Passive Voice Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 1
Question 1 |
The results of the research ---- that, presently, several East Asian countries ---- rapidly.
A | have indicated / were developing |
B | indicate / are developing |
C | are indicated / have been developing |
D | were indicated / had developed |
E | had indicated / developed |
Question 2 |
Understandably, her friends ---- when Julia married someone else after being engaged to John for two years.
A | are surprising |
B | were surprised |
C | surprised |
D | will be surprised |
E | had surprised |
Question 3 |
The facsimile ---- when the secretary returns from lunch.
A | will be sent |
B | is going to send |
C | should have sent |
D | was being sent |
E | has been sent |
Question 4 |
Animals ---- to survive in the wild, rather than kept in captivity.
A | are helping |
B | have been helping |
C | should be helped |
D | could be helping |
E | ought to have helped |
Question 5 |
Because James ---- to physical work, he ---- after he had spent a week on the farm.
A | isn’t accustomed / might be exhausted |
B | hadn’t accustomed / had exhausted |
C | won’t be accustomed / will be exhausted |
D | hasn’t accustomed / has exhausted |
E | wasn’t accustomed / was exhausted |
Question 6 |
Films of violence ---- on television until after 9.30 at night, the time when the majority of children ---- to bed.
A | cannot be shown / went |
B | aren’t being shown / had gone |
C | didn’t use to be shown / are going |
D | shouldn’t be shown / go |
E | needn’t be shown / have gone |
Question 7 |
Normal climbing boots slip in icy conditions, so climbers ---- iron plates with spikes, known as crampons, to their boots.
A | should be fixed |
B | have to fix |
C | have been fixed |
D | used to fix |
E | must be fixed |
Question 8 |
“Fragile, handle with care” ---- on the package, but still the contents of the parcel ---- when it arrived.
A | had written / would be broken |
B | is being written / will be broken |
C | was written / were broken |
D | would have written / had broken |
E | has been written / could break |
Question 9 |
An apple tree ---- fruit until it is five to eight years old.
A | did not bear |
B | was not bearing |
C | has not been borne |
D | does not bear |
E | will not be borne |
Question 10 |
The hill where Jane Austen set one of her romances ---- Box Hill because of the box trees which ---- there.
A | calls / are grown |
B | has been calling / grew |
C | used to call / used to grow |
D | are calling / were growing |
E | is called / grow |
Question 11 |
Your chances of success in an examination ---- if you ---- the course work thoroughly.
A | enhance / are revised |
B | were enhancing / revised |
C | had enhanced / were revising |
D | could be enhanced / would revise |
E | are enhanced / revise |
Question 12 |
When he ---- an essay on time for once, his professor ---- him a look of surprise.
A | handed / gave |
B | was handed / was giving |
C | is handed / will be given |
D | has handed / would give |
E | hands / is given |
Question 13 |
You ---- plenty of time in case the bus ----; otherwise, you’ll risk missing your ferry.
A | must have allowed / delays |
B | used to allow / delayed |
C | ought to be allowed / has delayed |
D | had better allow / is delayed |
E | were allowed / was delayed |
Question 14 |
It’s true that happiness ---- with money, but some money ---- life easier
A | mustn’t be bought / made |
B | shouldn’t bought / has made |
C | can’t be bought / makes |
D | doesn’t buy / is making |
E | hasn’t been bought / is made |
Question 15 |
Cells ---- for the first time by the English scientist Robert Hooke, who, in 1665, ---- a book about his findings.
A | were described / published |
B | had described / would have published |
C | could be described / was published |
D | has described / had published |
E | would be described / could be published |
Question 16 |
Portland cement, when it ---- with water, ---- a paste that binds sand, gravel and stone into a rock-like mass called concrete.
A | will be combined / formed |
B | has combined / is formed |
C | was combined / was formed |
D | combines / has been formed |
E | is combined / forms |
Question 17 |
The twentieth century, now nearing its end, ---- the century when mankind ---- to realise that the Earth’s resources are limited
A | was / was coming |
B | will be / had come |
C | has been / has come |
D | had been / came |
E | will have been / is coming |
Question 18 |
Up to now, the equipment ---- regularly, but from now on, we ---- it before every outing.
