This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of active-passive voice and causatives of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English active-passive voice and causatives.
Active-Passive Voice, Causatives Advanced Level Test 2
Question 1 |
The health-care reforms realized by the government, with partial support of the opposition, _____, by a majority of non-governmental organizations, ______ far from revolutionary in providing ample service, especially to the elderly retirees.
A | were said / to being |
B | are said / to be |
C | said / to have been |
D | say / to be |
E | are said / being |
Question 2 |
On the soccer field, his remarkable skill in his brilliant kicks, passes and runs _____ by Pele once.
A | are shown |
B | were being shown |
C | should have been shown |
D | were shown |
E | shown |
Question 3 |
Diana Prince, as she _____ to the outside world, possesses special powers that _____ about when she whirls around to transform into Wonder Woman.
A | is known / bring |
B | has been known / brought |
C | is known / are brought |
D | was known / are bringing |
E | is known / have brought |
Question 4 |
While some papers in fields such as physical chemistry _____ sufficiently close to the boundary of physics to be included, others _____ to belong unequivocally to the fields of engineering,
A | judge / should be judged |
B | would be judged / are judged |
C | have judged / have judged |
D | were judged / had been judged |
E | are judged / are judged |
Question 5 |
Hiroshima _____ quite heavily by the Unites States bombing during the Second World War, but it _____ soon after the war.
A | was damaged / was rebuilt |
B | has been damaged / had rebuilt |
C | could have been damaged / rebuilt |
D | was damaging / had been rebuilt |
E | had been damaged / has been
rebuilt |
Question 6 |
The day before the event, at least one man ______ dead in riots by supporters protesting against his prosecution.
A | had shot |
B | shot |
C | was shooting |
D | would be shot |
E | was shot |
Question 7 |
Three weeks after the last resistance against the conservative party _____, the members of the party _____ unopposed into the town hall, and the conservative party's 20-year rule began.
A | was defeated / had been walking |
B | had been defeated / walked |
C | was defeating / were walking |
D | had defeated / would be walking |
E | has been defeated / have walked |
Question 8 |
More than 440.000 residential construction jobs _____ in the current housing downturn in the past month alone.
A | have lost |
B | were lost |
C | lost |
D | are lost |
E | have been lost |
Question 9 |
The police officers ______ the suspicious killing of a diplomat before a renowned businessman ______ a couple of days ago.
A | had been investigating / was killed |
B | were investigating / had been killed |
C | have been investigating / was killed |
D | were investigated / killed |
E | will investigate / has been killed |
Question 10 |
After the home side ____ 3-2 in a thrilling football match, the winner players _____ by the supporters.
A | had won / cheered up |
B | had been won / were cheered up |
C | won / were cheered up |
D | wins / are cheered up |
E | wins / will have been.cheered up |
Question 11 |
The hotel, which ____ only last year, _____ with a solarium and sauna.
A | was completed / is equipped |
B | had completed / was equipped |
C | has been completed / will be equipped |
D | will complete / equips |
E | completed / was equipped |
Question 12 |
Further research ____ before we know if mushroom extracts _____ to treat cancer patients.
A | will be needed / can be used |
B | must have needed / have used |
C | could be needed / were used |
D | are needed / may be used |
E | might need / could be used |
Question 13 |
Home sales ____ by a ferocious mortgage credit crunch and a wave of foreclosures.
A | are hit |
B | hit |
C | have been hit |
D | were hit |
E | would hit |
Question 14 |
Extracts of the fungus ____ for centuries by Eastern healers, who _____ it has the power to rejuvenate and extend life.
A | have used / believe |
B | have been used / are believed |
C | were used / believed |
D | have been used / believe |
E | are used / believe |
Question 15 |
After intense bargaining, EU membership talks _____.
A | launched |
B | will launch |
C | were launched |
D | have launched |
E | were launching |
Question 16 |
He used his ability to make people ______ that he _____ future events.
A | believed / would predict |
B | to believe / might predict |
C | believe / could predict |
D | believing / should predict |
E | believe / may predict |
Question 17 |
Newer media _____ older media but _____ in concert with them.
A | haven’t displaced / have used |
B | aren’t displacing / are being used |
C | will be displacing / used |
D | wasn’t displaced / will be used |
E | wasn't displacing / used |
Question 18 |
A holistic approach ____ in assessing the potential environmental and health effects of toxic effluent from the industry.
A | is needed |
B | needs |
C | has needed |
D | will need |
E | would need |
Question 19 |
Over the past year, the economy _____ by the blows of a trio of crises — housing, credit and financial.
A | has bruised |
B | bruised |
C | has been bruised |
D | was bruised |
E | had been bruising |
Question 20 |
Once the centre of the Ottoman Empire, the modern secular republic _____ in the 1920s by nationalist leader Kemal Atatürk.
A | established |
B | establishing |
C | was established |
D | has been established |
E | was establishing |
Question 21 |
All of the passports ____ to employees by 1 May 2018.
A | will be returning |
B | will have returned |
C | will be returned |
D | will return |
E | will have been returning |
Question 22 |
In parts of western and southern India, the dire economic state of farmers ______ for thousands of suicides in recent years.
A | was blamed |
B | had been blamed |
C | has been blamed |
D | had blamed |
E | has blamed |
Question 23 |
The companies ____ to apply the regulations so as to make the working conditions better in the managing directors’ summit.
A | were made |
B | have made |
C | made |
D | have been making |
E | are making |
Question 24 |
The Alligator Mound ____ on a prominent point at the southern extension of a long glaciated ridge in Licking County.
A | has located |
B | located |
C | locates |
D | is located |
E | was located |
Question 25 |
There is a range of issues that need ____ by the funders and policymakers.
A | to confront |
B | being confronted |
C | to have confronted |
D | to be confronted |
E | to be confronting |
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