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PASSIVES - CAUSATIVES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By the end of the year, everybody who ....... unemployed for over two years .......on a training scheme.

a)

is/will be sending

b)

was/had been sending

c)

has been/will have been sent

d)

had been/has been sent

e)

will be/is going to send

2.

The city of Plovdiv, on the Maritsa River in Bulgaria, ....... considerably in an earthquake in 1928.

a)

was damaged

b)

damaged

c)

had damaged

d)

had been damaged

e)

has been damaged

3.

Forms of bread ....... as food since prehistoric times. Probably, the first bread ....... from acorns or beechnuts.

a)

is used/has been made

b)

will have been used/was made

c)

have been used/was made

d)

has been used/used to be made

e)

were being used/ had been made

4.

Mecca ....... by tens of thousands of pilgrims annually.

a)

may have been visited

b)

is visited

c)

was visited

d)

visited

e)

has visited

5.

After the workers ....... from their jobs at the factory, not many of them ....... jobs quickly.

a)

were dismissed/had been found

b)

have been dismissed /were finding

c)

dismiss/are finding

d)

will have dismissed/can find

e)

had been dismissed/found

6.

It's surprising that, of the few Viking helmets that ....... in excavations so far, none ...... horns.

a)

were found/may have

b)

were finding/had

c)

have been found/have

d)

had found/were having

e)

are found/are having

7.

Your order ....... tomorrow, so you ........ it on Friday.

a)

is being sent/have received

b)

will be sent/should receive

c)

has been sent/must be received

d)

will have sent/can receive

e)

is going to send/are received

8.

The board ....... that a takeover by a foreign company ....... at all costs.

a)

was decided/should avoid

b)

has been decided/was avoided

c)

decided/may have avoided

d)

has decided/must be avoided

e)

decides/would avoid

9.

I know you ....... my cosmetics again just now, I ....... my perfume in the room.

a)

are used/am smelling

b)

used/could have smelt

c)

have been using/can smell

d)

were used/must be smelling

e)

are using/have smelt

10.

We ....... into our new flat until the electricity ....... .

a)

wouldn't move/was connecting

b)

shouldn't move/has connected

c)

don't move/will be connected

d)

haven't moved/was connected

e)

can't move/is connected

11.

I had a dress _________ for me for the wedding.

a)

make

b)

making

c)

to make

d)

made

e)

being made

12.

I’ll have my assistant _______________ you to reschedule the appointment.

a)

call

b)

to call

c)

called

d)

call

e)

calling

13.

I don't like sci-fi movies, but my ex-boyfriend loved sci-fi and ___________ me watch every episode of his favorite show.

a)

had

b)

got

c)

let

d)

made

e)

was made to

14.

I was nervous about eating sushi, but my brother got me ____________ it at a Japanese restaurant.

a)

trying

b)

try

c)

to try

d)

tried

e)

be tried

15.

Have they every got their voices ............?

a)

to record

b)

recorded

c)

recording

d)

been recorded

e)

record