Passive voice

Everybody ... by the terrible news yesterday
1. shocked
2. was shocked
3. have been shocked
4. had been shocked
Not much ... about the accient since that time
1. has said
2. has been said
3. had been said
4. was said
A new book ... by that company next year
1. will publish
2. will be published
3. is publishing
4. would be published
The secretary ... to her new boss yesterday
1. introduced
2. was introduced
3. has been introduced
4. introduces
A prize ... to whoever solves this equation
1. will be giving
2. will be given
3. would be given
4. is to be given
When the manager arrived, the problem ...
1. had alrady been solved
2. had already solved
3. was already solved
4. has already been solved
A new supermarket is going to ... next year according to this project
1. build
2. be building
3. be built
4. build
There is somebody walking behind us. I think we ...
1. are following
2. have been followed
3. are folowed
4. are being followed
There was a fight at the party, but fortunately nobody ...
1. were hurt
2. hurt
3. was hurt
4. have been hurt
Their engagement ... in the local paper recently
1. was announced
2. has been announced
3. is being announced
4. has announced
A number of political prisoners... within the next days
1. will be released
2. release
3. were released
4. will release
I ... a very interesting piece of news
1. am being told
2. were told
3. had been told
4. was told
At the School of Economics great attention ... to mathematics
1. pay
2. are paid
3. is paid
4. pays
The article ... during the last crisis
1. was written
2. wrote
3. writes
4. had written
Three people applied for the job but I was the first ...
1. to be interviewed
2. to interview
3. being interviewed
4. having interviewed
Look! Our head teacher ... on TV right now!
1. is being interviewed
2. has been interviewed
3. is interviewing
4. is interviewed
Tricia's hair ... by the hairdresser
1. dyed
2. was dyed
3. had dyed
4. were dyed
When I went back to the village the house... pulled down
1. had been
2. has been
3. was
4. was being
Thу tea ... good but the wine was terrible
1. were
2. was
3. have been
4. has been
Last month overtime rates... in our office
1. was reduced
2. were reduced
3. reduced
4. reduce
The new public library ... in front of my house this summer
1. builds
2. build
3. is being build
4. was being build
When I turned on the radio the President’s speech _____.
1. was being broadcast
2. broadcast
3. was broadcast
4. has been broadcast
Three months later the truth _____.
1. was revealed
2. has revealed
3. was being revealed
4. is revealed
My flat _____ by Saturday
1. was repaired
2. had repaired
3. will have been repaired
4. would be repaired
We can’t use the fitness centre yet because it _____.
1. is still building
2. has been built
3. is still being built
4. is still built
The new computer system ______ next month.
1. has been installed
2. will be installed
3. is being installed
4. was installed
Mr. Jones can’t stand _____ at.
1. has laughed
2. laughing
3. being laughed
4. is laughed
The cake _____ before Susan arrived
1. was made
2. had already been made
3. has been made
4. was being made
Mr. Brown ____ to give details of his bank account yesterday.
1. made
2. was made
3. has made
4. is being made
The process _____ in details now
1. has been studied
2. is being studied
3. was studied
4. has been studying
Unfortunately, you can’t go this way now. The road _____
1. is repaired
2. is being repaired
3. was repaired
4. being repaired
Unfortunately, you can’t go this way now. The road _____
1. is repaired
2. is being repaired
3. was repaired
4. being repaired
The story we’ve just read _____by E. Hemingway.
1. was written
2. wrote
3. written
4. has written
The speaker reported that the problem _____ a week ago..
1. was settled
2. had been settled
3. is settled
4. will be settled
The documents _____ to the Deputy Minister by e-mail half an hour ago
1. is sent
2. was sent
3. were sent
4. did sent
His garage ________ when he bought a car
1. was building
2. was being built
3. was built
4. were being built
A new supermarket _______ not far from this park now.
1. is building
2. has built
3. is being built
4. builds
When I turned on the radio the President’s speech ________ .
1. was being broadcast
2. broadcast
3. was broadcast
4. has been broadcast
My flat _______ by next Saturday
1. was repaired
2. had repaired
3. will have been repaired
4. would be repaired
We can’t use the fitness centre yet because it _____.
1. is still building
2. has been built
