B	The students are having their reading skills improved by the teacher.
C	The students are being shown how to improve their reading skills by the teachers.
D	The students have seen how their reading skills have improved.
E	The teacher is seeing how the students are improving their reading skills.

Question 7

The waiter is bringing our order to the table now.

PASSIVE:

A	The table has our order on it.
B	They are bringing our order with the waiter.
C	Our order is being brought to the table now.
D	Our order is being taken at the table by the waiter now.
E	The waiter brought our order now to the table.

Question 8

They are watering the garden with our hose.

PASSIVE:

A	The hose is watering our garden.
B	They are using our hose to water the garden.
C	The garden was watered with the hose.
D	We water the garden with our hose.
E	The garden is being watered with our hose.

Question 9

They cut tiles with a special tool.

PASSIVE:

A	The special tool is cutting the tiles.
B	Tiles are cut with a special tool.
C	Tiles will be cut with a special tool.
D	The special tool will cut the tiles.
E	We will cut the special tool with the tiles.

Question 10

Did they tell you anything you didn't know before?

PASSIVE:

A	Was anything you didn't know before told to you?
B	Didn't you know anything they told you before
C	Isn't what they told you was what you knew before?
D	Before you knew what they told you, did you know anything?
E	Will anything you didn't know be told to you?

Question 11

He should have finished his homework by now.

PASSIVE:

A	The homework should be finished now.
B	His homework will have been finished by now.
C	His work will be finished now.
D	The homework shall have to be finished .now.
E	His homework should have been finished by now.

Question 12

He was expected to be on time to work.

ACTIVE:

A	The boss expected that he would have to be on time.
B	The administrator wanted him to be expecting him.
C	The administrators expected him to be on time to work.
D	The boss expects him to be on time.
E	They expected me to be on time at work.

Question 13

The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

ACTIVE:

A	Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone.
B	Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
C	Alexander Graham Bell has invented the telephone.
D	Alexander Graham Bell was inventing the telephone.
E	Alexander Graham Bell had invented the telephone.

Question 14

I will never forget the traffic accident as long as I live.

PASSIVE:

A	The traffic accident was never forgotten.
B	The traffic accident will never be forgotten.
C	The traffic accident will be forgotten.
D	The accident would be forgotten.
E	The traffic accident hasn't been forgotten

Question 15

She put the fresh-cut flowers into the vase.

PASSIVE:

A	The flowers were being put into the vase.
B	The fresh-cut flowers are in the vase.
C	The fresh-cut flowers are being put into the vase.
D	The fresh-cut flowers were put into the vase.
E	The flowers are in the vase.

Question 16

She was making a cake when the electricity went out.

PASSIVE:

A	The electricity went out as she had made the cake.
B	The electricity was going out as the cake was made.
C	The electricity was going out as the cake was made.
D	The cake was being made as the electricity was out.
E	The cake was being made when the electricity went out.

Question 17

They will put their savings into the bank.

PASSIVE:

A	Their savings will put into the bank.
B	The bank is where they will put their savings.
C	The bank is where their savings are.
D	Their savings are being put into the bank.
E	Their savings will be put into the bank.

Question 18

I will hire a woman to take care of the baby.

PASSIVE:

A	A woman will be hired to take care of the baby.
B	The baby will have a woman hired to take care.
C	The woman will hire a baby to take care of.
D	The care of the baby is left to the hired woman.
E	The woman was hired to care for the baby.

Question 19

The teacher would be giving a note on the students' notebooks tomorrow.

PASSIVE:

A	The notebooks of the students will be given a note on the next day.
B	The students' notebooks would be given a note the next day by the teacher.
C	The notebooks would be given to the teacher the next day.
D	The teacher would have given the notebooks a note tomorrow.
E	The notebooks of the students would be given a note tomorrow.