This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Voice > Passives – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Passives Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I'm sorry to say that the window ..... yesterday. A) Was broken. B) Is broken. C) Had broke. D) Has broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was broken. 2. Chocolate ..... for over 4, 000 years. A) Has been produce. B) Is been produced. C) Has been produced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been produced. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. She ..... me a story about her childhood. A) Told. B) Said. C) Told to. D) Said to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 6. What is the passive of:The tourist took pictures around Paris A) The tourists were taken pictures. B) Pictures taken by the tourists. C) Pictures were taken by the tourists. D) Pictures are taken by the tourists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pictures were taken by the tourists. 7. Select the word that could not replace SAID in the following sentence:He's believed to be the greatest scientist ever. A) Claim. B) Say. C) Think. D) Convince. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convince. 8. The film ..... we saw yesterday was brilliant A) That. B) Who. C) Where. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 9. The first Harry Potter manuscript ..... to twelve publishers-and they all said no! A) Is offered. B) Were offered. C) Was offered. D) Was being offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was offered. 10. 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. 11. After ..... , I was taken to the police station. A) Arresting. B) Being arrested. C) Arrested. D) Be arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being arrested. 12. British archaeologist Howard Carter ..... as the person who, in 1922, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. A) Seems. B) Is said. C) Considered. D) Is known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is known. 13. I fell asleep A) While a film was being shown. B) Has been shown. C) Got been shown. D) Showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While a film was being shown. 14. 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. 15. Amabis A) You love. B) You were loving. C) You will love. D) You are being loved. E) You were being loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You will love. 16. The actual work is related ..... scientific observation A) With. B) For. C) In. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 17. What is the passive voice of the sentence: "The company will launch the product" ? A) The product is launched by the company. B) The product was launched by the company. C) The product will be launched by the company. D) The product has been launched by the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The product will be launched by the company. 18. The leaves were ..... by the wind. A) Blew. B) Blown. C) Blows. D) Blowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blown. 19. The police say that nothing ..... about the child's family. (know) A) Knows. B) Is know. C) Knew. D) Is known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is known. 20. Rewriting your notes after class ..... help you learn the material better. A) Is thought to. B) Known to be. C) Thought to. D) Knowing to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is thought to. 21. 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. 22. The gym was severely damaged in the storm.The storm ..... the gym. A) Severely was damaged. B) Damaged. C) Was damaging. D) Damages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damaged. 23. 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 was launched by the company. C) A new product is being launched by the company. D) The launching of a new product by the company. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A new product is being launched by the company. 24. Samnang works in the Post Office, ..... ? A) Is he. B) Isn't he. C) Works he. D) Doesn't he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doesn't he. 25. The project ..... next Monday. A) Will be finished. B) Is finished. C) Was finished. D) Have been finished. E) Is being finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be finished. 26. Write in passive'Mozart composed the magic flute'. A) The magic flute wasn't composed for Mozart. B) The magic flute composed was by Mozart. C) The magic flute was composed by Mozart. D) Mozart was composed by the magic flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The magic flute was composed by Mozart. 27. There is somebody behind us. I think we are ..... A) Being followed. B) Are followed. C) Follow. D) Following. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being followed. 28. I knew the guy ..... bike you bought A) Where. B) Which. C) Who. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose. 29. The local farmers grow these vegetables. A) These vegetables are grown by the local farmers. B) The local farmers are grown by these vegetables. C) These vegetables are grew by the local farmers. D) These vegetables is grown by the local farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) These vegetables are grown by the local farmers. 30. 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. 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