3. is still being built
4. is still built
Take care! This road _____
1. is repaired
2. will repair
3. was repaired
4. is being repaired
Do you know that paper _____by the Chinese?
1. was invented
2. invented
3. have been invented
4. has invented
At the last session, that speaker's report _____ by a hot discussion
1. was followed
2. followed
3. is followed
4. will be followed
This information can ______ a number of content bits.
1. be divided into
2. being divided for
3. to be divided into
4. having been divided for
A lot of concerts _____ by amateur actors in this theatre.
1. was given
2. were given
3. gave
4. give
The plan of work _____ for four hours.
1. discussed
2. is discussed
3. had been discussed
4. has been discussed
An experiment _____ next week on Monday
1. will be made
2. will make
3. is made
4. is being made
The article _____ discussed.
1. is already being
2. has already
3. has already been
4. had already
A lot of new English words _____ this year
1. had been learnt
2. are learnt
3. have learnt
4. have been learnt
The doctor _____ for before you came
1. is sent
2. had been sent
3. was sent
4. has been sending
The bridge _____ reconstructed by tomorrow morning
1. will have been
2. is being
3. will be
4. was
At the police station he _____ a lot of questions
1. has asked
2. had been asked
3. had been asking
4. was asked
This question _____ at the meeting now
1. had been discussed
2. is discussing
3. was discussed
4. is being discussed
By that time, Sam’s photo _____ to the policemen.
1. had already shown
2. had already been
3. have already been shown
4. were already shown
The letter _____ two weeks ago.
1. wrote
2. was writing
3. was written
4. was being written
The news _____ on the radio two hours ago.
1. were announced
2. was announced
3. have been announced
4. announced
Reports at the conference _____ by all the students.
1. had been made
2. made
3. were made
4. make
The plan of work _____ by all the students at five tomorrow
1. is discussing
2. will be discussed
3. is being discussed
4. will discuss
Nina showed me the article, which _____ by her brother
1. was translated
2. had been translated
3. translated
4. has been translated
All the information _____ to me, before I found her address.
1. had given
2. had been given
3. was given
4. is given
English is the main foreign language which _____ within most school systems
1. had been taught
2. is taught
3. teaches
4. is teaching
Needless to say, hands _____ before and after eating
1. must wash
2. must be washing
3. wash
4. must be washed
My father _____ by our family doctor that roast meat is not healthy
1. persuaded
2. has been persuaded
3. has persuaded
4. persuades
Do you know how many paintings _____ by vandals?
1. are destroyed
2. are being destroyed
3. have been destroyed
4. are destroying
Scotland _____ from London but in many ways it is a separate nation.
1. governed
2. has governed
3. is governing
4. is governed
Students _____ next Friday
1. will be examined
2. will examine
3. were examined
4. have been examined
All the information _____ to me, before I found her address.
1. had given
2. had been given
3. was given
4. is given
Trained dogs _____ by the police to find drugs
1. use
2. are using
3. used
4. are used
The news _____ on the radio two hours ago.
1. were announced
2. was announced
3. have been announced
4. announced
Nobody likes when he _____ for the offence, which he did not commit
1. blames
2. was blamed
3. is blamed
4. blamed
The article ____ translated for two hours
1. is being
2. has been
3. is
4. are being
These reports _____ two years ago
1. were published
2. had been published
3. were being published
4. have been published
The rule must _____ to every student
1. to be explained
2. explain
3. be explained
4. be explaining
'Have you ever appeared on TV? Actually, I _____ to take part in a show last
month.
1. will be asked
2. asked
3. was asked
4. have been asked
Did you post the letters? – No, they _____ by the time I came in.
1. had been posted
2. have been posted
3. were posted
4. had posted
The rule must _____ to every student
1. to be explained
2. explain
3. be explained
4. be explaining
This information can ______ a number of content bits.
1. be divided into
2. being divided for
3. to be divided into
4. having been divided for
We all hope that the results of our study _____.
1. have not ignored
2. will not ignore
3. will not have been ignored
4. will not be ignored

Passive voice

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