Passive Voice Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 2
Question 1 |
I hope the new timetable ---- by Friday as I want to start a driving course next week, but I need to know which afternoon I will be off before I can enrol on it.
A | has been announced |
B | is going to announce |
C | will have been announced |
D | has been announcing |
E | is being announced |
Question 2 |
Obviously, the management ---- that we ---- the new conditions without questioning the consequences.
A | have assumed / are accepted |
B | assume / will accept |
C | were assumed / have accepted |
D | will be assumed / will be accepted |
E | assumed / were accepted |
Question 3 |
Look! The other team must be about to play their substitute because he ---- warmed up at the side of the pitch.
A | has got |
B | gets |
C | had been getting |
D | is getting |
E | will get |
Question 4 |
To the ancient Romans, a census ---- simply counting the people and valuing their estates for the purpose of the taxation, but today the range of information collected by a census taker is very wide, and the statistics gathered ---- to many uses.
A | meant / are put |
B | was meant / have put |
C | used to mean / have been putting |
D | had been meaning / put |
E | means / are being put |
Question 5 |
I really dislike ---- to work on Sundays because I feel torn between my family and work.
A | to be asking |
B | asking |
C | being asked |
D | having asked |
E | to have asked |
Question 6 |
The FBI ---- that he knew where the body ----.
A | has suspected / was burying |
B | suspects / had been burying |
C | was suspected / will be buried |
D | is suspected / had buried |
E | suspected / was buried |
Question 7 |
Animal lovers would like industrial testing on animals ---- to medical experiments
A | being limited |
B | to have limited |
C | having limited |
D | to be limited |
E | to be limiting |
Question 8 |
The end of slavery in America ---- by the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution on 18th December 1865.
A | would have achieved |
B | was achieving |
C | had achieved |
D | has been achieved |
E | was achieved |
Question 9 |
Medicines and chemical cleaning liquids ---- out of children’s reach.
A | should be kept |
B | must have kept |
C | need to keep |
D | have kept |
E | used to keep |
Question 10 |
The United Kingdom ---- a period of time until 1995 to clean up its beaches by the European Union, but Morecambe Bay in Lancashire was so dirty that it ---- two more years to bring the area up to the required standard.
A | was given / was allowed |
B | is given / has allowed |
C | gives / will have allowed |
D | has been given / has allowed |
E | gave / had been allowed |
Question 11 |
Five armed men ---- a Zurich Post Office last night in a van which ---- as a Post Office repair vehicle.
A | were robbing / disguised |
B | robbed / was disguised |
C | were robbed / had disguised |
D | had been robbed / has disguised |
E | would be robbing / is disguised |
Question 12 |
Advertising is very old. Examples of advertising ---- as far back as ancient Greece, where criers ---- out messages about their clients’ wares to the public.
A | have found / were shouting |
B | would be found / had been shouted |
C | might be found / were shouted |
D | used to find / had been shouting |
E | can be found / shouted |
Question 13 |
The coach driver couldn’t see through the window because it ---- properly
A | doesn’t clean |
B | didn’t use to clean |
C | wasn’t supposed to clean |
D | hadn’t been cleaned |
E | hasn’t cleaned |
Question 14 |
Portugal’s government ---- down by a military coup in 1974 and the new administration ---- the rights of Portuguese African territories to independence.
A | was bringing / was recognised |
B | has brought / recognised |
C | was brought / recognised |
D | has been brought / is recognised |
E | had brought / had recognised |
Question 15 |
In order to keep his land fertile, a farmer ---- animal, plant or chemical fertilisers.
A | had been used |
B | has to use |
C | must be used |
D | used to use |
E | can be used |
Question 16 |
During some of the war years, my father and his brother were separated ---- their parents because they were evacuated from London to the countryside.
A | with |
B | for |
C | about |
D | from |
E | towards |
Question 17 |
In our company the sales representatives and the managers are provided ---- a company car.
A | with |
B | from |
C | by |
D | into |
E | for |
Question 18 |
The film “Rainmaker” is based ---- the book of the same name by John Grisham and tells the story of a newly qualified lawyer
A | for |
B | from |
C | on |
D | with |
E | by |
Question 19 |
Local residents ---- to radio-activity for weeks now because of the leak at the Nuclear Power station.
