Active and Passive

Thieves __________ over a million dollars in cash from the Bank of East Asia in Central.

• have been stolen

• were stolen

• stole

• had been stolen

• have stolen

Only half of the exercises ____ so far, but the rest ____ by Saturday.

• have done / will be finished

• were done / are going to be finished

• done / have been finished

• have been done / will have been finished

• are being done / will be finished

Because of the general pardon most of the prisoners ____ by the end of this year.

• were released

• are released

• will have been released

• have been released

• are being released

"The government has to take precautions against the hunters to protect the elephants because they are becoming extinct." Precautions ____ against the hunters to protect the elephants because they are becoming extinct.

• are to be taken

• were to be taken

• has to be taken

• have to be taken

• will have to be taken

The policeman was questioning the drivers and searching their vehicles. The drivers ____ and their vehicles ____ .

• were being questioned / were being searched

• were questioning / were searching

• were questioned / were searched

• questioned / searched

• were going to be questioned / were going to be searched

The bookshop ____ send the orders soon. Otherwise the students will not be able to receive their books before the school starts.

• is to suppose

• was supposed to

• supposed to

• is supposed to

• is being supposed to

Persons under the age of 20 ____ to take driving license when we were young but now they ____ to.

• were not allowed / are allowed

• have not been allowed / have been allowed

• are not allowed / were

• were going / are not going

• are going / were going

All the food in the house ____ by someone because there is no food now.

• had been eaten

• has been eaten

• must have been eaten

• should have been eaten

• had to be eaten

A great deal of research ____ to find a cure for AIDS.

• had been done

• is being done

• was done

• were done

• have been done

When we visit Art Galleries in other countries, we usually_____ to go in, but when foreigners come to Britain, they_____ by the British tax-payer.

• have to pay / are subsidized

• can pay / subsidize

• must be paid / were subsidized

• had to pay / were subsidized

• were supposed to pay / had been subsidized