This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Voice > Passives – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Passives Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It ..... that the Government would do something to relieve the situation. A) Was assuming. B) Assumed. C) Was assumed. D) Is assumed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was assumed. 2. Active:Jane took some photosPassive:Some photos ..... by Jane A) Was taken. B) Was took. C) Was taked. D) Were taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were taken. 3. The door is opened by him.Which words form the verb? A) Him. B) The door. C) Is opened. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is opened. 4. She ..... the maid ..... the silver. A) Got-to polish. B) Made-to polish. C) Got-polish. D) Had-to polish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got-to polish. 5. Choose another passive that means exactly the same'Information was given me about surviving earthquakes' A) I was given information about surviving earthquakes. B) Information is given to teachers about surviving earthquakes. C) My teacher has given me information about surviving earthquakes. D) My teacher gave me information about surviving earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was given information about surviving earthquakes. 6. The children were (a) by the story. A) A. amused. B) Amusing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. amused. 7. People say she has won three gold medals. She is A) Said to have won three gold medals. B) Said to win three gold medals. C) Told to win three gold medals. D) Said to have been won three gold medals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said to have been won three gold medals. 8. Is this sentence active or passive? .My house was painted last year. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive. 9. I'll never forget ..... at school for something I didn't do. A) To be blamed. B) Being blamed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being blamed. 10. Hamza Yerlikaya ..... the Olympic Championship in 1996. A) Is won. B) Was won. C) Won. D) Wins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 11. I still can not believe it. My bicycle ..... some minutes ago. A) Was stealing. B) Was stolen. C) Stole. D) Stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was stolen. 12. Charles Dickens wrote the ..... of Oliver Twist. A) Short story. B) Novel. C) Play. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Novel. 13. Rewrite the passive voice sentence 'The house was painted by the workers' into active voice. A) The workers were painted by the house. B) The workers painted the house. C) The house painted the workers. D) The workers painted by the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The workers painted the house. 14. We are getting some flowers ..... A) Planted. B) To plant. C) Planting. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planted. 15. "They consider the president has been deceived" . A) The president is considered to be deceived. B) It is considered that the president deceived us. C) It is consider that the president has been deceived. D) The president is considered to have been deceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The president is considered to have been deceived. 16. Where is Welsh spoken outside Wales? A) Peru. B) Portugal. C) Patagonia. D) Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patagonia. 17. They haven't answered our questions. A) Our questions were not answered. B) Our questions haven't been answered. C) Our questions haven't answered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our questions haven't been answered. 18. I almost got run over on my way to school. In this sentence the speaker A) Likes to do exercise. B) Doesn't want to go to school. C) Received a present. D) Expresses an undesired situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expresses an undesired situation. 19. 18 The Canary Islands are named after which animal? A) A canary. B) A cat. C) A dog. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dog. 20. This photo ..... (take) by my brother two years ago. A) Will be taken. B) Were taken. C) Has been taken. D) Was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was taken. 21. Active:The pilot drives the planePassive:The plane ..... by the pilot A) Is driven. B) Is drived. C) Was driven. D) Is drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is driven. 22. Imagine ..... everywhere by paparazzi. A) To be followed. B) Being followed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being followed. 23. 3 It is the most complete ancient Egyptian royal tomb that ..... found. A) HAS EVER BEEN. B) IS EVER. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAS EVER BEEN. 24. When Nadine arrived, she soon ..... at all her jokes. A) Had laughing everyone. B) Had everyone laughing. C) Had laughed everyone. D) Had everyone laughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had everyone laughing. 25. I remember ..... by the news. A) To be surprised. B) Being surprised. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being surprised. 26. Change into passive: "The chef prepares the meals carefully." A) The meals have been prepared carefully by the chef. B) The meals are prepared carefully by the chef. C) The meals was prepared carefully by the chef. D) The meals are being prepared carefully by the chef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meals are prepared carefully by the chef. 27. These differences become more apparent when twins ..... by adoptive families from different socioeconomic backgrounds. A) Have being rasing. B) Has being raise. C) Have been raised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been raised. 28. Astronauts fly the shuttle into space. A) Space is flown into shuttle. B) The shuttle was flown into space. C) The shuttle is flown into space. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shuttle is flown into space. 29. Change into passive: "He washes the car every Sunday." A) He washed the car every Sunday. B) The car is washed by him every Sunday. C) He is being washed every Sunday. D) The car was washed by him every Sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car is washed by him every Sunday. 30. "When ..... ?" "In 1806." A) Was the light bulb invented. B) The light bulb was invented. C) Did the light bulb invent. D) Did the light bulb invented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was the light bulb invented. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPassives Quiz 1Passives Quiz 2Passives Quiz 3Passives Quiz 4Passives Quiz 5Passives Quiz 6Passives Quiz 7Passives Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books