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PASSiVE
Chosee a correct answer
1)In,1957,Sputnik,the first man-made satellite,______launched from the Soviet Union.
a)had been
b)is
c)was
d)will be
e)was being
2)You needn't worry.You ______to your hotel by a company representative.
a)are taking
b)were taking
c)will have taken
d)are going to take
e)will be taken
3)Everyone______by the terrible news yesterday
a)were shocked
b)was shocked
c)are shocked
d)is shocked
e)will be shocked
4)David_____to the rank of sergeant last week
a)promoted
b)was promoted
c)was being promoted
d)promotes
e)is promoted
5)Less than half of the cans of oil_____up to now
a)has been used
b)had been used
c)is used
d)have been used
e)are used
6)The roof of the bulding _____in a storm a few days ago
a)damage
b)was damaged
c)has been damaged
d)is damaged
e)damaged
7)You______to the wedding.Why didn't you go?
a)were invited
b)are invited
c)invited
d)will be invited
e)have been invited
8)Water_____most of the Earth's surface
a)is covered
b)will covers
c)covers
d)has covered
e)will be covered
9)The painting _________by Maimi Gillies,aged 99
a)is owing
b)owned
c)owns
d)was owned
e)had been owned
10)The buyer_______to see the painting in a barn two days ago
a)is taken
b)took
c)takes
d)was taking
e)was taken
11)Mr. Brown_____but Mr. Henry________
a)is arrested / is escaped
b)was arrested / escaped
c)is arrested / escaped
d)was arrested / was escaped
e)arrested / was escaped
12)Oil prices______
a)is increased
b)had been increased
c)have been increased
d)has been increased
e)was being increased
13)This coat ________in Hong Kong
a)is made
b)made
c)is making
d)was made
e)was making
14)Signed certificates_________to all of them.
a)were presented
b)was presented
c)presents
d)presented
e)is presented
15)This post______ initially for three years
a)will fund
b)will be funded
c)funded
d)fund
e)funds
16)Names of the referees______
a)given
b)should be given
c)gave
d)should give
e)should be give
17)Teachers___accommodation in college
a)offers
b)is offered
c)might be offered
d)ought to have been offer
e)might had been offered
18)Someone________the students a very difficult questions
a)asked
b)asking
c)was asked
d)are asked
e)is asked
19)The fire_______many valuable paintings
a)is destroyed
b)destroying
c)destroyed
d)was destroyed
e)has been destroyed
20)The chairs_________out into the garden
a)were being carried
b)carry
c)carries
d)were carriying
e)was being carried
21)Poverty________him to desperation
a)drive
b)drove
c)is driven
d)was driven
e)is driving
22)The dam________by a sudden increase in water pressure.It looked wery weak.
a)would be broken
b)would break
c)was broke
d)will be broken
e)breaks
23)They________the celebration an excuse for bad behaviour.
a)should made
b)makes
c)should not make
d)should have
e)should not made
24)People no longer________that anyone_____Mars any more than the moon
a)said / ihnabits
b)say / inhabits
c)is said / inhabits
d)said / is inhabited
e)says / inhabits
25)People generally assume that money______happiness
a)brought
b)bring
c)brings
d)is brought
e)was brought
26)The collection______halfway through the meeting
a)took
b)takes
c)is being taken
d)was
e)was taken
27)Figs______to be better for us than bananas
a)are said
b)is said
c)said
d)say
e)were said
28)A guide_______out the pyramids to me
a)is pointed
b)is pointing
c)point
d)pointed
e)was pointed
29)Competetion!5000 prizes________
a)to be won
b)winning
c)is won
d)won
e)to be win
30)Further information_________to canditates
a)will send
b)will be send
c)will be sent
d)had been sent
e)send
A)Rewrite in the passive the sentences or clauses containning a verb in italics.
1)The fact that the new scheme raised such a storm of disapproval means that no one can have explained it properly
to the public.
2)His father warned him not to let others lead him astray.
3)The chairman of the commitee complained that they were taking up too much time in discussing trivialities.
4)People put down the boy's rudeness to his parents having spoiled him.
5)Not until later did they discover that someone had stolen the picture.
6)Never before had they sent anyone to prison for that particular crime.
7)They could make the law effective only in this way.
8)People said that no one could reach any agreement on this question.
9)The army put down the rebellion and declared martial law.
10)He wanted them to treat the information as confidential.
11)Had they told me that someone was to bring up the subject of finance at the neft meeting.I wouldn't have mentioned
it.
12)He dislikes his fellow-workers thinking him a fool.
B)Put the following into the passive voice.
13)You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.
14)Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
15)The police asked each of us about his movements on the night of the crime.
16)Members may keep books for three weeks.After that they must return them.
17)No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
18)People are standing far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago.
19)They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stole gun.
20)Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection againts jail-fever.
C)Turn the following sentences into the active voice.
21)Last year a profit of two million pounds was made in the first six months but this was cancelled by a loss of
seventeen million pounds which was made in the second six months.
22)The ship was put into quarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land.
23)My paintings are to be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
24)The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being entered and the
evidence interfered with.
25)The stones were thrown by a student,who was afterwards led away by the police.
26)The referee was being escorted from the football field by a strong police guard.
27)Carrier pigeons are said to have been used by early Egyptian and Greek sailor.
28)Your money could be put to good use instead of beingleft idle in the bank.
29)By tradition,any sturgeon that are caught by British ships must be offered to the Queen.
30)It is being said that too little money to spent by the goverment on roads.
