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Passive Voice Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: Many people begin new projects in January

a)

New projects are begun in January

b)

New projects are began in January

c)

New projects is began in January

2.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: Mum is going to prepare the food.

a)

The food was going to be prepared by mum

b)

The food is going to be prepared by mum

c)

The food are going to be prepared by mum

3.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: They make shoes in that factory.

a)

Shoes are made in that factory.

b)

Shoes are being made in that factory.

c)

Shoes were made in that factory.

4.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: We will meet the visitors at the airport.

a)

The visitors are going to be met at the airport.

b)

The visitors are met at the airport.

c)

The visitors will be met at the airport.

5.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: The dentist is cleaning the woman’s teeth.

a)

The woman’s teeth are cleaned by the dentist

b)

The woman’s teeth are being cleaned by the dentist

c)

The woman’s teeth will be cleaned by the dentist

6.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice: Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf.

a)

Tiger Woods could not be beaten at golf.

b)

Tiger Woods can be beaten at golf.

c)

Tiger Woods cannot be beaten at golf.

7.

These computers ............. in Taiwan

a)

isn't made

b)

weren't made

c)

didn't make

d)

wasn't make

8.

The test ........ by that student.

a)

were done

b)

was doing

c)

was done

d)

have done

9.

The doors ....... .

a)

was painted

b)

has being paint

c)

are paint

d)

were painted

10.

Change the sentence into passive one!

Melissa eats pizza every Friday.

a)

Pizza is eaten by Melissa every Friday.

b)

Melissa is eaten pizza every Friday.

c)

Pizza eats Melissa every Friday.

d)

Pizza is ate by Melissa every Friday.

11.

Cricket _______________ in Australia

a)

is played

b)

was played

c)

are played

d)

have been played

12.

The computer __________ by Peter for one hour

a)

have been used

b)

has been used

c)

is used

d)

was used

13.

The bags _______________ by her mother right now

a)

were packed

b)

are packed

c)

are being packed

d)

is being packed

14.

English ____________ by him for one year

a)

had been learned

b)

was learned

c)

have been learned

d)

has been learned

15.

The telephone ________________ by Alexander Graham Bell

a)

is being invented

b)

is invented

c)

was invented

d)

will be invented

16.

The car ______________ by William tomorrow

a)

has been repaired

b)

is repaired

c)

will be repaired

d)

was repaired

17.

The door __________________ by him now

a)

is being opened

b)

is opened

c)

will be opened

d)

was being opened

18.

The room ____________ cleaned at the moment

a)

is being

b)

is

c)

was

d)

will be

19.
Our roof _________ at the moment.
a)
is being repaired
b)
is repairing
c)
was repaired
d)
was being repaired
20.

THE NOVEL ......... IN JANUARY 2019 BY AYU SITA

a)

HAS WRITTEN

b)

HAS WROTE

c)

HAS BEEN WRITTEN

d)

WRITTEN

21.

I ___________________ to the party, but I didn't want to go.

a)

am invited

b)

invited

c)

was invited

d)

have been invited

22.

The presentations ______________ by students two weeks later.

a)

are made

b)

will make

c)

must make

d)

are going to be made

23.

The cookies _________________ by Susan now.

a)

will be baked

b)

are being baked

c)

were baked

d)

have been baked

24.

The house ________________ next week.

a)

was demolished

b)

is going to be demolished

c)

will demolish

d)

is demolished

25.

Alice in Wonderland ____________by Lewis Carroll.

a)

wrote

b)

was written

c)

is being written

d)

will be written

26.

The house ________________by my wife twice a week.

a)

has been cleaned

b)

is cleaned

c)

is being cleaned

d)

was cleaned

27.

The keys ___________________ by Ufuk yesterday.

a)

was found

b)

has been found

c)

are being found

d)

were found

28.

Two hundred people _____________________ by the company.

a)

employed

b)

have employed

c)

is employed

d)

are employed

29.

The house ______________ in 1935.

a)

is built

b)

was built 

c)

was being built

d)

has been built

30.

change the following sentence into passive voice!

Sadam and Nathanael ride the motorcycle across the street

a)

the motorcycle are ridden by Sadam and Nathanael across the street

b)

Sadam and Nathanael was rode their motorcycle across the street

c)

the motorcycle is ridden by Sadam and Nathanael across the street

d)

the motorcycle is rode by them across the street

31.

change the following sentence into passive voice!

She was waiting for the bus yesterday

a)

Yesterday, she was waiting the bus

b)

the bus was waited by her yesterday

c)

the bus was being waited by her yesterday

d)

yesterday, the bus is being waited by her

32.

Change into the passive voice: "My colleague leads the project nowadays"

a)

The project is led by my colleague nowadays.

b)

The new project is lead by my colleague nowadays.

c)

The new project is leading by my colleague nowadays.

d)

The new project was led by my colleague nowadays.

33.

Change into passive voice: " Two students gave a great presentation".

a)

A great presentation was given by two students.

b)

A great presentation is given by two students.

c)

A great presentation was gave by two students.

d)

A great presentation were given by two students.

34.

Change into passive voice: " We called off the meeting".

a)

The meeting have been called off by us.

b)

The meeting was called off by us.

c)

The meeting has been called off by us.

d)

The meeting were called off by us.

35.

Change into passive voice: "Candidates fill out a format before the interview"

a)

A format was filled out by candidates before the interview.

b)

A format is filling out by candidates before the interview.

c)

A format is fill out by candidates before the interview.

d)

A format is filled out by candidates before the interview.

36.

Change into passive voice: "Students hand in the writing log"

a)

The writing log is handed in by students.

b)

The writing log was handed in by students.

c)

Students are handing in the writing log.

d)

The writing log was handed by students.

37.

Change into passive voice: "He broke her heart"

a)

He breaks up her heart.

b)

Her heart was broken by him.

c)

Her heart is broken by him.

d)

Her heart was breaking by him.

38.

Which of these sentences IS passive voice?

a)

They threw garbage away every day.

b)

They need to throw the garbage away every day.

c)

They were throwing garbage every day.

d)

Garbage is thrown away every day.

39.

Which of these sentences is NOT in passive voice?

a)

The CV was filled out by the candidate.

b)

The candidate was filling out the CV.

c)

CVs are filled out by the candidate.

d)

The CV is filled out by the candidate.

40.

What are the main components of passive voice?

a)

Verb to be according to the tense

b)

Past participle in the main tense

c)

Verb to be and the past participle according to the tense

d)

Verb to be according to the tense and the past participle

41.

We use passive voice when we want to...

a)

highlight the tense

b)

highlight the action

c)

highlight the past participle

d)

highlight the subject

42.
Most of these computers are used for surfing the internet.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
43.
A film is being made in Maastricht at this moment.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
44.
How many different countries have you already visited?
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence
45.
I am not paid for this work.
a)
Active sentence
b)
Passive sentence