A | are exposing |
B | have been exposed |
C | will have been exposed |
D | were exposed |
E | had been exposing |
Question 20 |
I’m sure they ---- with your gift. They ---- a toaster for a long time.
A | will thrill / wanted |
B | had thrilled / have wanted |
C | are going to thrill / had been wanting |
D | will be thrilled / have been wanting |
E | will have been thrilled / want |
Question 21 |
Under UK equal opportunity laws, employees ---- against on the grounds of race, religion or gender.
A | didn’t use to discriminate |
B | should not discriminate |
C | won’t have discriminated |
D | hasn’t been discriminating |
E | cannot be discriminated |
Question 22 |
The company ---- the advertisement because several viewers ---- that it was offensive.
A | was being withdrawn / will complain |
B | withdraws / had complained |
C | had been withdrawn / were complaining |
D | could have withdrawn / complain |
E | had to withdraw / complained |
Question 23 |
Strict dieting to lose weight ---- only under a physician’s care.
A | has attempted |
B | should be attempted |
C | is attempting |
D | must have attempted |
E | had been attempting |
Question 24 |
Are you sure my table ---- by this cleaning fluid?
A | won’t have damaged |
B | hadn’t damaged |
C | won’t be damaged |
D | isn’t damaging |
E | hasn’t been damaging |
Question 25 |
It’s our principle that the petrol tank ---- before the rental car ---- to the customer
A | is filled / is delivered |
B | must be filled / has delivered |
C | has filled / has been delivered |
D | was filled / had delivered |
E | will have filled / delivers |
Question 26 |
This morning, the attendant ---- a baby who ---- in an old blanket on the steps of the country hospital.
A | finds / wrapped |
B | was being found / has been wrapped |
C | is finding / was wrapped |
D | found / was wrapped |
E | was found / had been wrapped |
Question 27 |
The sailing ship ---- about like a toy by the strong November wind.
A | threw |
B | had thrown |
C | throws |
D | was being thrown |
E | has been throwing |
Question 28 |
All of the trees that ---- by the disease ----; otherwise, the problem will spread through the whole orchard.
A | affect / must have been destroyed |
B | are affected / should be destroyed |
C | have been affected / destroy |
D | have been affecting / might be destroyed |
E | are affecting / will have been destroyed |
Question 29 |
In some states in the USA, prisoners who have received the death sentence ---- by lethal injection, while other states ---- prisoners in an “electric chair”.
A | have been killing / are executed |
B | had been killed / will execute |
C | are killed / execute |
D | will kill / are going to execute |
E | are killing / are executing |
Question 30 |
Most of the animals which now ---- wild on the island ---- there during the 19th century.
A | live / were brought |
B | are living / had brought |
C | were living / are brought |
D | have been living / brought |
E | lived / have been brought |
Question 31 |
I ---- scuba diving lessons since last year, but I still ---- accustomed to breathing with all that equipment.
A | took / hadn’t got |
B | am taking / didn’t get |
C | have been taking / haven’t got |
D | am taken / wasn’t getting |
E | will be taken / won’t be getting |
Question 32 |
You ---- the dogs in; otherwise, they ---- frightened when the fireworks go off.
A | must have brought / got |
B | should have brought / have got |
C | are brought / are getting |
D | had better bring / will get |
E | have been brought / get |
Question 33 |
As far as I know, the body ---- by a child who ---- his bike through the park.
A | has discovered / is riding |
B | had discovered / was ridden |
C | was being discovered / rides |
D | is discovered / is being ridden |
E | was discovered / was riding |
Question 34 |
The secretary ---- ---- in the conspiracy, but we don’t know whether she actually shot the senator or not.
A | has been known / to be involving |
B | is known / to have been involved |
C | will have known / to involve |
D | knew / to have involved |
E | had been known / having involved |
Question 35 |
Robert is so clumsy with words that whenever he ---- his mouth, he ---- somebody.
A | opens / insults |
B | opened / is insulted |
C | will open / has insulted |
D | will have opened / is insulting |
E | had been known / was insulted |
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