Passive Voice Ex

PASSIVE VOICE
I. Change these sentences into passive voice

1. Mary is typing letters in the office now.
2. His father will help you tomorrow.
3. Science and technology have completely changed human life.
4. Peter broke this bottle.
5. They are learning English in the room.
6. Nothing can change my mind.
7. No one had told me about it.
8. I don’t know her telephone number.
9. My students will bring the children home.
10.They sent me a present last week.
11.She gave us more information.
12.The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plan.
13.They can’t make tea with cold water.
14.Somebody has taken some of my books away.
15.They will hold the meeting before May Day.
16.They have to repair the engine of the car.
17.The boys broke the window and took away some pictures.
18.People spend a lot of money on advertising every day.
19.The teacher is going to tell a story.
20.Mary is cutting a cake with a sharp knife.
21.The children looked at the woman with a red hat.
22.They have provided the victims with food and clothing.
23.People speak English in almost every corner of the world.
24.You mustn’t use this machine after 5:30 p.m.
25.After class, one of the students always cleans the chalk board.
26.Do they teach English here?
27.Will you invite her to your wedding party?
28.Has Tom finished the work?
29.Did the teacher give some exercises?
30.Have they changed the window of the laboratory?
31.Is she going to write a poem?
32.Is she making big cakes for the party?
33.Are the police making inquiries about the thief?
34.Must we finish the test before ten?
35.Will buses bring the children home?
36.Have you finished your homework?
37.Why didn’t they help him?
38.How many games has the team played?
39.Where do people speak English?
40.Who are they keeping in the kitchen?
41.How can they open this safe?
42.What books are people reading this year?
43.How did the police find the lost man?
44.Who look after the children for you?
45.How long have they waited for the doctor?
46.What time can the boys hand in their papers?
47.Who lend you this book?
48.How many marks does the teacher give you?
49.They paid me a lot of money to do the job.
50.The teacher gave each of us two exercise books.
51.Someone will tell him that news.
52.They have sent enough money to those poor boys.
53.They have given the women in most countries in the world the right to vote.
54.The teacher corrects our exercises at home.
55.Alice gave me a wonderful present.
56.They are building several new schools in our town.
57.We have made great progress in industry, science and technology.
58.Sam killed a lion last week.
59.You must hand in your report before the end of this month.
60.I had just finished the job when the factory closed.
61.No one has opened that box for the past hundred years.
62.Are you going to mail these letters soon?
63.He should have finished the report yesterday.
64.Scientists began to carry out researches on SIDA two years ago.
65.Our neighbor ought to paint the garage.
II. Choose the best answer
1. Many US automobiles …………… in Detroit, Michigan.
A. manufacture B. have manufactured
C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing
2. When I came, an experiment …………… in the lab.
A. was being holding B. has been held C. was being held D. has held
3. Last night, a tornado swept through Rockville. It …………… everything in its path.
A. destroyed B. was destroyed
C. was being destroyed D. had been destroyed

4. This exercise may …………… with a pencil.
A. be written B. be to written C. be writing D. write
5. This picture …………… by Johnny when I came.
A. painted B. was being painted
C. was painted D. had been painted
6. My shirt …………… by my sister on my last birthday.
A. gave B. was being given
C. had been given D. was given
7. The university …………… by private funds as well as by tuition income.
A. is supports B. supports C. is supporting D. support
8. Lots of houses …………… by the earthquake.
A. are destroying B. destroyed
C. were destroying D. were destroyed
9. The telephone …………… by Alexander Graham Bell.
A. was invented B. be invented C. invent D. is invented
10. Mary had her car …………… by her husband.
A. repair B. be repair C. being repaired D. repaired
11. The longest fish in the contest was eighteen inches long. It_____ by Thelma
Rivers.
A. was catching B. caught C. was caught D. catch
12. "I heard you decided to take up tennis". - "Yes, I have_____ every day".
A. been played B. played C. playing D. play
13. "Are we about to have dinner?".
"Yes, it _____ in the dinning room".
A. is serving B. Serves C. is being served D. served
14. "Why is Stanley in jail?" "He_____ of robbery".
A. has been convicted B. has been convicting
C. has convicted D. convicted
15. "Where are Jack and Jan?" "They_____ the boxes you asked for into the house".
A. have been bringing B. bringing C. have been brought D. to bring
16. "Where's the old chicken coop?" - "It_____ by a windstorm last year."
A. destroy B. is destroyed C. was destroyed D. destroyed
17. "We're still looking for Thomas". - "Hasn't he_____ yet?".
A. been found B. to find C. found D. being found
18. "Whatever happened t that fortune - teller?" - "I don't know. She _____ around her
in a long time".
A. hasn't seen B. didn't see
C. hasn't been seeing D. hasn't been seen
19. "Diana is a wonderful ballet dancer". - "She_____ since she was four".
A. has been dancing B. has been danced C. is dancing D. was danced
20. "What a beautiful dress you're wearing!"
- "Thank you. It_____ especially for me by a French tailor".
A. is made B. has made C. made D. was made
21. "Those eggs of different colors are very artistic". - "Yes, they_____ in Russia".
A. were painted B. were paint C. were painting D. painted
22. "Homer is in jail for smoking marijuana". - "He_____ that it was against the law".
A. is telling B. was told C. old D. tells
23. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom".
- "Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins".
A. will have been moved B. will have moved
C. were moved D. moved
24. Gold _____ in California in the nineteenth century.
A. was discovered B. has been discovered
C. was discover D. they discovered
25. _____ that military spending is extremely high.
A. We are felt B. It feels
C. It is felt D. We feel that it is
26. All planes _____ before departure.
A. will checked B. will has checked
C. will be checked D. will been checked
27. 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
28. Katherine _____ at Bob's house every night this week.
A. has been eaten B. has eating
C. is being eating D. has been eating
29. "Where did you get these old dresses?". - "We_____ them in the old trunk".
A. were found B. finding
C. found D. have been found
30. "What happened to the old mail carrier?"
- "He_____ to a new neighborhood to work".
A. has sent B. was send C. was sent D. sent
III. Choose the sentence which has the same meaning with the given one
1. Some body cleans the room every day.
A. The room every day is cleaned.
B. The room is every day cleaned.
C. The room is cleaned every day.
D. The room is cleaned by somebody every day.
2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

