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Passive Voice Test Exercises - Multiple Choice Questions With Answers -

Advanced Level 26

1. When you arrive at the place you ____ by our men. 7. As you knew everything about the deep government,
They will take you to the exact place. you ____ before that TV programme.

A) will meet A) are informed


B) will be met B) were informed
C) are met C) should be informed
D) meet D) are being informed
E) are going to meet E) must have been informed
2. My little brother ____ a ticket before we went to the 8. He is known to ____ for the mafia for a long time.
cinema.
A) worked
A) is given B) be worked
B) had been given C) having been worked
C) has been given D) have worked
D) will be given E) work
E) would be given
9. Nothing ____ if the wisest man proclaims his wisdom
3. There isn't any ice cream in the refrigerator now. It in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
____ all ____.
A) has accomplished
A) was / been eaten B) can accomplish
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B) has / eaten C) must be accomplished


C) has / been eaten D) has been accomplished
D) had / eaten E) will have accomplish
E) had / been eaten
10. Freedom of speech ____ best ____ by having in mind
4. Since his death, John Milton's poems ____  translated the picture of an assembly where opposing views
into several languages. ____.

A) was A) has ... conceived / have represented


B) has been B) can be ... conceived / represent
C) have been C) is ... conceived / are represented
D) were D) may ... conceive / represent
E) had been E) may be ... conceived / are representing
5. You are the one ____ at because either you don't hear 11. When I have discussed this kind of device with
me or you pretend so. housewives, some 90 per cent of them have the
immediate reaction, “How soon can I buy one?” The
A) is to be shouted other ten per cent have the reaction, “I would ____ to
have it moving about my house”— but when one
B) shouting
explains to them that it could be switched off or
C) shout unplugged or stopped without the slightest difficulty,
D) be shouted or made to go and put itself away in a cupboard at
E) to be shouted any time, they quickly realise that it is a highly
desirable object.
6. The Prime Minister ____ about every particular detail
per every five minutes during the operation by the A) terrify
team.
B) be terrifying
A) informed C) have terrified
B) have informed D) be terrified
C) having been informed E) have been terrifying
D) is to be informed
E) is informing

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12. He doesn't speak in order to speak. His advice ____ 18. He is known to ____ five people in the war four years
attention when he speaks. ago.

A) might pay A) be killed


B) could have paid B) have been killed
C) should have paid C) be killing
D) must be paid D) kill
E) may be paid E) have killed
13. The germs, microbes, the minute organisms which 19. Have you reminded the receptionist that you want
could ____ only through the most powerful ____ at 7 o'clock?
microscopes, breed a life of their own and are able
____ the living tissues infected by them. A) to wake
B) to have awaken
A) see / to be destroyed
C) to have been awakened
B) be seen / to destroy
D) to be awaken
C) have been seen / to have destroyed
E) to have awakened
D) be seen / to be destroying
20. You said you went to the office last Thursday but I
E) see / to destroy
found out that you ____ at the cinema.
14. A famous scientist, Lister ____ marvellously in the
field of observation by the books he had read. A) will be seen
B) saw
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A) prepared
C) would be seen
B) has prepared
D) have seen
C) to be prepared
E) were seen
D) prepares
21. "Is this the police station? I am phoning from my car.
E) was prepared
I ____ by a car for the last twenty minutes.
15. The essayist ____ man, sustained by the childish
belief that everything he ____ about, everything that A) was followed
____ to him, is of general interest.
B) am followed
A) is a self - liberate / thinks / happens C) am being followed
B) is a self - liberate / is thought / happens D) have been followed
C) is a self - liberated / thinks / happens E) have been following
D) is a self - liberated / is thought / is happened 22. The Prime Minister claimed that inflation ____ to 10 %
in two years' time.
E) is a self - liberating / thinks / is happened
16. A great deal of research ____ to find a cure for cancer, A) is going to be reduced
but so far no perfect cure ____.
B) would be reduced
A) has to be done / is found C) will be reduced
B) need have been done / is to be found D) has been reduced
C) has been done / has been found E) would have been reduced
D) was done / was found 23. The number of universities ____ to ____.
E) is being done / is being found
A) is expected / increase
17. There are no English books on the shelves now. They
B) expected / be increased
____ all ____ to the new library.
C) has expected / to increase
A) were / taken D) was expected / be increasing
B) had / been taken E) is expected / to be increased
C) have / been taken
D) had / taken
E) have / taken

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24. I think that man needs ____ ; he killed two people in 30. The impact of the bomb explosion ____ by many
the past because he was driving drunk, and this time people who lived around.
he killed four for the same reason.
A) is being felt
A) execute B) was felt
B) to execute C) felt
C) to be executing D) has been feeling
D) to be executed E) has to be felt
E) to have executed
31. David: Why didn't Terry attend the meeting
25. I want the reports ____ in by tomorrow morning. yesterday?

A) to hand Daisy: I don't know. He ____ to.


B) to be handed
A) was not to be told
C) to have handed
B) may not have been told
D) to be handing
C) has been told not
E) being handed
D) couldn't told to be
26. "Have you seen my watch?"
E) should be told
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A) need to be borrowed A) was established


B) may be borrowed B) has to establish
C) will be borrowed C) has been established
D) must have borrowed D) should be established
E) must have been borrowed E) must have established
27. By this time tomorrow, certain results of the elections 33. Find the sentence with the same meaning. It is said
____ by the government officials. that the government has introduced a new working
act.
A) are to have declared
B) will have been declared A) The government is said to have introduced a new
C) is having been declared working act.
D) have been declared B) It is said that the government has been introduced
E) are going to have declared a new working act.
C) The government said that it has introduced a new
28. The genius student ____ unhappy since he found the
explanations to his problems unsatisfactory. working act.
D) It is said that a new working act has been
A) seemed to be introduced to the government.
B) was seemed E) It is said that a new working act will be introduced
C) seems to have been by the government.
D) has been seemed
E) is seemed to be
29. The proper working of the machine which ____ by the
polluted water has slowed down recently.

A) affected
B) has affected
C) was affected
D) was to affect
E) to be affected

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34. Find the sentence with the same meaning.  35. You are supposed to be working at this time of the
day, aren't you?
It is said that the manager will let some workers go
abroad to learn a foreign language. A) People say you work at this time of the day.
B) You should be working now, but you aren't.
A) It is said that some workers will be let go abroad
C) Why don't you work some time during the day?
to learn a foreign language.
D) You are said to work during the whole day.
B) The manager is said to let some workers go
E) You aren't allowed to work at this time during the
abroad to learn a foreign language.
day.
C) The manager is said to be let go abroad to learn a
foreign language.
D) It is said that some workers will let go abroad to
learn a foreign language.
E) Some workers said that they will let the manager
go abroad to learn a foreign language.

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Answer Key:

1: B 19: D
2: B 20: E
3: C 21: C
4: C 22: B
5: E 23: A
6: D 24: D
7: E 25: B
8: D 26: E
9: D 27: B
10: C 28: A
11: D 29: C
12: D 30: B
13: B 31: B
14: E 32: D
15: C 33: A
16: C 34: B
17: C 35: B
18: E

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