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Passive

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because in large cities is scarce, a maximum of interior space per square foot of land——-by constructing very tall buildings——- skyscrapers.

a)

Was created/ calling

b)

Has created/ are being called

c)

is created/ called

d)

Created/ called

e)

Have been created/ were called

2.

The result of this will be to introduce to poor southern nations a patent system which——- to protect technologies and drugs in rich countries.

a)

Was designed

b)

Designed

c)

Have been designed

d)

Are designed

e)

Were designed

3.

At last, the thief——- to tell everything by the police.

a)

Made

b)

Had made

c)

Has made

d)

Was made

e)

Was making

4.

My mother was very upset when she returned home because she——-her wallet———.

a)

Got/ to steal

b)

Had/ stolen

c)

Made/ steal

d)

Had/ steal

e)

Made/ to steal

5.

As the son of a livestock family, I——- in Carson City and helped my father on the ranch.

a)

Was raised

b)

Raised

c)

Has been raised

d)

Have raised

e)

Am raising

6.

The Sales Director——- to admit that he——— the difficulties of marketing the new product.

a)

Was forced/ had underestimated

b)

Forced/ was underestimating

c)

Has been forced/ had underestimated

d)

Forced/ had been underestimating

e)

Was forced/ has been underestimating

7.

When three primary colours- red, blue and green——- together from seperate sources, white light——-.

a)

Add/ is created

b)

Have been added/ is being created

c)

Are added/ is created

d)

Are being added/ is created

e)

Is added/ has been created

8.

The application of chemistry to the production of useful products that——- for a profit——- into the chemical industry.

a)

Can be sold/ has grown

b)

Could be sold/ has been grown

c)

Could have sold/ have grown

d)

Can sell/ have been grown

e)

Could have been sold/ was grown

9.

The sea otter has a very valuable pelt, and it——- widely for years.

a)

Had been hunted

b)

Was hunted

c)

Was being hunted

d)

Has been hunted

e)

Is hunted

10.

A room in the house where Goethe——- at Frankfurt in 1749——- into a museum.

a)

Was born/ has been made

b)

Was born/ had been made

c)

Had been born/ was made

d)

Had born/ had made

e)

Had born/ has been made

11.

The darker side of modern science——- apparent by the use of poison gas in the Gulf War.

a)

is made

b)

Has been made

c)

Had made

d)

Was made

e)

Made

12.

Much of what we know about the risks of heart disease, high blood pressure and lack of exercise——- at school.

a)

Have been learned

b)

Had been learned

c)

Were learned

d)

Will be learning

e)

Has been learned

13.

Schizophrenics——- to have abnormal color perception, and very young children learning to distinguish colors——- red or orange.

a)

Say/ are prefering

b)

Are said/ prefer

c)

is said/ may prefer

d)

Says/ prefer

e)

is said/ prefering

14.

Abstract words——- with real, material objects that——- directly to the five senses.

a)

Not associated/ are related

b)

Are not associated/ relate

c)

Not associated/ have related

d)

Are not associated/ are related

e)

not being asaociated/ are related

15.

Writing American English often involves using words from other languages, or words that——- in other languages but——— into English.

a)

Have originated/ been adopted

b)

Originated/ have been adopted

c)

Were originated/ adopted

d)

Have been originated/ being adopted

e)

Are originated/ adopted

16.

Write a paragraph that ——- why you think the balloon is a bad symbol for John.

a)

is explained

b)

Explaining

c)

Explains

d)

Are explained

e)

is explaining

17.

Temperature distribution on the Earth, with its variations from to pole and over the year, ——— by a number of phenomena.

a)

Affected

b)

Having been affected

c)

Are affected

d)

Has affected

e)

Is affected

18.

The Renaissance’s renewed interest in classical authors and models and in exploratory thinking——- to England by Desiderius Erasmus.

a)

Was brought

b)

Brought

c)

Were bringing

d)

Had been brought

e)

Has brought

19.

A pair is a set of two things which——- or normally used together.

a)

Joined

b)

Has joined

c)

Are joined

d)

is joined

e)

Have joined

20.

As the linguistic repertoire of a child increases, it is often assumed that the child is, in some sense, ——- the language.

a)

Having taught

b)

To have taught

c)

To teaching

d)

Being taught

e)

Having teaching

21.

Until five years ago, Pacific——- as a benevolent family-owned firm that practiced sustainable-yield forestry.

a)

Had been perceived

b)

Is perceived

c)

Perceived

d)

Had perceived

e)

Has perceived

22.

Nitrogen oxides——- in an automobile engine when the nitrogen and oxygen of the air——-.

a)

Produced/ are combined

b)

Are produced/ is combined

c)

Having produced/ are combined

d)

Are producing/ are combined

e)

Are produced/ are combined

23.

Before a word——-, it is apparent that some learners can learn words after only one encounter whereas for most people seven repetitions seem to be enough.

a)

Ought to learned

b)

Could have been learned

c)

Is to have learned

d)

Can be learned

e)

May have learned

24.

Many chemical compounds besides water——- for life to exist, the most important being “organic compounds”.

a)

Is needed

b)

Have needed

c)

Are needed

d)

Had been needed

e)

has been needed

25.

Bacteria——- to produce human insulin, but some people are afraid of products that ——- by bacteria.

a)

Used/ produced

b)

Can be used/ have been produced

c)

Should be used/ had been produced

d)

May have been used/ had produced

e)

Would sooner be used/ are producing