Tenses - Passives (Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate) Test 1

1. When I last talked to him, he ______ English. 9. They ______ married but in the end they changed
their mind.
A) studies
B) study A) are going to get
C) was studying B) will have been
D) studied C) were going to get
D) had been
2. I met her at yesterday’s party, but I ______ her by
sight for years before that. 10. A: Would you like me to give Mike a message for you?

A) had known B: Oh, I don’t want to trouble you.

B) have known
A: It’s no trouble, really. I ______ Mike tomorrow
C) will have known anyway.
D) had been known
3. By 2010, scientists surely ______ a cure for cancer. A) am seeing
B) saw
A) are discovering C) have seen
B) have been discovered D) would see
C) will have discovered 11. When I counted my change I realized they ______ me
D) had discovered $ 3 too much.
4. Since the day he ______ ill he ______ a lot of reading.
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A) gave
A) was / had done B) had given
B) is / has done C) have given
C) was / has done D) had been given
D) is / has been done 12. When he’d counted his change he ______ it in his
pocket.
5. A: What’s the time? B: I’m sorry I ______. My watch
______.
A) was put
A) can’t tell / stopped B) put
B) didn’t know / stopped C) had put
C) don’t know / has stopped D) has put
D) don’t know / had stopped 13. As soon as she ______ out of bed she got dressed.
6. He ______ in the library every night for the last two
months. A) had got
B) gets
A) would be studying C) has got
B) will have studied D) would get
C) has been studied 14. In a fortnight’s time they ______ their exams.
D) has been studying
7. Last Sunday we ____ out of the house where we ____ A) have taken
for five years. B) will have taken
C) will have been taken
A) had moved / lived D) had taken
B) have moved / had lived
15. They were very rude to us. We ______ there again.
C) moved / had lived
D) will move / have lived A) won’t go
8. We spent hours talking about what we ______ since B) hadn’t gone
we left school. C) didn’t go
D) wouldn’t go
A) have done
B) had been doing
C) have been doing
D) were doing

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16. In about forty years’ time we’ll probably ______ on 18. A: I’ve planned my future for the next five years.
pills.
B: That is very clever of you. What ______ when you
A) be living retire?
B) have been living
A) will you do
C) have been lived
B) are you going to do
D) have lived
C) have done
17. A: Why have you set your alarm clock to go off at
D) do you do
5.30?
19. You’ll feel a lot better after you ______ a rest.
B: Because I ______ then. I have to catch the early
train. A) had
B) have had
A) get up
C) will have
B) was going to get up
D) had had
C) am going to get up
20. Next August, while you ______ for your exams, I ______
D) have got
on a Mediterranean beach.

A) are preparing / will be

B) were preparing / would be
C) prepare / will be
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D) were preparing / was

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Answer Key:

1: C 11: B
2: A 12: B
3: C 13: A
4: C 14: B
5: C 15: A
6: D 16: A
7: C 17: C
8: B 18: B
9: C 19: B
10: A 20: A

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