Passives test 1 (100 questions)

ghostgirl · #1 01.01.09, 14:30

1.The town of Balboa is situated on the site of a swamp, which ---- with the rocks dug out while the Panama Canal ----.

A) has been filled/was constructing

B) has been filling/will be constructed
C) was filling/had been constructed
D) was filled/was being constructed
E) will-be filled/has been constructing
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2.The tea tree ---- only in Australia, but recently people around the world ---- the oil for many medicinal purposes.

A) grows/have been using

B) was grown/were using
C) has been grown/use
D) is growing/will have used
E) grew/had been used

3.Tom Thumb, the famous dwarf of the 19th century, was born Charles Sherwood Stratton, but later he ---- by his stage name.

A) knew

B) will know
C) has been known
D) has known
E) was known

4.Tom Thumb ---- parents of normal height, but he only ---- to a height of 3 feet 4 inches.

A) has/had been grown

B) had/grew
C) is having/will be grown
D) had had/will grow
E) was having/has grown

5.After the workers ---- from their jobs at the factory, not many of them ----jobs quickly.

A) were dismissed/had been found

B) have been dismissed/were finding
C) dismiss/are finding
D) will have dismissed/can find
E) had been dismissed/found

6.Residents who live near the nuclear power plant worry that their children ---- to radioactivity.

A) expose

B) exposed
C) will have exposed
D) had exposed
E) are being exposed

7.Our manager usually comes to work dressed ---- a three piece pinstriped suit.

A) with

B) on
C) in
D) about
E) for

8.The organisers claim that visitors ---- at the exhibits at the EXPO2000 exhibition in Hanover, Germany.

A) will be amazed

B) are going to amaze
C) will have amazed
D) have been amazing
E) had amazed

9.When you ---- an advertisement, you ---- into account the type of people you want to be attracted to it.

A) are being designed/must take

B) designed/had better take
C) are designing/have to take
D) will design/have been taken
E) had designed/will be taking

10.The National Lottery ---- twice a week in the UK: Wednesday and Saturday.

A) is drawn

B) is drawing
C) was drawing
D) draws
E) has drawn

11.At the beginning of the 20th century, most solid waste ---- of by dumping it onto vacant land near where it ----.

A) had disposed/has generated

B) has been disposed/generates
C) will have disposed/is generating
D) disposed/has been generated
E) was disposed/was generated

12.Unlike many top tennis tournaments, the matches at Wimbledon are played ---- grass courts.

A) with

B) about
C) in
D) on
E) by

13.After I ---- ants in the kitchen, I ---- the crack in the wall with ant powder.

A) had discovered/filled

B) was discovered/was filled
C) was discovering/should fill
D) have discovered/was filling
E) discover/have been filled

14.Many home appliances, like vacuum cleaners or microwave ovens, ---- for their labour-saving or time-saving capabilities, while others ---- for their convenience.

A) have chosen/will purchase

B) are chosen/are purchased
C) will be chosen/purchase
D) are choosing/have purchased
E) choose/will be purchased

15.Airliners ---- parachutes because it is impractical to instruct passengers in their use in an emergency situation.

A) aren't carried

B) weren't carrying
C) won't be carried
D) don't carry
E) hadn't carried

16.You ---- for the name of the caller before you transfer any calls.

A) used to ask

B) have asked
C) may have asked
D) should have asked
E) must ask

17.It's surprising that of the few Viking helmets that ---- in excavations so far, none ---- horns.

A) were found/may have

B) were finding/had
C) have been found/have
D) had found/were having
E) are found/are having

18.The enormously heavy bill which ---- the shoveler bird its name ---- for feeding on the surface of ponds and lakes.

A) was given/had been adapting

B) has been given/will be adapted
C) was giving/has adapted
D) gives/is adapted
E) will give/had been adapted

19.Because air navigation is concerned with direction and distance, the plane must be equipped ---- devices for measuring these factors.

A) about

B) with
C) by
D) on
E) from

20.Of the many methods that are available today, only GPRS navigation ---- for all-weather flying.

A) has been using

B) will have used
C) can be used
D) had been used
E) could have used

21.According to the autopsy results, the victim was shot in the back ---- a semi automatic hand gun ---- a left-handed person.

A) for/from

B) from/with
C) in/about
D) with/by
E) by/for

22.Although very often the autopsy ---- only with forensic, or legal, medicine in the determination of the cause or details of death from foul play, it ---- a number of other purposes as well.

