This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Voice > Passives – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Passives Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cats ..... by Ann before she went to the cinema. A) Was fed. B) Were fed. C) Have been fed. D) Had been fed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been fed. 2. Many people claim that crossing your fingers will give you luck. A) It claimed that crossing your fingers will give you luck. B) Crossing your fingers is claimed to will give you luck. C) Crossing your fingers is claimed to give you luck. D) It's claim that crossing your fingers will give you luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crossing your fingers is claimed to give you luck. 3. Your passport ..... It is invalid without your signature . A) Is supposed to sign. B) Is supposed to be signed. C) Was supposed to sign. D) Was supposed to be signed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is supposed to be signed. 4. Active:A famous author wrote these letters.Passive:These letters ..... by a famous author. A) Are wrote. B) Is written. C) Was written. D) Were written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were written. 5. He broke the vases. A) The vases had been broken by him. B) The vases was broken. C) The vases were broken. D) The vases broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The vases were broken. 6. In the future, old clothes ..... away. A) Aren't thrown. B) Won't be thrown. C) Weren't thrown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won't be thrown. 7. I ..... John in the cafetaria. You need to chase him right away. A) Have just seen. B) Just see. C) Was just seeing. D) Am just seeing. E) Have just been seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have just seen. 8. 7 In which European city is the Nobel Peace Prize given? A) Stockholm. B) Paris. C) Oslo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oslo. 9. Which US President was killed in a theatre? A) Lincoln. B) Kennedy. C) Eisenhower. D) Nixon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lincoln. 10. Active:His mother packed the bag.Passive:The bag ..... by his mother A) Was packed. B) Were packed. C) Is packed. D) Are packed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was packed. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. She ..... me a story about her childhood. A) Told. B) Said. C) Told to. D) Said to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. The film ..... we saw yesterday was brilliant A) That. B) Who. C) Where. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPassives Quiz 1Passives Quiz 2Passives Quiz 4Passives Quiz 5Passives Quiz 6Passives Quiz 7Passives Quiz 8Passives Quiz 9Passives Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books