Passive voice short test

1. Choose the correct answer

2. The Remembrance day and the Veteran’s Day ___ on the 11th of November every year.
a) celebrated
b) is celebrated
c) will be celebrated
d) are celebrated
3. I hope the truth ____ very soon.
a) will find out
b) is found out
c) will be found out
d) will be founding out
4. Everything ____ befor you came.
a) is done
b) has been done
c) had been done
d) was done
5. The sports competitions which ____ on Sunday _____ by a lot of people.
a) are held / will be visited
b) was held / vill visit
c) have been held / have visited
d) will be held / will be visited
6. The inspector is not in the town. He ___ to another place some days ago.
a) was sent
b) will be sent
c) sends
d) will send
7. This story ____ to everybody as the name of the first space pioneer ____ in the heart of people all
over the world.
a) knows / lives
b) is known / lives
c) knew / lived
d) knows / is lived
8. The business letter ____ just ____.
a) is / written
b) was / written
c) has / been written
d) is / going to write
9. Sometimes a lot of guests ____ to his birthday party.
a) is inviting
b) was invited
c) are invited
d) were inviting
10. Houses _____ very quickly now.
a) builds
b) built
c) are built
d) are building
11. You can’t use this textbook now. It ____ by your friend.
a) takes
b) took
c) were taken
d) was taken
12. Many modern apartments ____ in Berlin since 1980.
a) are built
b) are building
c) have been built
d) has been built
13. The new film ___ in all big theatres of the city at present.
a) is demonstrated
b) is being demonstraded
c) will be demonstrated
d) demonstrates
14. By the time we came to the bookshop all books ___.
a) are sold
b) had been sold
c) were sold
d) is being sold
15. Don’t touch the door. It ____ just ___ .
a) is / being painted
b) has / been painted
c) is / painted
d) will / be painted
16. I ____ a card to the club and in the afternoon I went there to play bridge.
a) had been given
b) was given
c) was giving
d) have given
17. The Great Expectations ____ by Charles Dickens.
a) was written
b) wrote
c) is written
d) were writing
18. This school ____ next year.
a) will close
b) Will be closed
c) is closed
d) is being closed
 19. I was eating an ice cream.
a) An ice cream was eaten by me.
b) An ice cream was being eaten by me.
c) An ice cream was ate by me.
d) An ice cream is being eaten by me.
20. Someone is going to paint my room.
a) My room is going to be painted.
b) My room is going to be painting.
c) My room is being to be painted.
d) My room is being painted.
21. People speak English all over the world.
a) All over the world English is spoke.
b) English is spoken all over the world.
c) They speak English all over the world.
d) English is being spoken all over the world.

2. Change the following sentences into passive voice.

a) Mary teaches children French. (Present Simple)
b) The cleaner cleans our office every two days. (Present Simple)
c) The teacher corrected the test. (Past Simple)
d) The pupils answered all the questions. (Past Simple)
e) Somebody is singing a song. (Present Continuous)
f) Somebody was using the phone. (Past Continuous)
g) They have recently repaired the road. (Present Perfect)
h) Tom had made the renovation. (Past Perfect)
i) The local paper will print my article. (Future Simple)
j) They may build a new road near my house. (modal verb)