Tenses – Passives
Tenses - Passives (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate) Test 7
Question 1 |
The transistor ______ in 1948. As a result of this, both the size and the cost of electronic equipment ______ greatly reduced.
A | was invented / have been |
B | had been invented / has been |
C | was invented / have had |
D | had invented / will be |
Question 2 |
Radio waves ______ by the ionosphere. This makes it possible ______ short-wave radio signals over great distances.
A | is reflected / to send |
B | are reflecting / sent |
C | are reflected / sending |
D | are reflected / to send |
Question 3 |
Plans to develop cars on methanol are likely ______ in the future.
A | will be realized |
B | will have been realized |
C | to be realized |
D | being realized |
Question 4 |
There is no bread left because we ______ it all.
A | have eaten |
B | has been eaten |
C | had eaten |
D | have been eaten |
Question 5 |
Little ____ she realize that the evening was ____ out very differently.
A | did / turning |
B | will / to turn |
C | does / to have turned |
D | did / to turn |
Question 6 |
It is highly probable that more and more solar energy ______ in the future.
A | will be used |
B | be used |
C | to be used |
D | will be using |
E | will be usin |
Question 7 |
There isn’t any more chalk, it ______ all ______.
A | has / used up |
B | was / used up |
C | has / been used up |
D | had / been used up |
Question 8 |
You can stop looking for his watch. He ______ just ______ it.
A | has / been found |
B | has / found |
C | had / found |
D | will / have found |
Question 9 |
Don’t ask me what cauliflower tastes like. I ______ eating it.
A | am not trying |
B | didn’t try |
C | haven’t tried |
D | don’t try |
Question 10 |
I bought another concert ticket in case you ____ to come with me.
A | wanted |
B | will want |
C | have wanted |
D | would want |
Question 11 |
We’ll close all the windows in case it ______ while we are out.
A | rains |
B | rained |
C | will rain |
D | rain |
Question 12 |
Take an umbrella with you in case it ______.
A | rained |
B | will rain |
C | should rain |
D | is raining |
Question 13 |
She ought to pass her exams so long as she ______.
A | doesn’t panic |
B | won’t panic |
C | shouldn’t panic |
D | didn’t panic |
Question 14 |
His hopes of making a fortune ______ when his factory burned down.
A | were dashed |
B | have dashed |
C | was dashed |
D | will be dashed |
Question 15 |
When eleven o’clock came and he still ______, I began to wonder if he ______ an accident.
A | didn’t arrive / had |
B | hadn’t arrived / had had |
C | won’t arrive / had had |
D | didn’t arrive / had had |
Question 16 |
Some patients shout in pain while ______ an injection.
A | giving |
B | being given |
C | given |
D | have been given |
Question 17 |
For various reasons, clothing of some type ______ by human beings since the beginning of time.
A | has worn |
B | was worn |
C | is being worn |
D | has been worn |
Question 18 |
Considering the weather is so uncertain, the reception ____ indoors.
A | was held |
B | will be held |
C | to be held |
D | has held |
Question 19 |
In most non-western countries punishment ______ as a deterrent.
A | is not seen |
B | hasn’t seen |
C | weren’t seen |
D | aren’t seen |
Question 20 |
If we compare the mass of hydrogen in a star with the rate at which energy ______, we can estimate its potential life.
A | is being emitted |
B | be emitted |
C | was emitted |
D | will be emitted |
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