A) is associated/serves

B) has been associated/is served
C) associated/was serving
D) was associated/has been served
E) had associated/served

23.The community centre can be used ---- meetings of the club whenever needed.

A) with

B) about
C) by
D) from
E) for

24.The manufacturer was ---- with excitement at receiving his first large order.

A) influenced

B) considered
C) depressed
D) filled
E) covered

25.After his brother made his fortune on the stock market, Scott was convinced ---- the wisdom of investing his money in stocks and shares.

A) with

B) from
C) for
D) at
E) of

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ghostgirl · #2 01.01.09, 14:34

PASSIVES TEST 2

1.Police reports ---- that street crime in the UK ---- in most areas recently.

A) were shown/is increased
B) show/has been increasing
C) are showing/had been increased
D) are shown/will increase
E) have shown/increase

2.Because more and more mobile phones ----, the mobile phone companies ---- new security measures.

A) have stolen/are introducing
B) are being stolen/should introduce
C) are stealing/have introduced
D) have been stealing/can introduce
E) were stolen/had to be introduced

3.Everyone in the community was delighted that the restaurant ---- even after it ---- twice.

A) was reopening/has flooded
B) has reopened/has been flooding
C) was reopened/had been flooded
D) reopens/was flooding
E) will reopen/will have been flooded

4.Nobody ---- to leave the hall during the final fifteen minutes of the examination.

A) will have allowed
B) had allowed
C) was allowing
D) will be allowed
E) allows

5.You ---- to clap enthusiastically at tomorrow's speech by the Chairman.

A) are expecting
B) expected
C) will have been expected
D) were expecting
E) are expected

6.The owner of the farm where the livestock disease started ----. He behaved despicably.

A) will prosecute
B) might be prosecuting
C) ought to prosecute
D) must have prosecuted
E) should be prosecuted

7.Pottery ---- in Kütahya since 800 BC.

A) has been making
B) was made
C) has been made
D) will have been made
E) is being made

8.European princes of the 14th and 15th centuries ---- with some of their prized possessions, which often included their Anatolian carpets.

A) would have painted
B) were painting
C) can be painted
D) used to be painted
E) could be painting

9.During the protest, Winston Churchill's statue ----with red paint and several restaurant windows ----.

A) was splashing/would have broken
B) is splashing/are being broken
C) was splashed/were broken
D) has been splashing/are broken
E) had been splashed/were breaking

10.The Pazyryk carpet, which the excavating team ---- in 1947 on the Soviet Mongolian border, ---- in solid ice.

A) found/was preserved
B) had found/was preserving
C) have found/was being preserved
D) were found/had been preserved
E) were finding/has preserved

11.It ---- that the carpet ---- sometime between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC.

A) has estimated/had woven
B) is estimating/was being woven
C) has been estimated/has been woven
D) was estimated/has been weaving
E) is estimated/was woven

12.In the Ottoman period, plants for dyes ---- under state control and large amounts of silk fabric arrived in Bursa from various countries ready to be dyed.

A) were growing
B) have grown
C) will be grown
D) were grown
E) would have grown

13.Chemical dyes ----to Turkey in 1882, and from then on, the production of root dyes ----- to decline.

A) had introduced/was beginning
B) are introduced/was begun
C) will be introduced/will begin
D) were introduced/began
E) have been introduced/has begun

14.A dirty or stained woollen rug---- with mild soapy water. This ---- the dirt without damaging the rug.

A) should be washed/removes
B) will have to be washed/is removed
C) will have been washed/has removed
D) might be washing/may remove
E) has been washing/removed

15.1951---- 'The International Yunus Emre Year' by UNESCO in honour of this 14th-century mystic, whose poetry and songs ---- love and understanding as themes.

A) was declaring/had
B) had declared/have had
C) was declared/have
D) had been declared/are having
E) has been declared/will have

16.It is the gas which ---- off by the heated wax in a candle that ---- the bright flame.

A) has given/is produced
B) is given/produces
C) gives/can produce
D) will be giving/has produced
E) has been given/was produced

17.The digestive system of whales is that of animals in which food ---- rapidly when it is abundant.

A) has been consuming .
B) could have consumed
C) may be consuming
D) used to be consumed
E) must be consumed

18.All arts ---- in one way or another by the times in which they ----.