A | wasn’t checked / are checking |
B | hasn’t checked / will be checking |
C | isn’t being checked / should be checked |
D | hasn’t been checked / are going to check |
E | hadn’t checked / have to be checked |
Question 19 |
Judging from the speed of mechanisation, it ---- that very few things in the world ---- by hand in the twenty-first century
A | has been predicted / will be making |
B | can be predicted / will be made |
C | will be predicted / were made |
D | is being predicted / have been made |
E | is predicting / will have been made |
Question 20 |
Considering the major resources we ---- with for the project, we ---- a wonderful job.
A | had been provided / did |
B | were provided / can do |
C | have been provided / used to do |
D | will be provided / have done |
E | provided / will be doing |
Question 21 |
Solutions to the problem of unemployment ----, but none of the measures that ---- so far has been very successful.
A | have sought / will be tired |
B | will be sought / have been trying |
C | had been seeking / were trying |
D | are being sought / have been tried |
E | have been seeking / are tried |
Question 22 |
Africa’s population growth rate is much higher than the world average and it ---- that, by the year 2050, Africa ---- for twenty-one per cent of the world’s population.
A | has estimated / account |
B | was estimating / had been accounting |
C | will be estimated / accounted |
D | will have estimated / is accounting |
E | is estimated / will account |
Question 23 |
Following stricter “drink driving” regulations, the number of accidents which ---- drunk drivers ---- significantly.
A | have been involved / is reduced |
B | involve / has been reduced |
C | were involved / was reducin |
D | are involved / is reducing |
E | involved / has been reducing |
Question 24 |
I managed to translate most of the letter for you, but I ---- stuck on one or two sentences.
A | am getting |
B | get |
C | got |
D | was getting |
E | will get |
Question 25 |
The world’s first dental school, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, ---- by two Americans, Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris, in 1839.
A | would have founded |
B | was founding |
C | was founded |
D | had founded |
E | would be founding |
Question 26 |
The works of Shakespeare ---- into every major language in the world.
A | are going to translate |
B | have been translated |
C | had translated |
D | had been translating |
E | will have translated |
Question 27 |
He ---- about this meeting for weeks, so I don’t know why he ---- anything for it yet.
A | is known / isn’t preparing |
B | was known / doesn’t prepare |
C | knows / didn’t prepare |
D | has known / hasn’t prepared |
E | knew / hadn’t prepared |
Question 28 |
There were such a lot of different things to do at the resort where we ---- our holiday that none of us ----.
A | spent / was bored |
B | were spending / bored |
C | were spent / had bored |
D | have spent / could be bored |
E | spend / are bored |
Question 29 |
A place ---- for you, Madam, as soon as you ---- the deposit.
A | has been reserved / will pay |
B | reserved / had paid |
C | is reserving / are paid |
D | is reserved / were paid |
E | will be reserved / have paid |
Question 30 |
There is no way you ---- all of your project in an hour, so you ----the most important points and talk about those.
A | should be covered / ought to choose |
B | used to cover / can choose |
C | must cover / will be chosen |
D | ought to cover / have chosen |
E | can cover / had better choose |
Question 31 |
If a person ---- in more food than required to meet the body’s needs, the excess calories ---- to fat
A | will take / have converted |
B | takes / are converted |
C | is taken / convert |
D | has taken / were converted |
E | was taken / had converted |
Question 32 |
Because I ---- up in a house next to the main railway line, I rarely get disturbed by noises during the night.
A | was brought |
B | had brought |
C | have been bringing |
D | used to bring |
E | am bringing |
Question 33 |
Women ---- dress design until the last half of the 19th century.
A | were dominated |
B | have dominated |
C | dominated |
D | are dominating |
E | would be dominated |
Question 34 |
Luckily, he realised that he had forgotten his passport in time to return to the hotel and collect it; otherwise, we ---- for the flight
A | must not have accepted |
B | ought not to be accepted |
C | hadn’t been accepted |
D | couldn’t have been accepted |
E | needn’t have accepted |
Question 35 |
Everybody was very concerned when one of the representatives ---- halfway through the main course.
A | will collapse |
B | is collapsing |
C | has collapsed |
D | collapses |
E | collapsed |
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