Active & Passive Voice

1. A: The computer is verifying the facts.

P. the facts ………. by the computer.
A. is verified C. are being verified
B. are verified D. is being verified
2. A: We cannot understand all the mysteries of the Pyramids in Egypt.
P: All the mysteries of the Pyramids in Egypt ………. by us.
A. can not be understood C. could not been understood
B. could not be understood D. can not been understood
3. A: Does English help us to get a better job?
P: ………. to get a better job by English?
A. We are helped C. Do we help
B. Are we helped D. Do we be helped
4. P: Stone was used by prehistoric men to make fire.
A: Prehistoric men ………. stone to make fire.
A. use B. were used C. used D. using
5. P: Has French been chosen as their major subject?
A: ………. French as their major subject?
A. Has they chosen C. Do they choose
B. Were they chosen D. Have they chosen
6. A: The person who knows several languages is a polyglot.
P: Several languages are known by ……….
A. who is a polyglot C. the person who is a polyglot
B. who the person is a polyglot D. whom the person is a polyglot
7. A: Scientists have not produced a miraculous drug which can cure SIDA.
P: A miraculous drug ……….
A. has not been produced by scientists which can cure SIDA.
B. has not been produced by scientists who can cure SIDA.
C. which can cure SIDA has not been produced by scientists.
D. who can cure SIDA have not been produced by scientists.
8. A: The letter that I received yesterday is from my sister.
P:
A. I was received that the letter is from my sister.
B. The letter that was received yesterday is from my sister.
C. The letter yesterday that is from my sister is received by me.
D. I received yesterday that the letter is from my sister.
9. P: By whom is this book being written?
A:
A. Who is writing this book?
B. Who is being writing this book?
C. Who are being writing this book?
D. It is being discovering this book?
10. A: This substance has killed Marie Curie whose husband is a noted chemist.
P:
A. Marie Curie whose husband is a noted chemist has been killed by this substance.
B. Marie Curie who husband has been killed by this substance is a noted chemist.
C. Marie Curie whose husband is a noted chemist have been killed by this substance.
D. Marie Curie has been killed by this substance whose husband is a noted chemist.
11. The Nobel Committee awarded Dr. Jones the prize in chemistry.
A. Dr. Jones was awarded the prize in chemistry by the Nobel Committee.
B. The prize in chemistry was awarded Dr. Jones by the Nobel Committee.
C. Dr. Jones the prize in chemistry was awarded by the Nobel Committee.
D. A and B are correct.
12. He is teaching me speaking and listening.
A. Me is being taught speaking and listening.
B. I speaking and listening are being taught.
C. I am being taught listening and speaking.
D. Speaking and listening is being taught me.
13. A: The teacher heard him shout.
P: He ……….
A. heard him shout C. was heard shout
B. was heard to shout D. shouting was heard

14. P: Never before had such a temple been explored.

A: Never before ………. such a temple.
A. had they explored C. have they explored
B. they had explored D. they have explored
15. I still can’t believe it! My bicycle ………. last night.
A. was stolen B. was stealing C. stolen D. stole
16. Something funny ………. in class yesterday.
A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened
17.The child’s arm was swollen because he ………. by a bee.
A. stung C. had stung
B. had been stung d. had being stung
18. Today, many serious childhood diseases ………. by early immunization.
A. are preventing B. can prevent C. prevent D. can be prevented
19. “When ………. ?” – “In 1928.”
A. penicillin was discovered C. was penicillin discovered
B. did penicillin discovered D. did penicillin discover
20. Many U.S. automobiles ………. in Detroit, Michigan.
A. manufacture B. have manufactured
C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing