This third 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 3
Question 1 |
I’m afraid our accountants _____ for fraud - on the brighter side, our financial statements _____ the Times best-seller fiction list.
A | are investigating / have made |
B | were investigated / has made |
C | are being investigated / have made |
D | are investigated / have been made |
E | have investigated / made |
Question 2 |
Unless there _____ a dated object, such as a coin, within a layer, a technique _____ to determine an approximate chronological date.
A | was / would be used |
B | is / must be used |
C | can be / has been used |
D | should be / must have been used |
E | had been / could be used |
Question 3 |
The boxer _____ in the last round. It took a long time to bring him down.
A | is knocked out |
B | has been knocked out |
C | was knocked out |
D | should have been knocked out |
E | was being knocked out |
Question 4 |
He _____ to learn that his proposal ______.
A | is delighted / will accept |
B | should be delighted / accepted |
C | was delighted / had been accepted |
D | delighted / accepted |
E | was delighted / having accepted |
Question 5 |
It is believed that a criminal inquiry _____ out to give the age of the remains and the fact that any potential witnesses to a possible crime would no longer be alive.
A | won’t carry |
B | wouldn't be carried |
C | shouldn't be carried |
D | wouldn’t carry |
E | couldn’t have carried |
Question 6 |
The shape of the world _____ into account if you really want to solve the problem.
A | took |
B | had to be taken |
C | has taken |
D | must take |
E | may be taken |
Question 7 |
Digital memories _____ all people to tell their life stories to their descendants in a compelling fashion that until now _____ solely for the rich and famous.
A | could enable / has reserved |
B | can enable / has been reserved |
C | may be enabled / is reserved |
D | should enable / is being reserved |
E | is enabled / reserves |
Question 8 |
Is it possible to find a country where the beauty, the history and the variety in the scenery _____ in such perfect harmony?
A | were combined |
B | are combined |
C | combined |
D | combining |
E | to combine |
Question 9 |
According to the U.S. Climate Report, a copy of which _____ by the newspaper, the administration's climate policy _____ in emissions growing 11 per cent in 2012 from 2002.
A | obtained / will result |
B | was obtained / will result |
C | was obtained / will be resulted |
D | is obtained / will result |
E | obtains / will be resulted |
Question 10 |
One of the most prescient of Bush's ideas was the suggestion that the Memex _____ to imitate the associative thinking of the human mind, which he ______ in lively terms.
A | has designed / has described |
B | is designed / is described |
C | should design / was described |
D | should be designed / described |
E | has been designed / describes |
Question 11 |
The machine ____ all tests set for it thus far and it _____ for detecting certain threats by our engineers.
A | is passed / has evaluated |
B | has been passed / has evaluated |
C | has been passed / has been evaluated |
D | passed / has evaluated |
E | has passed / has been evaluated |
Question 12 |
In Freudian theory, neurosis ____ by certain complexes of repressed ideas, and the aim of treatment is to recover these disturbing contents to consciousness.
A | was caused |
B | has caused |
C | is caused |
D | causes |
E | had been caused |
Question 13 |
Tetracycline antibiotics _____ to pregnant women; women who _____; or children under 12 years of age.
A | weren’t given / breastfeed |
B | haven’t given / have breastfed |
C | haven’t been given / breastfed |
D | aren’t giving / were breastfeeding |
E | aren’t given / are breastfeeding |
Question 14 |
In Paris, he _____ by would-be immigrants to America who _____ that he could help them get there and furnish them with land and jobs.
A | had been besieged / assumed |
B | was besieged / assumed |
C | was besieged / was assumed |
D | had besieged / had been assumed |
E | is besieged / would assume |
Question 15 |
Responses ______ for the extent to which the behaviour _____ to the actor’s disposition.
A | were scored / was attributed |
B | had scored / was attributed |
C | scored / attributes |
D | score / will attribute |
E | were scored / attributed |
Question 16 |
Hundreds of antiques which _____ to one of the sultans _____ by the end of this year.
A | were belonging / will be selling |
B | belonged / will have been sold |
C | are belonged / will be sold |
D | have been belonged / are going to be sold |
E | belonged / are going to sell |
Question 17 |
Gilgamesh was a man who wanted more power than mortals _____ and wanted his influence _____ forever.
A | allowed / be known |
B | to allow / to know |
C | were allowed / to be known |
D | allow / known |
E | were allowed / to known |
Question 18 |
School attendance ____ only for courses that _____ as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree.
A | counted / should be used |
B | has been counted / have used |
C | is counted / could be used |
D | counts / might use |
E | used to count / might be used |
Question 19 |
The Sumerians ____ approximately 3000 to 2500 B.C. in a region known as the “Fertile Crescent” located along the Tigris River and _____ to be the world’s first civilization.
A | were emerged / considered |
B | emerged / were considered |
C | emerged / considered |
D | have emerged / have been considered |
E | emerged / have considered |
Question 20 |
KIBS ______ to be one of the main of technological change and economic progress and _____ as "users, carriers and sources of innovation".
A | might have believed / are described |
B | were believed / could describe |
C | are believed / described |
D | have believed / would be described |
E | used to believe / could be described |
Question 21 |
The trial ____ in Manhattan, a borough where juries are less hospitable to plaintiffs than the Bronx.
A | was to be held |
B | will hold |
C | would have held |
D | will have held |
E | would hold |
Question 22 |
The buildings ____ back to the Aztecs, whose ceremonial centre _____ there before the Europeans built over it.
A | date / located |
B | dated / had located |
C | dated / was located |
D | date / had located |
E | date / was located |
Question 23 |
Most of the convalescents prefer ______ for at home while they _____ with their beloveds rather than in a health centre.
A | to care / are |
B | to have cared / were |
C | to have been cared / have been |
D | to be cared / are |
E | cared / were |
Question 24 |
A set of very strict measures ______ to prevent terrorism at least in order to _____ free in public.
A | has been taken / roam |
B | has taken / roam |
C | was taken / have roamed |
D | had taken / had roamed |
E | will have taken / roam |
Question 25 |
Reproductive health -including everything to do with contraception, and childbirth- _____ to be a woman's concern. However, man _____ himself with such matters.
A | was considering / hasn’t concerned |
B | has been considered / isn't concerned |
C | is considered / doesn't concern |
D | considers / isn’t concerning |
E | was considered / won’t concern |
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