A) influenced/have flourished
B) were influenced/are flourishing
C) had influenced/flourished
D) are influenced/flourish
E) have been influenced/will flourish

19.Legends of the North American Indians ---- various animals ---- the Indians' ancestors how to make fire.

A) are saying/have shown
B) said/were shown
C) have said/would be shown
D) were said/had shown
E) say/showed

20.Hunting ---- within the Ivory Coast, but elephants still ---- victim to poachers.

A) is controlling/have fallen
B) will control/will fall
C) is controlled/fall
D) may be controlled/fell
E) has controlled/were falling

21.Poachers there ---- in the trade which ---- the Ivory Coast its name.

A) are involving/will be given
B) will be involved/has given
C) involve/is given
D) are involved/gave
E) will involve/was given

22.Paul McCartney ---- songs since the 1960s and ---- forty-nine top five hit records to this date.

A) was writing/is written
B) wrote/was written
C) has been writing/has written
D) had written/will write
E) will be writing/writes

23.You ---- more care about whom you talk to about your personal business.

A) will be taken
B) should take
C) might be taken
D) had to be taken
E) used to take

24.Although I look young for my age, the last time I ---- a beer, I ---- for my identity card.

A) have ordered/didn't ask
B) was ordered/haven't asked
C) ordered/wasn't asked
D) was ordering/haven't been asked
E) have been ordered/wasn't asking

25.Parents ---- to buy expensive toys as young children ---- by simple games, such as hide and seek.

A) won't need/can amuse
B) don't need/can be amused
C) aren't needed/should amuse
D) weren't needed/had amused
E) didn't need/ought to be amused

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ghostgirl · #3 01.01.09, 14:39

PASSIVES TEST 3

1.Twelve thousand people ---- the Queen's official residence, Buckingham Palace, on 3rd June 2002, when a music concert ---- in the garden.

A) visited/was held
B) were visited/has been held
C) were visiting/held
D) are visiting/is holding
E) have visited/was holding

2.At the moment, a new road around Birmingham ----. Motorists ---- a fee to use the new road, making it the first road of its kind in the UK.

A) was built/will have been charged
B) was building/were charged
C) has been, built/are charging
D) is being built/will be charged
E) has been building/will charge

3.To this day, the songs of the Beatles ---- by many famous singers, including Elvis, Oasis and even Frank Sinatra, but copies of the original recordings still ---- well all over the world.

A) have performed/are sold
B) were performing/were sold
C) were performed/will have been sold
D) have been performed/sell
E) will be performing/sold

4.Stevie Wonder's single 'I Just Called to Say I Love You', from the-soundtrack of the film "The Woman in Red", ---- an Academy award in 1985.

A) has won
B) had been won
C) ought to win
D) was won
E) won

5.In several cases, tattooing ---- with cancer and contaminated tattooing equipment ---- diseases, including AIDS.

A) is linking/has been spreading
B) has linked/is spread
C) has been linked/can spread
D) will be linked/had spread
E) was linked/was spread

6.About 2000 bonfires ---- on the Queen's jubilee and parties ---- in every city and village across the UK.

A) were lighting/held
B) are lit/are holding
C) had been lit/had held
D) are lighting/are held
E) were lit/were held

7.The park ---- littered with rubbish by the time the crowd ----.

A) is becoming/will disperse
B) had become/dispersed
C) was becoming/is dispersed
D) will become/will be dispersed
E) became/has dispersed

8.The wisdom of the referee's decision in yesterday's match, which ---- to the team's defeat, ----- for a long time.

A) leads/will be discussing
B) has been leading/is discussed
C) led/will be discussed
D) was led/had been discussed
E) has led/had been discussing

9.The 2004 Olympic Games ---- by Germany.

A) are hosted
B) have been hosting
C) will have been hosted
D) will be hosted
E) were hosted

10.At the time the' Argentine President ---- from office, huge marble statues of him and his wife ----.

A) was ousted/were being sculpted
B) has been ousted/will have sculpted
C) was ousting/are being sculpted
D) ousted/have been sculpting
E) are ousting/were sculpting

11.At the end of the day, electric power tools ---- out of your work van so that no one ---- them.

A) ought to take/will have stolen
B) may be taken/might be stealing
C) have to take/should be stolen
D) must have taken/could be stolen
E) should be taken/can steal

12.In recent decades, thousands of novels, representing a wide range of fiction types, ----.

