Advanced grammar tests - English exam centre 2015
Passive Voice / Test-2
1. I hope the new timetable ... by Friday as I want to start a driving course next week, but I need to know which afternoon I will be off before I can enrol on it.
A) has been announced
B) is going to announce
C) will have been announced
D) has been announcing
E) is being announced
2. Obviously, the management ... that we ... the new conditions without questioning the consequences.
A) have assumed / are accepted
B) assume / will accept
C) were assumed / have accepted
D) will be assumed / will be accepted
E) assumed / were accepted
3. Look! The other team must be about to play their substitute because he ... warmed up at the side of the pitch.
A) has got
B) gets
C) had been getting
D) is getting
E) will get
4. To the ancient Romans, a census ... simply counting the people and valuing their estates for the purpose of the taxation, but today the range of information collected by a census taker is very wide, and the statistics gathered ... to many uses.
A) meant / are put
B) was meant / have put
C) used to mean / have been putting
D) had been meaning / put
E) means / are being put
5. I really dislike ... to work on Sundays because I feel torn between my family and work.
A) to be asking
B) asking
C) being asked
D) having asked
E) to have asked
6. The FBI … that he knew where the body ... .
A) has suspected / was burying
B) suspects / had been burying
C) was suspected / will be buried
D) is suspected / had buried
E) suspected / was buried
7. Animal lovers would like industrial testing on animals ... to medical experiments.
A) being limited
B) to have limited
C) having limited
D) to be limited
E) to be limiting
8. The end of slavery in America ... by the passage of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution on 18th December, 1865.
A) would have achieved
B) was achieving
C) had achieved
D) has been achieved
E) was achieved
9. Medicines and chemical cleaning liquids ... out of children’s reach.
A) should be kept
B) must have kept
C) need to keep
D) have kept
E) used to keep
10. The United Kingdom ... a period of time until 1995 to clean up its beaches by the European Union, but Morecambe Bay in Lancashire was so dirty that it ... two more years to bring the area up to the required standard.
A) was given / was allowed
B) is given / has allowed
C) gives / will have allowed
D) has been given / has allowed
E) gave / had been allowed
11. Five armed men ... a Zurich Post Office last night in a van which ... as a Post Office repair vehicle.
A) were robbing / disguised
B) robbed / was disguised
C) were robbed / had disguised
D) had been robbed / has disguised
E) would be robbing / is disguised
12. Advertising is very old. Examples of advertising ... as far back as ancient Greece, where criers ... out messages about their clients’ wares to the public.
A) have found / were shouting
B) would be found / had been shouted
C) might be found / were shouted
D) used to find / had been shouting
E) can be found / shouted
13. The coach driver couldn’t see through the window because it ... properly.
A) doesn’t clean
B) didn’t use to clean
C) wasn’t supposed to clean
D) hadn’t been cleaned
E) hasn’t cleaned
14. Portugal’s government ... down by a military coup in 1974 and the new administration ... the rights of Portuguese African territories to independence.
A) was bringing / was recognised
B) has brought / recognised
C) was brought / recognised
D) has been brought / is recognised
E) had brought / had recognised
15. In order to keep his land fertile, a farmer ... animal, plant or chemical fertilisers.
A) had been used
B) has to use
C) must be used
D) used to use
E) can be used
16. During some of the war years, my father and his brother were separated ... their parents because they were evacuated from London to the countryside.
A) with
B) for
C) about
D) from
E) towards
17. In our company the sales representatives and the managers are provided ... a company car.
A) with
B) from
C) by
D) into
E) for
18. The film “Rainmaker” is based ... the book of the same name by John Grisham and tells the story of a newly qualified lawyer.
A) for
B) from
C) on
D) with
E) by
19. Local residents ... to radio-activity for weeks now because of the leak at the Nuclear Power station.
A) are exposing
B) have been exposed
C) will have been exposed
D) were exposed
E) had been exposing
20. I’m sure they ... with your gift. They ... a toaster for a long time.
A) will thrill / wanted
B) had thrilled / have wanted
C) are going to thrill / had been wanting
D) will be thrilled / have been wanting
E) will have been thrilled / want
21. Under UK equal opportunity laws, employees ... against on the grounds of race, religion or gender.
A) didn’t use to discriminate
B) should not discriminate
C) won’t have discriminated
D) hasn’t been discriminating
E) cannot be discriminated
22. The company ... the advertisement because several viewers ... that it was offensive.
A) was being withdrawn / will complain
B) withdraws / had complained
C) had been withdrawn / were complaining
D) could have withdrawn / complain
E) had to withdraw / complained
23. Strict dieting to lose weight ... only under a physician’s care.
A) has attempted
B) should be attempted
C) is attempting
D) must have attempted
E) had been attempting
24. Are you sure my table ... by this cleaning fluid?
A) won’t have damaged
B) hadn’t damaged
C) won’t be damaged
D) isn’t damaging
E) hasn’t been damaging
25. It’s our principle that the petrol tank ... before the rental car ... to the customer.
A) is filled / is delivered
B) must be filled / has delivered
C) has filled / has been delivered
D) was filled / had delivered
E) will have filled / delivers
26. This morning, the attendant ... a baby who ... in an old blanket on the steps of the country hospital.
A) finds / wrapped
B) was being found / has been wrapped
C) is finding / was wrapped
D) found / was wrapped
E) was found / had been wrapped
27. The sailing ship ... about like a toy by the strong November wind.
A) threw
B) had thrown
C) throws
D) was being thrown
E) has been throwing
28. All of the trees that ... by the disease ...; otherwise, the problem will spread through the whole orchard.
A) affect / must have been destroyed
B) are affected / should be destroyed
C) have been affected / destroy
D) have been affecting / might be destroyed
E) are affecting / will have been destroyed
29. In some states in the USA, prisoners who have received the death sentence ... by lethal injection, while other states ... prisoners in an “electric chair”.
A) have been killing / are executed
B) had been killed / will execute
C) are killed / execute
D) will kill / are going to execute
E) are killing / are executing
30. Most of the animals which now ... wild on the island ... there during the 19th century.
A) live / were brought
B) are living / had brought
C) were living / are brought
D) have been living / brought
E) lived / have been brought
31. I ... scuba diving lessons since last year, but I still ... accustomed to breathing with all that equipment.
A) took / hadn’t got
B) am taking / didn’t get
C) have been taking / haven’t got
D) am taken / wasn’t getting
E) will be taken / won’t be getting
32. You ... the dogs in; otherwise, they ... frightened when the fireworks go off.
A) must have brought / got
B) should have brought / have got
C) are brought / are getting
D) had better bring / will get
E) have been brought / get
33. As far as I know, the body ... by a child who ... his bike through the park.
A) has discovered / is riding
B) had discovered / was ridden
C) was being discovered / rides
D) is discovered / is being ridden
E) was discovered / was riding
34. The secretary ... ... in the conspiracy, but we don’t know whether she actually shot the senator or not.
A) has been known / to be involving
B) is known / to have been involved
C) will have known / to involve
D) knew / to have involved
E) had been known / having involved
35. Robert is so clumsy with words that whenever he ... his mouth, he ... somebody.
A) opens / insults
B) opened / is insulted
C) will open / has insulted
D) will have opened / is insulting
E) had been known / was insulted