This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Voice > Passives – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Passives Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences cannot be transformed into the passive? A) They have asked me twice to join the team. B) The guests arrived at nine o'clock. C) Who gave you the pencil case?. D) I thought the noise would bother me, but it didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guests arrived at nine o'clock. 2. Just as the townspeople were celebratingtheir narrow escape from the typhoon, ..... A) Having caused massive destructionless than fifty miles to the north. B) They know the people who live in aneighbouring town are not so lucky. C) They were hit by a gigantic tidal wavethat completely destroyed the place. D) The storm had actually caused asignificant amount of propertydamage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were hit by a gigantic tidal wavethat completely destroyed the place. 3. She ..... me a story about her childhood. A) Said to. B) Told. C) Said. D) Told to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 4. What is the passive of:The tourist took pictures around Paris A) Pictures taken by the tourists. B) The tourists were taken pictures. C) Pictures are taken by the tourists. D) Pictures were taken by the tourists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pictures were taken by the tourists. 5. Select the word that could not replace SAID in the following sentence:He's believed to be the greatest scientist ever. A) Say. B) Claim. C) Convince. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convince. 6. The film ..... we saw yesterday was brilliant A) Who. B) That. C) Where. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 7. The first Harry Potter manuscript ..... to twelve publishers-and they all said no! A) Was offered. B) Is offered. C) Was being offered. D) Were offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was offered. 8. An example of genetic inheritance. A) Blue eyes. B) Pink dress. C) A huge house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue eyes. 9. After ..... , I was taken to the police station. A) Being arrested. B) Arresting. C) Be arrested. D) Arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being arrested. 10. British archaeologist Howard Carter ..... as the person who, in 1922, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. A) Is known. B) Is said. C) Considered. D) Seems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is known. 11. What is the purpose of using passive voice in writing? A) To emphasize who or what does the action. B) To make sentences shorter. C) To focus on the action and the object. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To focus on the action and the object. 12. The actual work is related ..... scientific observation A) With. B) To. C) For. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 13. What is the passive voice of the sentence: "The company will launch the product" ? A) The product will be launched by the company. B) The product has been launched by the company. C) The product was launched by the company. D) The product is launched by the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The product will be launched by the company. 14. The leaves were ..... by the wind. A) Blows. B) Blown. C) Blowed. D) Blew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blown. 15. The police say that nothing ..... about the child's family. (know) A) Knew. B) Is know. C) Knows. D) Is known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is known. 16. Rewriting your notes after class ..... help you learn the material better. A) Known to be. B) Is thought to. C) Thought to. D) Knowing to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is thought to. 17. Urbs a civibus armis defendebatur. A) The city was being defended by the citizens with weapons. B) The city defends itself with citizens and arms. C) The army civilly defends the city. D) The urban civilians were defending their arms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The city was being defended by the citizens with weapons. 18. The gym was severely damaged in the storm.The storm ..... the gym. A) Damaged. B) Was damaging. C) Severely was damaged. D) Damages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damaged. 19. Change the active voice sentence 'The company is launching a new product' into passive voice. A) The company has launched a new product. B) A new product is being launched by the company. C) A new product was launched by the company. D) The launching of a new product by the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A new product is being launched by the company. 20. Samnang works in the Post Office, ..... ? A) Is he. B) Doesn't he. C) Works he. D) Isn't he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't he. 21. The project ..... next Monday. A) Is being finished. B) Is finished. C) Was finished. D) Will be finished. E) Have been finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be finished. 22. Write in passive'Mozart composed the magic flute'. A) The magic flute wasn't composed for Mozart. B) Mozart was composed by the magic flute. C) The magic flute was composed by Mozart. D) The magic flute composed was by Mozart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The magic flute was composed by Mozart. 23. There is somebody behind us. I think we are ..... A) Follow. B) Are followed. C) Following. D) Being followed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being followed. 24. I knew the guy ..... bike you bought A) Who. B) Where. C) Which. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose. 25. The local farmers grow these vegetables. A) These vegetables is grown by the local farmers. B) These vegetables are grew by the local farmers. C) The local farmers are grown by these vegetables. D) These vegetables are grown by the local farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) These vegetables are grown by the local farmers. 26. Muscovites today consider Prince Yuri Dolgorukiy their city's founding father, but it was only recorded that he dined with friends in the town of "Moskov" ..... after the local Moscow River (name) A) Named. B) Naming. C) Was named. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Named. 27. Five smugglers ..... at the airport yesterday. A) Was arrested. B) Were arrested. C) Are arrested. D) Arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were arrested. 28. Hamlet and Othello ..... by Shakespeare. A) Are written. B) Should be written. C) Were written. D) Was written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were written. 29. The door is opened by him.Which word do we call 'the agent'. A) Is opened. B) The door. C) Him. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Him. 30. They used to ..... their house cleaned. A) Getting. B) Making. C) Make. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 31. 6 A:Your car engine's making a strange noise. B: A) A I know. I need to have it looked at. B) B I know. It needs looking at it. C) C I know. I need to have looked at it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A I know. I need to have it looked at. 32. The letters ..... the company A) Sended by. B) Were sent by. C) Send. D) Was sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sent by. 33. Transform into the passive. They are fixing the bridge. A) The bridge is been fixed. B) The bridge is fixed. C) The bridge is being fixed. D) The bridge is fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bridge is being fixed. 34. Turn this sentence into the passive:By 2050, humans will have destroyed the majority of the Amazon rainforest A) By 2050, the majority of the Amazon rainforest will have destroyed. B) By 2050, the majority of the Amazon rainforest will have been destroyed. C) By 2050, the majority of the Amazon rainforest will be destroyed. D) By 2050, the majority of the Amazon rainforest will have be destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By 2050, the majority of the Amazon rainforest will have been destroyed. 35. Can I help you, sir?B: A) Yes. Can I get my car washed here?. B) Yes. I can get washed my car here?. C) Yes. Can I get washed my car here?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. Can I get my car washed here?. 36. My sister is scared ..... darkness since she was a baby. A) For. B) About. C) Of. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 37. Many movies in Hollywood ..... every year A) Is make. B) Are maked. C) Are made. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are made. 38. What type of sentence is this?That sounds like a good idea! A) ACTIVE. B) PASSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ACTIVE. 39. Van Gogh ..... Sunflowers. A) Paints. B) Painted. C) Is painted. D) Was painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painted. 40. Aqua a puellis bibebatur A) The girls were drinking the water. B) The water was being drunk by the girls. C) The water is being drunk by the girls. D) The girls drank the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The water was being drunk by the girls. 41. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.In the 1950s, it ..... by some people that women should not play sports. A) Were believed. B) Was believed. C) Has been believed. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was believed. 42. The letter ..... tomorrow A) Will be posted. B) Posted. C) Is posted. D) Will posted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be posted. 43. ..... we use only 10 percent of our brain capacity. A) It's said. B) It says. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's said. 44. Change into passive: "He will deliver the package tomorrow." A) The package will be delivered by him tomorrow. B) The package was delivered by him tomorrow. C) The package is delivered by him tomorrow. D) The package has been delivered by him tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The package will be delivered by him tomorrow. 45. With that amount of data, the results of their research ..... hardly ..... A) Can / be disputed. B) Can / be dispute. C) Can / is dispute. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can / be disputed. 46. A lot of chemicals ..... when jeans areproduced. A) Are used. B) Is used. C) Were used. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are used. 47. The car/ drive/ by Marta A) Is drove. B) Is driven. C) Is drived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is driven. 48. Turn into passive'Perhaps they'll offer the casualties medical help' A) Medical help will be offered to the casualties. B) They might send the casualties medical help. C) The casualties will be offered medical help. D) The casualties might be offered medical help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The casualties might be offered medical help. 49. There ..... between 4, 000 and 6, 000 languages in the world, depending on how you count them. A) Are said that. B) Are said to be. C) Said being. D) Say to be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are said to be. 50. Our office ..... by the cleaning crew everyday. A) Are cleaned. B) Is cleaned. C) Cleans. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is cleaned. 51. The Star Wars films were directed by A) George Lucas. B) Steven Spielberg. C) Stanley Kubrick. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Lucas. 52. These books ..... in the classroom on Monday. (leave) A) Leave. B) Were left. C) Was left. D) Were leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were left. 53. His dad has written 5 books. A) 5 books were written by his dad. B) 5 books have been writing his dad. C) 5 books have written by his dad. D) 5 books have been written by his dad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 books have been written by his dad. 54. The police can arrest you for driving without a licence.You ..... for driving without a licence. A) Can be arrested. B) Can arrest. C) Can't arrest. D) Can't be arrest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be arrested. 55. Turn this sentence into a passive:In the 2030s, humans will no longer use manual cars A) In the 2030s, manual cars will no longer have been used. B) In the 2030s, manual cars will no longer use. C) In the 2030s, manual cars will no longer be used. D) In the 2030s, manual cars will no longer have used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the 2030s, manual cars will no longer be used. 56. Is this sentence active or passive? Someone painted my house last year. A) Active. B) Passive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active. 57. She ..... a book as a birthday present. A) Buy. B) Given. C) Give. D) Was given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was given. 58. Which verb is imperfect passive, meaning, 'they were being dragged'. A) Trahebantur. B) Trahebant. C) Trahunt. D) Traxerunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trahebantur. 59. This curry was ..... by Jill. A) Cooked. B) Cooking. C) Cooks. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooked. 60. The scientists invented a new medicine last week. A new medicine ..... last week. A) Invents. B) Is invented. C) Invented. D) Was invented. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was invented. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPassives Quiz 1Passives Quiz 3Passives Quiz 4Passives Quiz 5Passives Quiz 6Passives Quiz 7Passives Quiz 8Passives Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books