Unit 4 Passive Voice Practice 1

FILL IN THE BLANK

My purse _________ by one of the cleaners.

• has been found

• have been found

• has found

• was finding

FILL IN THE BLANK

A director offered Julie a position in his company.

--> Julie ________ a position in a director's company.

• was offered

• is offered

• has just been offered

• offered

FILL IN THE BLANK

The organization _________ in 1990.

• was found

• was founded

• is found

• has been founded

REWRITE THE SENTENCE

People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.

→ 40 million hamburgers _________________.

• is eaten everyday

• are eaten everyday

• are everyday eaten

• is everyday eaten

REWRITE THE SENTENCE

The police didn’t find the missing girl last weekend.

→ The missing girl _____________________ by the police.

• isn't been found

• isn't found

• hasn't been found

• wasn't found

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.

He hides the broken cup in the drawer.

• The drawer is hidden in the broken cup.

• The broken cup is hidden in the drawer.

• He is hidden in the broken cup.

• The broken cup is hid in the drawer.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.

Someone had invented electric lights before I was born

• Electric lights had been invented before I was born.

• Electric lights had been invented by someone before I was born.

• After I was born, no one had invented electric lights.

• I was born when someone had invented electric lights.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.

Nobody’s ever treated me with such kindness.

• I have never been treated with such kindness.

• I have never been treated with such kindness.

• I have been treated with such a kindness by nobody.

• I have been treated by nobody with such a kindness.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.

The tree is being planted in the garden by her father now.

• The tree is planting her father in the garden now.

• Her father is planting the tree in the garden now.

• The garden is being planted by her father in the tree now.

• Now, her father is planting the garden in the tree.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the following sentence.

The robber hit him on the head with a hammer.

• His head was hit on a hammer by the robber.

• He was hit on the head with a hammer (by the robber).

• He hit the robber on the head with a hammer.

• The head was hit on him with a hammer (by the robber).