PASSIVE VOICE

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1. They had just been living in that house for two years when 11. “We need to remodel our school-building.”
it ___ by fire. The passive of the above sentence is :
A. destroyed “Our school-building ___.”
B. had destroyed A. needs to be remodelled
C. was destroyed B. is needed to remodel
D. be destroyed C. needed to remodel
E. was destroying D. needing to be remodelled
2. Anita is looking forward to her birthday because she ___ E. is needed being remodeled
a digital watch by her brother. 12. “They built a new high stone wall around the garden,”
A. promised means ___.
B. has promised A. They built a new garden
B. The garden wall was made of stone
C. promising
C. There were high stones around the wall
D. has been promised D. The garden was made of stones walls
E. has been promising E. The wall was made of high stones
3. Everybody knew that he had shown great loyalty to the 13. Tenants ___ not to turn on their radios after midnight.
company; therefore, he ___ a big sum of money at the A. requested
anniversary of the company. B. are requested
A. was to reward C. request
B. rewarded D. are requesting
C. was rewarding E. being requested
D. was rewarded 14. “Iwan was offered between two posts,” means :
E. was being rewarded “___ the choice between two posts.”
4. What did Asih wear for the party ? A. Iwan offered someone
The passive construction of this sentence is ___. B. Iwan had offered
A. What was the party worn for ? C. Someone offered Iwan
B. What is for the party worn for ? D. They would offered Iwan
C. What Asih was worn for the party ? E. Somebody offers Iwan
D. What was worn for the party? 15. The production process in the textile plant ___.
E. What was Asih worn for the party? A. needs to be monitored
5. Who is writing the letter ? B. are needed to monitor
The passive construction is ___. C. they need to monitor
A. Who is the letter being written by ? D. needs to be monitoring
E. are needed to be monitored
B. Who is being written the letter by ?
16. “Some workers were loading the containers into the van.”
C. Who the letter is being written by ? The passive form of the above sentence is :
D. Who is being the letter written by ? “The containers ___ into the van.”
E. Who is written being the letter by ? A. were loaded
6. The books in the library ___in alphabetical order. B. are loading
A. was arranged C. be loaded
B. is being arranged D. were being loaded
C. have been arranged E. are to be loaded
D. had arranged 17. I became quite nervous when I knew that my speech ___.
E. has arranged A. was to record
7. Nobody has ever seen him a night club. B. to be recorded
The passive voice form is ___. C. being recorded
A. He has ever seen him in a night club D. to be recording
B. He hasn’t ever seen in a night club E. was being recorded
C. He hasn’t never been seen in a night club
18. “Which paintings will be exhibited tomorrow?”
D. He has never been seen in a night club
“We don’t know yet; they ___ by a team.”
E. He has ever been seen in a night club
A. are still being selected
8. She looks after the baby well.
B. are still selecting
The passive voice construction is ___.
C. still be selected
A. The baby is well looked after
D. still selected
B. The baby well is looked after
E. still selecting
C. Her baby is after looked well
19. “Last night someone broke into our house.”
D. Her baby is well after looked
“Oh, dear ! ___ ?”
E. Her well baby is looked after
A. Did anything take
9. At the moment the old building ___ to make space for a
parking lot. B. Was anything taken
A. demolishing C. Anything to taken
B. be demolished D. Anything to take
C. being demolished E. Was anything being taken
D. is being demolished 20. “I want the red dress displayed in the windows yesterday.”
E. to demolish “I’m sorry, it ___.”
10. As he was badly hurt in the car accident, he ___ to the A. has been selling
nearest hospital. B. has to be sold
A. being taken C. has to sell
B. took D. has sold
C. was taken E. has been sold
D. be taken
E. was being taken
21. Anita is looking forward to her birthday because she ___ a 32. ‘Why can’t I find the file on the annual report in the
new watch. computer?’
A. Promised ‘Because it ___ in the hard disk.’
B. has been promising A. was not saving
C. being promised B. not saved
D. has been promised C. did not save
E. has promised D. not being saved
22. “What happened to her skirt ?” E. was not saved
“Oh, ___ when she jumped over the fence.” 33. Potatoes, now a major source of food worldwide, ___ to
A. it was torn C. it tore E. be torn Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.
B. to be torn D. tearing A. were brought
23. “How old is the mosque ?” B. had been brought
“Well, it ___ in 1870.” C. were being brought
A. built D. brought
B. to be built E. had brought
C. was built 34. Mella : Why do you prefer Surya
D. had built Department Store to others?
E. had been building Noni : Because the items ___ at a reasonable price.
24. “When did the accident happen ?” A. is sold
“When the goods ___ from the truck.” B. are sold
C. was sold
A. were unloading
D. were sold
B. were being unloaded
E. had been sold
C. being unloaded
35. The Amazon valley is extremely important to the ecology
D. they were unloading
of the earth. Forty percent of the world’s oxygen _____
E. unloaded
there.
25. “Why do those people panic ?” A. are being produced
“Their semi-permanent houses ___. “ B. are produced
A. demolished C. is being produced
B. are demolished D. is produced
C. to be demolished E. was produced
D. to demolished 36. ‘Hasn’t Anita submitted her report yet?’
E. are being demolished ‘I don’t think so. It ___ .
26. “Can we get tickets for the second show of the Jurasic Park A. be printing
?” B. is printing
“I think they ___. “ C. being printed
A. are sold out D. to be printed
B. are to be sold out E. is being printed
C. sold out 37. ‘Last night a thief broke into my brother’s house.’
D. be sold out ‘Really? What ___ from the house?’
E. are selling them out A. he took
27. “Have you delivered the packages to the customers?” B. it was taken
“Not yet, some ___. “ C. was being taken
A. are still being wrapped D. was taking
B. have been wrapped E. was taken
C. will have been wrapped 38. ”What time will the delayed plane depart?”
D. would be wrapped ”They say that it ____ soon.”
E. were wrapped A. will announce
28. “Bambang looks very happy today.” B. is to announce
“Don’t you know he__to General manager ?” C. to be announced
D. announces
A. has promoted
E. will be announced
B. to be promoted
39. X : Zen, may I borrow your camera?
C. being promoted
Y : Oh, sorry. It ___ now.
D. has to promote
A. is repairing
E. has been promoted
B. has sold it
29. The President Director agreed that the performance of the C. will have sold
company has not been good these past few years. In fact,
D. is being repaired
its organization ___ now.
E. has been sold to our friend
A. restructured 40. ‘I haven’t got the report on the seminar held last week’
B. is restructuring ‘I’m sure it ___ on your desk yesterday’
C. is to restructure A. put
D. is being restructured B. being put
E. restructuring C. was putting
30. I am still waiting ___ for an interview. D. was put
A. to be called C. be calling E. called E. putting
B. be called D. be calling 41. ‘What is going to happen to the children who have become
C. to call orphans due to the tsunami disaster?’
31. ’Have you been informed about the exact number of ‘Don’t worry, they ___.’
victims of the airplane crash ?’ A. will take care of
’Yes, ___ to the headquarters of Garuda.’ B. will have been taken care of
A. they are faxed
C. will have taken care of
B. has faxed
D. will be taken care of
C. the victims fax
E. will be taking care of
D. it has been faxed
E. we fax it