A) are being published
B) will have published
C) have been published
D) will be published
E) are going to publish

13.Recently, new security measures ---- at Jamaica's airports to prevent drug smuggling. These ---- for partly by the British government.

A) had implemented/were paying
B) implement/will be paid
C) will be implemented/will have paid
D) are implementing/are being paid
E) have been implemented/have been paid

14.The drink 'Red Bull' ---- so much caffeine that it ----- in France.

A) contains/is banned
B) was contained/had banned
C) is contained/has banned
D) was containing/was banned
E) contained/is banning

15.The mother ----- her son's guilt in the crime after he ---- by the court.

A) accepts/was convicting
B) was accepted/had been convicted
C) accepted/was convicted
D) will be accepted/has convicted
E) is accepted/convicts

16.Rastafarians ---- Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia to be a god. The religious sect ----- mainly in Jamaica.

A) are believed/was based
B) will be believed/has based
C) are believing/was basing
D) believe/is based
E) were believing/had based

17.At the moment, prisoners from the Taliban ---- in a prison on land at Guantanamo Bay, which ---- from Cuba in 1903.

A) were holding/was leasing
B) are holding/will be leased
C) are held/has been leased
D) will be holding/had leased
E) are being held/was leased

18.It's a great feeling when you ----- satisfactorily for doing something enjoyable.

A) will pay
B) have to pay
C) are supposed to pay
D) are paying
E) are paid

19.Passive drug dogs ---- to sniff out illegal drugs, but they ---- to attack humans.

A) have been taught/won't instruct
B) are teaching/aren't instructing
C) are taught/aren't instructed
D) will be taught/haven't instructed
E) had been taught/won't be instructed

20.Currently, 600 US soldiers are stationed on Mindanao Islands in the Philippines. Allegedly, they ---- bandits who ---- three hostages for ransom.

A) are fighting/are holding
B) are being fought/have held
C) were fighting/are held
D) have fought/were held
E) will be fought/held

21.According to the scheme, rice ---- to the hungry, but this had not occurred.

A) was going to be distributed
B) would be distributing
C) should have distributed
D) ought to be distributed
E) had been distributed

22.We ---- the new primary school ---- before Aaron starts school.

A) are expected/has been completed
B) expect/will have been completed
C) were expected/is completed
D) are expecting/will have completed
E) will be expecting/has completed

23.The film 'Evergreen Island' is directed ---- Fabio Cavadini and is based ----the experience of the people on a South Pacific island.

A) by/on
B) from/about
C) to/to
D) for/by
E) with/in

24.Stress is normally associated ---- managerial jobs, but doing monotonous work in factories can be equally stressful.

A) on
B) in
C) with
D) for
E) by

25.Some people argue that the Turkestani Muslims who live within the Chinese borders are discriminated ---- and treated badly by the government.

A) against
B) with
C) by
D) for
E) from

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ghostgirl · #4 01.01.09, 14:41

PASSIVES TEST 4

1.Attendance at the press conference was limited ---- official journalists, which meant those accepted by the government.

A) with
B) about
C) to
D) by
E) from

2.The football team Wolverhampton Wanderers are known locally ---- the 'Wolves' and they have adopted a wolfs head ---- their emblem.

A) for/on
B) by/by
C) from/with
D) as/as
E) with/to

3.George Best's brilliant football career ---- to an end because he ---- with the pressure of being famous.

A) has brought/won't cope
B) was brought/couldn't cope
C) will have brought/wouldn't cope
D) was bringing/needn't have coped
E) will have been brought/doesn't cope

4.Starbucks Cafes ---- all over the world, but residents of Primrose Hill, London, successfully ---- the opening of one in their neighbourhood.

A) should be found/are stopped
B) can be found/stopped
C) should be finding/will stop
D) might find/are being stopped
E) have found/had stopped

5.Natural light ---- the body's energy cycles, while spending too much time indoors ---- depression.

A) is stimulating/can be causing
B) was stimulated/could cause
C) is stimulated/should be caused
D) stimulates/can cause
E) will be stimulated/might cause

6.During the World Cup, breakfast ---- in bars across the UK because most of the matches ---- place early in the morning by British time.

A) is being served/had taken
B) is served/are taken
C) has served/are taking
D) will serve/were taken
E) was served/took

7.Peace negotiations r---- down in January and two hundred bombing raids ---- out since then.

