This fourth 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 4
Question 1 |
When we visit Art Galleries in other countries, we usually _____ to go in, but when foreigners come to Britain, they _____ by the British tax-payer.
A | have to pay / are subsidized |
B | can pay / subsidize |
C | must be paid / were subsidized |
D | had to pay / were subsidized |
E | were supposed to pay / had been subsidized |
Question 2 |
Course books in Applied Economics _____ frequently since this area focuses on the actual policies which _____ in recent years.
A | must revise / are implemented |
B | need to be revised / have been implemented |
C | could have revised / implementing |
D | need revising / have implemented |
E | should have been revised /implemented |
Question 3 |
The file _____ data on school attendance, and data on certificates, degrees or diplomas the students ______.
A | presents / have been granted |
B | is presented / are granted |
C | has presented / have granted |
D | had presented / were granted |
E | presented / have been granted |
Question 4 |
The police have been said _____ with great restraint, despite provocation at the time.
A | to have acted |
B | having acted |
C | to act |
D | to be acted |
E | acting |
Question 5 |
Society _____, but gender roles _____ to change with it.
A | may change / won’t be expected |
B | might have changed / weren’t going to expect |
C | might be changing / haven't expected |
D | may change / aren’t expected |
E | could change / aren't expecting |
Question 6 |
Fear of family or community disapproval _____ women’s acquiescence, particularly when it _____ by threats of physical punishment or expulsion.
A | may compel / is reinforced |
B | may be compelled / has reinforced |
C | has compelled / will be reinforced |
D | compels / was reinforced |
E | could be compelling / has reinforced |
Question 7 |
It _____ that change in the public sphere _____ in changes in individual attitudes and behaviours.
A | takes for granted / will reflect |
B | is taken for granted / will be reflected |
C | has been taken for granted / will have reflected |
D | is taken for granted / will be reflecting |
E | has taken for granted / will have been reflected |
Question 8 |
The emotions and needs _____ but _____ to be expressed.
A | won’t be disappeared / may not be allowed |
B | haven’t disappeared / hadn’t been allowed |
C | don't disappear / aren’t allowed |
D | aren’t disappeared / haven’t been allowed |
E | didn’t disappear / won’t have allowed |
Question 9 |
The language in which the data ______ _____ in the contract.
A | was licensed / has stipulated |
B | would have been licensed / had
stipulated |
C | is licensed / is stipulated |
D | used to be licensed / stipulated |
E | had licensed / was stipulated |
Question 10 |
The ideal way to contain a potential influenza pandemic would be to vaccinate people before they _____ to a virus strain that _____ from person to person.
A | exposed / is transmitted |
B | were exposed / is transmitted |
C | had been exposed / is transmitted |
D | were exposed / transmits |
E | are exposed / has transmitted |
Question 11 |
The mission ____ by two days for a fourth spacewalk, and _____ further to deal with the computer issue, officials said.
A | has extended / may have extended |
B | had been extended / might be extended |
C | has been extended / would be extended |
D | extended / could be extending |
E | extending / may have been extended |
Question 12 |
They looked for a silent place in which they could stay for a fortnight without _____.
A | having disturbed |
B | having been disturbed |
C | being disturbed |
D | disturbing |
E | to disturb |
Question 13 |
He ought not to let himself _____ in exams, concentration is the most important issue to be successful.
A | distracted |
B | have distracted |
C | be distracted |
D | to distracted |
E | distract |
Question 14 |
Everybody thinks Olympic athletes who _____ drugs to enhance their performance _____ from further competition.
A | have used / might be banning |
B | are using / should have banned |
C | use / were banned |
D | are used / have banned |
E | use / should be banned |
Question 15 |
The film, which _____ an ordinary Anatolian member, _____ to be a strong candidate for the previous competition.
A | depicted / has believed |
B | is depicted / was believed |
C | has been depicted / was believed |
D | had depicted / is believed |
E | depicts / was believed |
Question 16 |
The so-called language broadcasts, which _____ for many years, _____ by the state broadcaster in June 2004 as a part of reforms intended to meet EU criteria on minorities.
A | had been banned / were introduced |
B | have banned / introduced |
C | have been banned / were introducing |
D | banning / were introduced |
E | banned / introduced |
Question 17 |
Your lawyer’s advice _____ before any decision _____.
A | has been obtained / is made |
B | was obtained / was being made |
C | has obtained / was made |
D | should have been obtained / was made |
E | must have been obtained / used to make |
Question 18 |
Syria ____ of being behind the delay in electing a new president in Lebanon and for this reason Mouallems’ statement _____ with disbelief by the ruling majority.
A | accused / met |
B | being accusing / met |
C | has been accused / was met |
D | had accused / would be met |
E | accused / was met |
Question 19 |
Medicinal chemists know their latest compound _____ seriously as a drug lead until it _____ its punch in animal models.
A | wasn't taken / proves |
B | won't be taken / has proven |
C | weren’t taken / would be proven |
D | won't take / proves |
E | weren't taken / had proved |
Question 20 |
The artist in the photograph ____ with his bultos, which are coloured sculptures of saints or other religious figures.
A | poses |
B | had posed |
C | was posed |
D | is posed |
E | has been posed |
Question 21 |
Syria ____ an Arab summit at the end of next month, and U.S.-allied Arab states such as Egypt is reportedly threatening to boycott if no president _____ in Lebanon by then.
A | will hold / will be elected |
B | holds / has been elected |
C | is holding / will have been elected |
D | is to hold / is elected |
E | has held / was elected |
Question 22 |
For a century, execution has meant hanging - a form of capital punishment that often _____ a near-instant death if the spinal cord _____, or a minute or two of strangulation before unconsciousness arrives.
A | involved / has been broken |
B | has involved / was broken |
C | is involved / is broken |
D | involved / had been broken |
E | involves / is broken |
Question 23 |
Of the 20 rigorously evaluated programs, the child development one ______ ______ effective.
A | did not show / to be |
B | is not shown / being |
C | will not have shown / to being |
D | has not shown / to have been |
E | was not shown / to be |
Question 24 |
In 2003, a study in the Journal of Medicine estimated that if the U.S. pop-nation _____ of a healthier weight, "90,000 deaths due to cancer _____ each year.
A | may be / could be prevented |
B | had been / might have prevented |
C | were / could be prevented |
D | had been / have been prevented |
E | is / should be prevented |
Question 25 |
Because of his activism, Khamenei _____ from running for office, and he was hospitalized after _____ by religious vigilantes.
A | has been barred / being attacked |
B | was barred / having attacked |
C | had been barred / attacking |
D | being barred / attacked |
E | barred / being attacked |
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