The Passive Voice

The water _____, you can drink it.

• is filtered

• was filtered

• has been filtered

• is being filtered

By the time you come back your work will _____.

• be forgotten

• have forgotten

• have been forgotten

• forget

James Bond looked around to see if he _____.

• was watched

• was being watched

• is watched

• is watching

The party was all that _____.

• was expected

• has been expected

• had been expected

• had been expecting

If we need you, you _____ for.

• will be sent

• send

• will have been sent

• will have sent

The family _____ of for miles now. Everybody knows the story.

• is talked

• is being talked

• is talking

• has been talked

Roger can't keep his word, he can't be relied _____.

• on

• to

• about

• with

Michael Swan's books are often referred _____ in papers on teaching grammar.

• on

• to

• about

• after

Mr. Gloss has never been heard _____ since the accident.

• of

• for

• about

• after

You know mushrooms are _____ in autumn.

• being gathered

• gathered

• been gathered

• gathering