A) have broken/are being carried
B) are breaking/used to be carried
C) were broken/will be carried
D) broke/have been carried
E) break/will have carried

8.Because he ---- by the greed and corruption of politicians, he ---- to leave politics and devote his life to charity.

A) revolts/has been decided
B) has revolted/decides
C) was revolted/decided
D) is revolted/is decided
E) had revolted/will decide

9.The documentary The Commanding Heights' ---- by BP, FedEx and Enron, and it ---- by Public Service Broadcasting soon.

A) was sponsoring/will show
B) is sponsored/has been shown
C) was sponsored/will be shown
D) will sponsor/is showing
E) sponsored/had shown

10.Hansie Cronje, who ---- cricket for South Africa and who ---- in a bribery scandal, died in a plane crash at the age of 32.

A) was playing/was involving
B) could be played/involved
C) could play/would have involved
D) was played/had been involved
E) used to play/was involved

11.In recent years, the need for the telegraph ---- by other means of telecommunications.

A) will eliminate
B) was eliminating
C) will have been eliminated
D) will be eliminating
E) has been eliminated

12.Twenty-two million people have died of AIDS since the disease ---- first twenty years ago.

A) was diagnosing
B) would diagnose
C) was diagnosed
D) has been diagnosed
E) is diagnosed

13.It ---- that 36 million people ---- with the disease.

A) is estimated/are infected
B) estimates/have been infected
C) has been estimated/are infecting
D) will estimate/infected
E) estimated/were being infected

14.The Brazilian author Milton Hatoum's second novel ---- in the Amazonian port city of Manaus.

A) is setting
B) is set
C) was setting
D) sets
E) has set

15.He ----- up for seven years for a crime that he ----- .

A) was locking/wasn't committed
B) locks/hasn't been committed
C) will have been locked/doesn't commit
D) will lock/isn't being committed
E) was locked/didn't commit

16.The holiday resort ---- in France, but it is so close to the border that you ---- some resorts in Italy as well.

A) locates/are visiting
B) is being located/visit
C) is located/can visit
D) was located/must visit
E) located/could have visited

17.This is the third time that the old lady opposite us ---- by his son this week, which may mean that her health ----.

A) is being visited/deteriorates
B) will be visiting/has deteriorated
C) was visited/had deteriorated
D) has been visited/is deteriorating
E) will have visited/deteriorated

18.I'm sure you ---- with the show. After all, some of the best celebrities ---- in it.

A) are delighted/are performed
B) will have delighted/were performing
C) will delight/are being performed
D) were delighted/will be performed
E) will be delighted/are performing

19.He accidentally set fire to the sofa, and unfortunately, his entire family ---- by the fire that ----.

A) were killing/had followed
B) killed/was followed
C) are killed/has followed
D) were killed/followed
E) have been killed/is followed

20.I ---- Mr Green's office, but my call ---- by his assistant, who told me he had already left.

A) was telephoned/had answered
B) telephoned/was answered
C) have been telephoning/answers
D) ** being telephoned/is answered
E) will telephone/will be answered

21.Your school ---- on 3rd July and you ---- our report about three weeks later.

A) is being inspected/will be received
B) has been inspected/are receiving
C) will be inspected/will receive
D) will have inspected/are received
E) is going to inspect/may receive

22.Our hopes of qualifying for the final ---- since we ---- Manchester United by two goals to one.

A) have risen/beat
B) will rise/were beaten
C) are going to rise/are beaten
D) rise/will have beaten
E) rose/are going to beat

23.If the disease that ---- Asia and Africa at the moment ----, millions of children will be orphaned.

A) is crippling/isn't controlled
B) is crippled/isn't controlling
C) was crippled/hasn't been controlled
D) will cripple/doesn't control
E) was crippling/isn't going to control

24.Three hundred and thirty-four viewers ---- about the incident in the TV series. It was one of the most shocking deaths which ---- ever on TV.

A) are complaining/depicts
B) complained/has been depicted
C) will have complained/depicted
D) will be complaining/is depicted
E) had been complaining/will depict

25.The landlord ---- him that the house ---- by the end of the month.

A) is informing/will have cleared
B) is informed/should be cleared
C) was informed/must have cleared
D) has informed/should be clearing
E) informed/must be cleared

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