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Test - Practical Grammar (WSB DSL2) -- Passive Voice and Rep

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The children ___________ to the zoo.

a)

were enjoyed taken

b)

were enjoyed taking

c)

enjoyed being taken

d)

enjoyed taking

2.

The boar ______________ by huntsmen before it was killed.

a)

had been chasing

b)

had been chased

c)

has been chased

d)

had chased

3.

More than two hundred people ____________ by the end of the war.

a)

had been hanged

b)

were hung

c)

have been hunged

d)

were hanged

4.

Rachel is believed to ____________ in love with Ross.

a)

fall

b)

have been fallen

c)

have fallen

d)

had fallen

5.

She asked me where I ____________ all her life.

a)

had been

b)

was

c)

have been

d)

were

6.

"Can you show me the way to the bank?"

She asked me if ___________ her the way to the bank.

a)

can I show

b)

could I show

c)

I could have shown

d)

I could show

7.

"Australia is one of the biggest countries in the world," she said.

She told me Australia ____________ one of the biggest countries in the world.

a)

is

b)

was

c)

is being

d)

had been

8.

The kids suggested ___________ a pizza tonight. What do you think?

a)

to get

b)

we'll get

c)

getting

d)

for getting

9.

She insisted _______________ at home. She said I looked sick.

a)

staying

b)

on my staying

c)

on to stay

d)

on me to stay

10.

She may claim _____________ a PhD but nobody's ever actually seen the certificate.

a)

having

b)

for having

c)

to have

d)

is she has

11.

"Do you play chess?" she asked me a few years ago.

She asked me ____________ chess.

a)

do I play chess

b)

if I did play chess

c)

if I play chess

d)

if I played chess

12.

"He will come tomorrow".

She told me that he ____________ tomorrow.

a)

is coming

b)

will come

c)

would come

d)

would be coming

13.

"I see the clouds".

He told me that she ___________ the clouds.

a)

sees

b)

is seeing

c)

had seen

d)

saw

14.

"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".

He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work tomorrow.

a)

is taking

b)

was taking

c)

will be taking

d)

had been taking

15.

"I will call you".

My nephew promised __________ me.

a)

to have called

b)

to be calling

c)

to call

d)

if he will call

16.

"I have seen that movie".

He told me that he ________ that movie.

a)

saw

b)

will have seen

c)

has seen

d)

had seen

17.

"What lie did Ben tell you this time?"

"He claimed ____________ before he was two."

a)

that he could write

b)

to writing

c)

about writing

d)

that he write

18.

"What was Kate yelling about?"

"She warned ____________ touch that wire."

a)

me to not

b)

that I don't

c)

that I may not

d)

me not to

19.

"So, how is Anne getting to the airport?"

"She said that her brother ___________ her a lift."

a)

would have given

b)

would give

c)

should give

d)

could be given

20.

"Did they find out who had taken the money?"

"Yes. Pete finally admitted ____________ it all."

a)

to spend

b)

have spending

c)

to have spent

d)

to having spent

21.

"Why do you look so upset?"

"Mum refused ___________ after my flat while I'm away."

a)

my looking

b)

to look

c)

to looking

d)

me to look

22.

"What did the dietician say to Angela?"

"He advised ____________ down on fats otherwise she would develop heart problems in later life."

a)

to cut

b)

that she cuts

c)

her to cut

d)

her cut

23.

"What did Ivan suggest?"

"He suggested _____________ on an excursion tomorrow."

a)

going

b)

us to go

c)

we to go

d)

to going

24.

The firefighter ordered _________ the building at once.

a)

to everyone evacuating

b)

everyone to evacuate

c)

to be evacuated

d)

evacuating

25.

Look! Your car _____________ off the ground.

a)

is lifted

b)

is lifting

c)

is being lifting

d)

is being lifted

26.

"Poor Tim, he has lost his match."

"Yes, he has. But a new chance ____________ now."

a)

is giving him

b)

has been given to him

c)

was given to him

d)

was giving him

27.

"Your business partners didn't like your offer very much."

"But they ____________ accept it."

a)

were made to

b)

were made

c)

have made to

d)

have made

28.

"This hole was __________ a spade."

"What do you think?"

a)

dug up by

b)

dag up by

c)

dug up with

d)

dag up with

29.

"Our boat ______________ by storm."

"And how did you get back?"

a)

was being damaged

b)

was damaged

c)

has been damaged

d)

has been being damaged

30.

"If we weren't careful, the bike ___________."

"By the way, where is the bike lock?"

a)

was stolen

b)

would be stolen

c)

will be stolen

d)

has been stolen

31.

"Did you see the dog in the middle of the road?"

"Yes, I did. But when I stopped, my car _____________ from behind."

a)

was hit

b)

had been hit

c)

was being hit

d)

is hit

32.

"The room _________________ every morning."

"But this was before the accident. We haven't been able to enter the room since then?"

a)

is tidied

b)

is being tidied

c)

was tidied

d)

was being tidied

33.

The building _____________ by next year.

a)

will be demolished

b)

will have been demolished

c)

has been demolished

d)

had been demolished

34.

"Sue persuaded her colleagues to change their minds."

Sue _______________ their minds.

a)

has got her colleagues to change

b)

got her colleagues to change

c)

has got her colleagues change

d)

got her colleagues change

35.

He told me that he __________ come if he could finish work early.

a)

may

b)

had

c)

has

d)

would

36.

He said that he __________ the sea bus the following day.

a)

is going to catch

b)

will catch

c)

would catch

d)

would have caught

37.

I said "two fixed menus for us, please".

I ___________ our meal.

a)

proposed

b)

congratulated

c)

protested

d)

ordered

38.

We all know that she informed the teacher about the cheating but she says she didn't. She ______________ it.

a)

demanded

b)

admitted

c)

denied

d)

warned

39.

Tom says that Jane is lying but he cannot prove it. Tom is ___________ that Jane is lying.

a)

complaining

b)

realizing

c)

wishing

d)

claiming

40.

"If I were you, I would stay at a less expensive hotel and spend more for extras."

He ___________ us to stay at a cheaper hotel.

a)

recommended

b)

insisted

c)

discovered

d)

promised

41.

"He is coming today" the mother said.

She said that he _____________ .

a)

was coming the day before

b)

was coming that day

c)

came the previous day

d)

would come the next day

42.

"Are you really behind what you have said?" asked the manager.

The manager asked him ___________ .

a)

how I was supporting his ideas

b)

what kind of a person he is

c)

whether he is reliable or not

d)

if he could stand behind his words

43.

"See my corpse if you don't eat these cookies," my aunt said.

She ______________ that I should eat some cookies with tea.

a)

insisted

b)

admitted

c)

promised

d)

denied

44.

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

a)

were released

b)

are being released

c)

will have been released

d)

have been released

45.

The medicine ____ at a high place where the children can't reach.

a)

must keep

b)

must not keep

c)

must be kept

d)

must be keeping

46.

Precautions ____ against the hunters to protect the elephants because they are becoming extinct.

a)

are to be taken

b)

has to be taken

c)

have to be taken

d)

were to be taken

47.

The police ________________ the fire.

a)

was made to start

b)

were made to start

c)

was made start

d)

were made start

48.

Someone is cleaning the windows for her.

She ____________.

a)

is cleaning the windows

b)

has the windows cleaned

c)

is having the windows cleaned

d)

cleans the windows

49.

That you will resign from job next month ____________ .

a)

had better be informed

b)

had better to inform

c)

had better to be informed

d)

had better being informed

50.

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

a)

was supposed to

b)

supposed to

c)

is being supposed to

d)

is supposed to