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Being lost, the tourist stopped _____ at his map for the place they wanted to visit.

A. looking

B. he looked

C. to look

D. looked


Having given the prescription to the patient _____.

A. medicine was taken regularly by the patient

B. the doctors told the patient to take the medicine regularly.

C. the patient took the medicine regularly.

D. the medicine had to be taken regularly by the patient


“What happened to her skirt?”

“Oh, __________when she jumped over the fence.”

A. it was torn

B. to be torn

C. be torn

D. it tore


The young mother cautiously tiptoed into the bed-room in order not to wake up ______.

A. the sleeping children

B. the children slept

C. the children sleeping

D. the sleeping of the children


I became quite nervous when I knew that my speech ______

A. was to record

B. was being recorded

C. to be recorder

D. being recorded


International Communications ____ merging with ERI.

A. is

B. are

C. are being

D. have been


What is the passive form of this sentence?

We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week.

A. Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.

B. Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.

C. Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.

D. Our grandmother would be being visited by us next week.


“Where is Budi?”

“Oh! I completely forgot ____ him.”

A. to invite

B. not to invite

C. not inviting

D. invite


The Progress of this class needs ______

A. to be evaluated

B. to evaluate

C. in evaluating

D. be evaluated


A well-known architect is designing our new office. The passive form of the above sentence is, Our new office ______ by a well-known architect

A. designed

B. be designing

C. is designed

D. is being designed


In her letter my friend said that she was looking forward _____ from me again.

A. to hearing

B. hearing

C. to hear

D. to being heard


______ at two prestigious universities, Amanda has a hard time deciding which one to choose.

A. Accepting

B. She was accepted

C. Accepted

D. She was accepting


“What did Adi finally decide?”

“_____ his Master’s degree in Australia.”

A. he can take

B. be taking

C. his taking

D. taking


“Last night someone broke into our house.”

“Oh, dear ______?”

A. Did anything take

B. Was anything taken

C. Anything to take

D. Was anything being taken


The police ____ when the alarm goes off

A. arrive quickly

B. is arriving

C. arrives quickly

D. has arrived


“Some workers were loading the containers into the van”

The passive form of the above sentence is:

“The containers ______ into the van.”

A. were loaded

B. are loading

C. be loaded

D. were being loaded


“Why don’t you want Amir to be the team leader?”

“Well, I don’t like _____ people around”

A. his ordering

B. he orders

C. why he orders

D. he is ordering


“Which paintings will be exhibited tomorrow?”

“We don’t know yet: they _______ by a team.”

A. are still being selected

B. are still selecting

C. still be selected

D. still selected


Having switched off the light,_____

A. it was the door he locked.

B. he locked the door.

C. the door was locked.

D. this locked the door


“Let’s go and have lunch.”

“I’ll join you later. I had better not stop _____ on this report now.”

A. work

B. to work

C. I’ll work

D. working


A machine _____ could monitor efficiency would be very useful.

A. whom

B. that

C. it

D. when


“Bambang looks very happy today.”

“Don’t you know he _______ to General Manager?”

A. has been Promoted

B. has Promoted

C. to be Promoted

D. being Promoted


A letter ____ is not properly typed is hard to read

A. which it

B. it

C. that it

D. that


“What is it that you want us to do?”

“_____ all the lights when you leave the office.”

A. Turning off

B. To turn off

C. You turn off

D. For turning off


The crowd has been waiting outside the hotel for hours just_____ a glimpse of the famous singer.

A. getting

B. for getting

C. they get

D. get




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