This exercise is an advanced level multiple choice test with multiple choice questions on passive voice including the topics below.
Passive Voice
- Present Passive
- Past Passive
- Passive Voice with Modals
- Stative Passives (With Prepositions)
Passive Voice Test Exercises - Multiple Choice Questions With Answers - Advanced Level 25
Question 1 |
Only half of the exercises ____ so far, but the rest ____ by Saturday.
A | have done / will be finished |
B | were done / are going to be finished |
C | done / have been finished |
D | have been done / will have been
finished |
E | are being done / will be finished |
Question 2 |
Because of the general pardon most of the prisoners ____ by the end of this year.
A | were released |
B | are released |
C | have been released |
D | are being released |
E | will have been released |
Question 3 |
The students ____ to stand up while the national anthem ____ and the flag ____.
A | teach / singing / raised |
B | were taught / sang / raise |
C | taught / sang / is being raised |
D | are taught / is being sung / is being raised |
E | are taught / is sung / was raised |
Question 4 |
The medicine ____ at a high place where the children can't reach.
A | must keep |
B | must be keeping |
C | must be kept |
D | must not keep |
E | musn't be keeping |
Question 5 |
"The government has to take precautions against the hunters to protect the elephants because they are becoming extinct."
= Precautions ____ against the hunters to protect the elephants because they are becoming extinct.
A | are to be taken |
B | were to be taken |
C | has to be taken |
D | have to be taken |
E | will have to be taken |
Question 6 |
Nothing ____ because it was very foggy and raining heavily.
A | is seen |
B | wasn't seen |
C | could be seen |
D | didn't see |
E | haven't been seen |
Question 7 |
English ____ at state schools as a compulsory lesson for 20 years until last year.
A | is taught |
B | has been taught |
C | was being taught |
D | is being taught |
E | had been taught |
Question 8 |
The students had complained about the questions because they had found them so difficult. The questions ____ because they ____ so difficult.
A | were complained about / were found |
B | have been complained about / have been found |
C | had complained about / had found |
D | had been complained about / had been found |
E | are complained about / are found |
Question 9 |
The policeman was questioning the drivers and searching their vehicles.
= The drivers ____ and their vehicles ____.
A | were being questioned / were being searched |
B | were questioning / were searching |
C | were questioned / were searched |
D | questioned / searched |
E | were going to be questioned / were going to be searched |
Question 10 |
That you will resign from the job next month ____.
A | had better be informed |
B | had better to inform |
C | had be better to inform |
D | had better to be informed |
E | had better being informed |
Question 11 |
The bookshop ____ send the orders soon. Otherwise, the students will not be able to receive their books before school starts.
A | is to suppose |
B | was supposed to |
C | supposed to |
D | is supposed to |
E | is being supposed to |
Question 12 |
Persons under the age of 20 ____ to take driving license when we were young but now they ____ to.
A | were not allowed / are allowed |
B | have not been allowed / have been allowed |
C | are not allowed / were |
D | were going / are not going |
E | are going / were going |
Question 13 |
The news that her lost cat ____ was a great happiness to her.
A | is found |
B | was found |
C | was going to be found |
D | did find |
E | has been found |
Question 14 |
The man that ____ yesterday morning ____ from Europe a week ago.
A | has been questioned / was brought |
B | had questioned / was brought |
C | was being questioned / brought |
D | is being questioned / was brought |
E | was questioned / had been brought |
Question 15 |
To make fried potatoes, first, the potatoes ____ and ____. Then they ____ into the oil and after they ____, ____ with ketchup.
A | are peeled / sliced / are put / are fried / served |
B | peeled / sliced / were put / have been fried / serve |
C | were peeled / sliced / are put / had been fried / are served |
D | have been peeled / are sliced / were put / have been fried / are served |
E | are peeled / sliced / were put / were fried / served |
Question 16 |
The question was so complicated and difficult that nobody ____ it.
A | answered |
B | could answer |
C | answer |
D | has answered |
E | had been answered |
Question 17 |
The car which ____ by the thieves ____ yesterday by a 10-year-old child.
A | is stolen / is found |
B | was stolen / had been found |
C | had been stolen / was found |
D | is being stolen / is found |
E | had been stolen / is found |
Question 18 |
The colourful wearings ____ together with the white coloured wearings.
A | should not be washed |
B | could be washed |
C | should wash |
D | should not wash |
E | should have been washed |
Question 19 |
Every year millions of trees ____ and ____ in making furniture.
A | have been cut down / used |
B | are cut down / used |
C | were cut down/ were used |
D | is being cut down / use |
E | cut down / used |
Question 20 |
It ____ lately ____ that alcohol ____ the main cause of traffic accidents.
A | has / been proved / has been |
B | was / proved / was |
C | was / proved / is |
D | had / been proved / has been |
E | is / proved / is |
Question 21 |
Can you get somebody ____ my TV?
A | repaired |
B | repairing |
C | repair |
D | to be repaired |
E | to repair |
Question 22 |
So far I ____ by every employer I have applied to.
A | was rejected |
B | had been rejected |
C | am rejected |
D | have been rejected |
E | will have been rejected |
Question 23 |
I wanted to ____ to the wedding.
A | being invited |
B | be invited |
C | have invited |
D | had been invited |
E | have been invited |
Question 24 |
Don't touch that cable while it ____.
A | was repaired |
B | has been repaired |
C | is being repaired |
D | to be repaired |
E | was being repaired |
Question 25 |
When I arrived there, no lecture ____.
A | had been giving |
B | hadn't been given |
C | has been given |
D | weren't given |
E | was being given |
Question 26 |
The house door ____ open at night.
A | weren't left |
B | hasn't left |
C | doesn't leave |
D | didn't leave |
E | shouldn't be left |
Question 27 |
My report has ____ on Monday morning.
A | to be given back |
B | given back |
C | been done |
D | to had been done |
E | been back |
Question 28 |
They hadn't finished any report.
= No report ____.
A | wasn't finished |
B | hadn't been finished |
C | had been finished |
D | has been finished |
E | hasn't been finished |
Question 29 |
The box ____ by someone. I cannot open it.
A | is locked |
B | have been locked |
C | has been locked |
D | should be locked |
E | has to be locked |
Question 30 |
The visitors ____ at the station tomorrow by my secretary.
A | are met |
B | are being met |
C | have been met |
D | will have been met |
E | be meet |
Question 31 |
Their business ____ over by a new company last year.
A | is to be taken |
B | has to be taken |
C | has been taken |
D | is being taken |
E | was taken |
Question 32 |
All the food in the house ____ by someone because there is no food now.
A | had been eaten |
B | has been eaten |
C | must have been eaten |
D | should have been eaten |
E | had to be eaten |
Question 33 |
I don't enjoy ____ by other people.
A | be watched |
B | being watched |
C | watched |
D | watching |
E | to be watched |
Question 34 |
The fire ____ quickly ____ under control by the firemen two hours ago.
A | is / taken |
B | was / put |
C | has / been put |
D | will / be |
E | is going to / be taken |
Question 35 |
It ____ that companies will increase their prices.
A | was assumed |
B | had been assumed |
C | assumes |
D | will be assumed |
E | is assumed |
Question 36 |
A great deal of research ____ to find a cure for AIDS.
A | had been done |
B | is being done |
C | was done |
D | were done |
E | have been done |
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