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CLASS WORK

CAUSATIVE FORMS + PASSIVE VOICE

1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Before you asked, the letter__-------------___.
A. was written B. had been written C. had written D. has been written
2. Don’t touch that chair. It-------- _____.
A. has just painted B. has just been painted
C. just painted D.just have been painted
3. I truly appreciated -------_____ to give the commencement address, but I wasn't able to accept the
honor because of a previous commitment.
A. asking B. to have asked
C. to ask D. having been asked
4. I wanted ---------_____by the head of the company, but it was impossible.
A. to see B. to be seen C. to seeing D. being to see
5. Vitamin C --------_____by the human body It gets into the blood stream quickly.
A. absorbs easily B. is easily absorbing C. is easily absorbed D. absorbed easily
6. Active: They began to invest money in business.
Passive: --------_____.
A. Money were begun investing in business. B. Money began to be invested in business.
C. Money began be invested in business. D. Money was begun investing in business.
7. Active: Scientists continued making experiments.
Passive: Experiments _-------____ by scientists.
A. continued being made B. continued made
C. is continued being made D. being continued made
8. Many U.S. Automobiles_--------____ in Detroit, Michigan.
A. manufacture B. have manufactured
C. are manufactured D.are manufacturing
9. Let's go ahead and do it now. Nothing --------_____by waiting.
A. accomplishes B. accomplished C. has accomplished D. will be accomplished
10. "When _----____?” - "In 1928."
A. penicillin was discovered B. did penicillin discovered
C. was penicillin discovered D. did penicillin discover
11. He is not in town; he _------____ on a special mission.
A. is sending B. will be sent C. has sent D. has been sent
12. When I came, an experiment -------- _____ in the lab.
A. was being holding B. has been held C. was being held D. has held
13. Something funny __---------___ in class yesterday.
A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened
14. The child’s arm was swollen because he -------_____ by a bee.
A. stung B. had stung C. had been stung D. had being stung
15. Sally gave such a good speech that I couldn’t resist---------- _____ loudly when she finished.
A. applauding B. being applauded C. to applaud D. to be applauded
16. If you want to develop inner tranquility, you have to stop ------_____ by every little thing that
happens.
A. bothering B. being bothered C. to bother D. to be bothered
17. Are you sure you told me? I don’t recall _--------____ about it.
A. having told B. having been told C. to have told D. to have been told
18. Joining a gym -------- _____, but I didn’t really fancy the idea.
A. was suggested me B. to me was suggested
C. was suggested to me D. was suggesting me
19. David appears ---------_____some weight. Has he been ill?
A. having lost B. having been lost C. to have lost D. to have been lost
20. Tom made a serious mistake at work, but his boss didn’t fire him, He’s lucky -------_____ a second
chance.
A. having given B. having been given
C. to have given D. to have been given
21. The owner of the building’s supply store doesn’t mind _-----____ his customers discounts when they
buy in large quantities.
A. giving B. being given C. to give D. to be given
22. Fortunately, the hospital’s new air-conditioning system -----_____ when the first heat wave of the
summer arrived.
A. had installed B. installed C. had been installed D. had been installing
23. I don’t remember ------_____ of the decision to change the company policy on vacations. When was
it decided?
A. telling B. being told C. to tell D. to be told
24. Ms Clark expects ------_____ about any revisions in her manuscripts before it is printed.
A. consulting B. being consulted C. to consult D. to be consulted
25. Nancy’s dress is really beautiful. I hear it -----_____ especially for her by a French designer.
A. made B. has made C. is made D. was made
26. He objected to _------____.
A. his mistakes being laughed at B. laughing his mistakes at
C. his mistakes laughing at D. his mistakes at laughing
27. That’s the car _-----____ engine needs _____.
A. whose – to be repaired B. of which – repairing
C. which – repaired D. that – to be repairing
28. The department store ------_____ by the Dickinson for many years.
A. has been run B. is run C. runs D. has run
29. The X-ray treatments _-------____ up to the time that he was dismissed from the hospital.
A. gave daily B. were given daily
C. basically have given D. daily had been given
30. A shortage of water is a problem in many parts of the world. In some areas, water_-------____from
the ground faster than nature can replenish the supply.
A. is being taken B. has been taking C. is taking D. has taken