Soal Passive Voice

A. Choose the best answer

1. ‘’The boys have been told the good news.” It means ______.
A. The good news was told to the boys.
B. Somebody has told the boys the good news.
C. The good news has been told by the boys.
D. The boys have told the good n news.

2. The meeting was supposed to be held yesterday, but it has been ______ to next
Thursday.
A. taken off
B. worn off
C. put off
D. called off

3. The proposal ______ discussed when I called the office this morning.
A. was being
B. been
C. being
D. have been

4. Black, red, and even bright pink diamonds _____

A. Occasionally to find
B. Occasionally found
C. Have occasionally been found
D. Have occasionally found

5. Many books _____, but one of the best is “How to Win Friends and Influence People”
by Dale Carniegie.
A. Have written about success
B. Written about success
C. Have been written about success
D. About successful

6. _____ were first viewed through a telescope by Galileo.

A. Jupiter has four moons
 B. Jupiter’s four moons
C. Jupiter surrounded by four moons
D. Surrounded by four moons, Jupiter

7. In November of 1863, the city of Atlanta _____ during Sherman’s famous “March to
the Sea”.
A. Was completely burned
B. Completely was burned
C. It was burned completely
D. Completely burned it

8. The Supreme Court does not hear a case unless _____, except those involving
foreign ambassadors.
A. A trial
B. Already tried
C. It already trying
D. It has already been tried

9. _____ occasions for congratulations.

A. Birthdays that usually considered
B. Usually considering birthdays
C. Birthdays are usually considered
D. That considered birthdays usually

10. Electron storage rings _____ in investigations of the structure of materials.

A. They are used
B. That are used
C. Used
D. Are used

B. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form!

42. I hate ………. (tell) lies.

43. My television …… (deliver) tomorrow.
44. Their telephone ….. (install) yesterday.
45. Teacher ought …. (pay) a higher salary.
46. Hotel rooms must …. (vacate) by 12 noon.
47. The villa …. (sell) public auction next week.
48. She hopes for her home …. (build) by may.
49. Heartbreak House …. (write) by George Bernard Shaw.
50. My car …… (respray) at the moment.
Answer:
42. Lies is told I hate.
43. Tomorrow my television is delivered.
44. Their telephone is installed by them.
45. A higher salary is paid ought by the teacher.
46. At 12 noon are vacated must by hotel rooms.
47. Next week public auction is sold by the villa.
48. On May her home is built by her hopes.
49. George Bernard Shaw is written by Heartbreak House.
50. At the moment my car is resprayed.

C. Turn the verbs in the following sentence into the passive, but do not change the
tenses! The original subject disappears because it is not important.

1. They speak French at this shop.

2. Somebody stole my car.

3. They have sent the books to the wrong address.

4. Somebody will bring the juice.

5. Somebody has bought this fur coat.

Answer:
1. French is spoken at this shop.
2. My car was stolen.
3. The books have been sent to the wrong address.
4. The juice will be bought.
5. This fur coat has been bought.