G5: Verb Tenses V - Active vs. Passive
by Tom Rohrbach
Multiple Choice Quiz
Are you good at figuring out when to
use ACTIVE and when to use PASSIVE in a sentence?
Let's find out! In the sentences below,
you need to choose either active or passive,
but you also need to make sure you choose the
correct verb tense for the timing involved. Good luck!
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge __ (already / build) before the engineers realized
their design error.
- had already builded
- had already built
- had already been built
The science scholarship winners __ (announce) by the university next Monday.
- are going to announce
- are going to be announced
- will be being announced
Jack __ (not / invite) to Betty’s wedding because he’s her ex-boyfriend, and
her fiancé gets very jealous.
- won't be invited
- won't invite
- isn't inviting
Boss, I __ (send) the package last Thursday; they should have gotten it by
now. I’ll check the tracking.
- have sent
- sent
- have been sent
See, tracking shows that the package __ (deliver) by UPS last Wednesday; Mr.
Gambino’s secretary signed for it.
- was being delivered
- has been delivered
- was delivered
The iPhone 6 manufacturing task is too big for one factory. Tim Cook ought
to__ (divide) it between two different manufacturers in China.
- divide
- be divided
- be divisioned
Billy __ (help) a lot by the tutoring he has received in the school library
after classes.
- was helping
- has helped
- has been helped
A strange thing __ (happen) to us yesterday...
- was happened
- happened
- be happened
Researchers just concluded that the painting __ (not / paint) by Leonardo da
Vinci.
- isn't painted
- wasn't painted
- hasn't been painted
By the time Rick graduates from high school, his older brother Jeff __
(receive) his PhD. from Stanford.
- will be received
- will have been received
- will have received
The special theory of relativity __ (develop) by Einstein while he was
working as a clerk in a patent office in Bern, Switzerland.
- was developed
- was developing
- developed
Look – the tea __ (prepare) in a very specific way as part of the Japanese
tea ceremony.
- is preparing
- prepares
- is being prepared
The commotion happened while autographs __ (sign) by a famous author at the
Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver.
- were signing
- were signed
- were being signed
Yes dear, the plumber __ (fix) the leaky pipe in the basement right now.
- is being fixed
- is fixing
- is being fixing
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