A. All flights because of fog were cancelled.
B. All flights were cancelled because of fog.
C. All flights were because of fog cancelled.
D. All flights were cancelled by them because of fog.
3. People don't use this road very often.

A. This road is not used very often.
B. Not very often this road is not used.
C. This road very often is not used.
D. This road not very often is used.
4. Somebody accused me of stealing money.

A. I was accused by somebody of stealing money.
B. I was accused of stealing money.
C. I was accused of stealing money by somebody.
D. I was accused stealing money.
5. How do people learn languages?

A. How are languages learned?
B. How are languages learned by people?
C. How languages are learned?
D. Languages are learned how?
6. People warned us not to go out alone.

A. We were warned not going out alone.
B. We were warned not to go out alone by people.
C. We weren't warned to go out alone.
D. We were warned not to go out alone.
7. Somebody is using the computer at the moment.

A. The computer is being use at the moment.
B. The computer at the moment is being used.
C. The computer is being used by some body at the moment.
D. The computer is used at the moment.
8. I didn't realize that somebody was recording our conversation.

A. I didn’t realize that our conversation was recorded.
B. I didn't realize that our conversation was being recorded.
C. I didn't realize that our conversation was being recorded by someone.
D. Our conversation wasn't realized to be recorded.
9. We found that they had cancelled the game.

A. We found that the fame had been cancelled.
B. The game had been cancelled.
C. We found that the game had been cancelled by them.
D. The game were found to be cancelled.
10. They are building a new highway around the city.

A. A new highway is being built around the city.
B. A new highway is being built around the city by them
C. A new highway around the city is being built.
D. Around the city a new highway is being built.
11. They have built a new hospital near the airport.

A. A new hospital has been built near the airport by them.
B. A new hospital near the airport has been built.
C. A new hospital has been built near the airport.
D. Near the airport a new hospital has been.
12. People should send their complaints to the head office.

A. Complaints should be sent to the head office.
B. Complaints should be sent to the head office by people.
C. Their complaints should be sent to the head office by people.
D. Their complaints to the head office should be sent.
13. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

A. The meeting had to be postponed because of illness.
B. The meeting had to because of illness be postponed.
C. The meeting had to be postponed by them because of illness.
D. The meeting because of illness had to be postponed.
14. Somebody might have stolen our car.
A. Somebody might have been stolen your car.
B. Your car might be stolen.
C. Your car might have been stolen by somebody.
D. Your car might have been stolen.
15. An electrical fault could have caused the fire.

A. An electrical fault could have been caused by the fire.
B. An electrical fault could have caused the fire.
C. The fire could have been caused by a electrical fault.
D. The fire could have caused an electrical fault.

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PASSIVE VOICE

I. Change these sentences into passive voice

II. Choose the best answer

1. Many US automobiles …………… in Detroit, Michigan.

A. manufacture B. have manufactured

C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing

2. When I came, an experiment …………… in the lab.

A. destroyed B. was destroyed

C. was being destroyed D. had been destroyed

A. be written B. be to written C. be writing D. write

5. This picture …………… by Johnny when I came.

A. painted B. was being painted

C. was painted D. had been painted

6. My shirt …………… by my sister on my last birthday.

A. gave B. was being given

C. had been given D. was given

7. The university …………… by private funds as well as by tuition income.

A. is supports B. supports C. is supporting D. support

8. Lots of houses …………… by the earthquake.

A. are destroying B. destroyed

C. were destroying D. were destroyed

9. The telephone …………… by Alexander Graham Bell.

A. was invented B. be invented C. invent D. is invented

10. Mary had her car …………… by her husband.

A. repair B. be repair C. being repaired D. repaired

2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

3. People don't use this road very often.

4. Somebody accused me of stealing money.

5. How do people learn languages?

6. People warned us not to go out alone.

7. Somebody is using the computer at the moment.

8. I didn't realize that somebody was recording our conversation.

9. We found that they had cancelled the game.

10. They are building a new highway around the city.

11. They have built a new hospital near the airport.

12. People should send their complaints to the head office.

13. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

15. An electrical fault could have caused the fire.

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