WorksheetsPASSIVE VOICE
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Endangered species _______by the World Wildlife Fund.
a)
are protected
b)
would protect
c)
be protected
d)
will protect
2.
Unless we can find new sources of energy, our life will certainly _________.
a)
be affecting
b)
affected
c)
be affected
d)
affect
3.
During that era, the powers and uses of reason ________ .
a)
has stressed
b)
were stressing
c)
were stressed
d)
stressed
4.
The World Health Organization _________in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and improve international health care.
a)
was established
b)
had been established
c)
established
d)
had established
5.
This tree _________by our grandfather over 40 years ago.
a)
grew
b)
has grown
c)
is grown
d)
was grown
6.
Most of the earth's surface ______by water.
a)
have covered
b)
is covering
c)
is covered
d)
are covered
7.
Children should be ________to realize their full potential.
a)
encouraging
b)
discouraging
c)
encouraged
d)
discouraged
8.
“What's that thing?” “A fax. It's a machine by which ______over the telephone line.”
a)
written messages can be sent
b)
written messages can send them
c)
can send written messages
d)
can be sent written messages
9.
“Is attendance important in this class?” “No, but in the last class it _____________very seriously.”
a)
has taken
b)
has been taken
c)
was taken
d)
was taking
10.
The fire __________to have started in the furnace under the house.
a)
is believed
b)
that is believed
c)
they believe
d)
believe
11.
The equipment in our office needs __________
a)
moderner
b)
modernizing
c)
modernized
d)
modernization
12.
The room needs _________for the wedding.
a)
decorating
b)
to decorate
c)
decorate
d)
be decorated
13.
“This silver vase is tarnished.” -“In my opinion, it needs_____
a)
to be polish
b)
polishing
c)
polished
d)
being polished
14.
A lot needs _______to the house before anyone can move in.
a)
to do
b)
be done
c)
doing
d)
done
15.
Several of these washers and dryers are out oforder and ______
a)
need to be repairing
b)
repairing is required of them
c)
require that they be repaired
d)
need to be repaired
16.
Not only knowledge and skills, but also attitudes ___in school for students' future adjustment to society.
a)
when cultivated
b)
cultivated
c)
which need to be cultivated
d)
need to be cultivated
17.
Nowadays children would prefer history ________in more practical ways.
a)
be taught
b)
teach
c)
to be taught
d)
to teach
18.
He dislikes _________what to do.
a)
people tell him
b)
being told
c)
to be told
d)
they telling him
19.
Have you got the advisor ________the issue?
a)
to examine
b)
examining
c)
to be examined
d)
examined
20.
Jack accepted ________for his brother's fault.
a)
to punish
b)
to be punished
c)
punish
d)
being punished
21.
I don't want any conclusion __________before we have all the evidence.
a)
be made
b)
to be made
c)
being made
d)
to have been made
22.
I heard him _______to himself after coming back from the party last night.
a)
singing
b)
sung
c)
to be singing
d)
to be sung
23.
I wanted _______by the head of the company,but it was impossible.
a)
to see
b)
to be seen
c)
seeing
d)
being to see
24.
The yearly path of the sun around the heavens__________
a)
is known as the ecliptic
b)
known as the ecliptic
c)
it is known to be ecliptic
d)
knowing as the ecliptic
25.
Vitamins are organic compounds _________and must be ingested to maintain proper bodily functions.
a)
that they can't be produced by the body
b)
the body can't produce them
c)
that can't be produced by the body
d)
not produced them by the body
26.
___________broken several world records in swimming.
a)
She is said that she has
b)
People say she had
c)
It is said to have
d)
She is said to have
27.
It ________that to be a good musician, you have to learn to play when you are very young.
a)
is said
b)
says
c)
is saying
d)
has said
28.
The bank is reported in the local newspaper __________in broad daylight yesterday.
a)
to be robbed
b)
robbed
c)
to have been robbed
d)
having been robbed
29.
“Are you starting a club?” “Yes, do you want _________?”
a)
to get consider
b)
to be considered
c)
to consider
d)
be considered
30.
_______all citrus fruit originated with the Chinese orange.
a)
That the belief
b)
The belief that
c)
To believe that
d)
It is believed that
31.
The prisoner is thought _______by climbing over the wall.
a)
to escape
b)
has been escaped
c)
to have escaped
d)
has escaped
32.
The Norman is said _____England in 1066.
a)
to have invaded
b)
to have been invaded
c)
to invade
d)
to be invaded
33.
More than five thousand people ___________in the earthquake in Indonesia last year.
a)
was said to be died
b)
were said to be died
c)
was said to die
d)
were said to die
34.
Gunpowder was said _______by the Chinese several centuries ago.
a)
to have invented
b)
to have been invented
c)
to have been inventing
d)
to be inventing
35.
_______that military spending is extremely high.
a)
We are felt
b)
It feels
c)
It is felt
d)
We feel that it is
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