TEST PAPER – THE 11TH GRADE – PASSIVE VOICE

III. Choose the correct variant:

In a museum in Washington, in a case (1) … made of unbreakable glass, (2) … what is
probably the most famous jewel on earth, the Hope Diamond. It came to Europe when it (3) …
brought to France and sold to King Louis XIV. The original stone, which was much larger, (4) …
discovered in India. After the French king (5) … it cut and (6) …, it became (7) … as the ‘Blue
Diamond of the Crown’. But there was soon a revolution in France, and during this period the
diamond (8) … disappeared.
The next time it (9) … was in 1830, in the collection of Henry Hope, a wealthy Irishman who
(10) … the diamond its present name. It (11) … bought and sold many times during the following
hundred years. It (12) … through the hands of a prince, a jeweller, a banker and a newspaper editor
before its last private owner (13) … that this magnificent stone (14) … only bad luck, unhappiness,
ill-health, accidents and even death to its owners and their families. So, finally in 1958 the Hope
Diamond (15) … to the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, where it (16) … to this day, (17) … by
thousands of visitors every day. Now it (18) … displayed in a collection with other jewels, but it (19)
… to be by far the most beautiful of them all and the Museum’s greatest attraction – obviously it no
longer (20) … any harm to anybody.

1. A. being B. is C. - D. was
2. A. is lain B. is lied C. is lying D. lies
3. A. had been B. has been C. was D. was being
4. A. had been B. had had C. was D. was being
5. A. had B. had had C. has D. was having
6. A. being polished B. having polished C. polished D. polishing
7. A. being known B. knew C. knowing D. known
8. A. - B. had C. has D. was
9. A. being seen B. had seen C. saw D. was seen
10. A. gave B. had given C. was given D. was giving
11. A. had been B. had C. was D. -
12. A. been passed B. had passed C. was passed D. was passing
13. A. had realised B. realised C. realising D. was realised
14. A. brought B. had brought C. was bringing D. was brought
15. A. being given B. had given C. gave D. was given
16. A. has remained B. is remaining C. remained D. was remained
17. A. admiring B. being admired C. having admired D. was admired
18. A. being B. has been C. is being D. is
19. A. considered B. was considered C. is considering D. is considered
20. A. brings B. has brought C. is bringing D. is brought