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WorksheetsPassive Voice and Tenses
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
I ---- scuba diving lessons since last year, but I still ---- accustomed to breathing with all that equipment.
A) took / hadn’t got
B) am taking / didn’t get
C) have been taking / haven’t got
D) am taken / wasn’t getting
E) will be taken / won’t be getting
I ____ Malcolm in his car, but he ____ the traffic and didn’t see me.
A) was seeing / watches
B) see / has watched
C) have seen / is watching
D) saw / was watching
E) am seeing / watched
Tim ____ a master’s degree as soon as he ____ to Canada.
A) has begun / is returning
B) began / returned
C) is beginning / returned
D) was beginning / returns
E) begins / has returned
Ratchel ____ up smoking four years ago and she ____ a cigarette since.
A) was giving / doesn’t smoke
B) has given / wasn’t smoking
C) gave / hasn’t smoked
D) has given / didn’t smoke
E) is giving / isn’t smoking
Last year Sonny ____ four miles each morning before breakfast, but he ____ around the block each morning instead since his heart attack.
A) ran / has been walking
B) has run / has walked
C) runs / was walking
D) has been running / walks
E) was running / walked
I ____ a brace on my teeth as a child, but I didn’t like it.
A) was wearing
B) am wearing
C) have worn
D) wore
E) have been wearing
I ____ an extra part-time job last week as we ____ the money.
A) am starting / are needing
B) was starting / have needed
C) start / needed
D) have started / were needing
E) started / need
In 1951, the people of the Gold Coast ____ for their own government and shortly afterwards, they ____ their country as Ghana.
A) vote / are renaming
B) voted / renamed
C) have voted / were renaming
D) were voting / have renamed
E) are voting / rename
As my son ____ down by the river, I ____ his room thoroughly.
A) fishes / have cleaned
B) is fishing / cleaned
C) has fished / clean
D) fished / have been cleaning
E) was fishing / cleaned
We ____ in Cornwall for two weeks last summer. Since then, we ____ a holiday by the sea.
A) stayed / haven’t had
B) are staying / don’t have
C) were staying / didn’t have
D) stay / aren’t having
E) have stayed / weren’t having
One of the straps on the baby’s pram ____ quite thin, so we ____ to replace it.
A) wore / decide
B) wears / have decided
C) had worn / decided
D) is wearing / were deciding
E) has been wearing / decide
This time last year, his business ____ a reasonable profit, but now, because of that management, he ____ keep it going.
A) has made / has struggled
B) made / was struggling
C) make / has been struggling
D) has been making / struggles
E) was making / is struggling
The United Kingdom ---- a period of time until 1995 to clean up its beaches by the European Union, but Morecambe Bay in Lancashire was so dirty that it ---- two more years to bring the area up to the required standard.
A) was given / was allowed
B) is given / has allowed
C) gives / will have allowed
D) has been given / has allowed
E) gave / had been allowed
Advertising is very old. Examples of advertising ---- as far back as ancient Greece, where criers ---- out messages about their clients’ wares to the public.
A) have found / were shouting
B) would be found / had been shouted
C) might be found / were shouted
D) used to find / had been shouting
E) can be found / shouted
Portugal’s government ---- down by a military coup in 1974 and the new administration ---- the rights of Portuguese African territories to independence.
A) was bringing / was recognised
B) has brought / recognised
C) was brought / recognised
D) has been brought / is recognised
E) had brought / had recognised
As we ---- towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, thousands of people ---- in the opposite direction to protest about the increase in telephone rates.
A) were being walked / have marched
B) were walked / are marching
C) were walking / have been marching
D) walked / were marching
E) are walking / had marched
The Irish people ---- to Christianity by Saint Patrick in the 5th century and Ireland had been a great centre of peace, culture and learning it until it ---- by Vikings in the 9th century.
Convert: chuyển đổi
Invade: xâm lược
A) have converted / invades
B) were converted / was invaded
C) were converting / has invaded
D) have been converting / was invading
E) had converted / was being invaded
I ---- to see that the thing which ---- out of the bushes in front of me in the dark alley was only a cat.
A) had relieved / was jumped
B) would relive / was jumping
C) have been relieved / is jumping
D) was relieved / jumped
E) am relieved / is jumped
Fog over a city is usually more intense than over the surrounding countryside because the city ---- a greater amount of moisture into the atmosphere.
A) is discharged
B) has discharged
C) discharges
D) was discharged
E) will be discharged
Sugar-free chewing gums ---- in the 1950s, and by the 1980s several brands ---- on the market.
A) had been introduced / appeared
B) have been introduced / would be appearing
C) had been introduced / will appear
D) were introducing / were appearing
E) were introduced / had appeared
