Grammar Quiz

Passive Modals, Impersonal Passive Quiz


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___ speak English.

A. 1.35 billion people are estimated to

B. Are estimated 1.35 billion people

C. It is estimate that 1.35 billion people


The robbers ___ through an air vent yesterday.

A. are believed to be escaping

B. are believed to escape

C. are believed to have escaped


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

Meat ___ in a refrigerator or it will spoil.

A. must be kept

B. must keep


Many people ___ redundant, some of whom had worked there for years.

A. was made

B. been made

C. got made


These herbs ___ good.

A. is said to be

B. are said to being

C. are said to be


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

Good news! I ___ a job soon. I had an interview at an engineering firm yesterday.

A. may be offered

B. may offer


Access to the festival ___.

A. could definitely be improve

B. could definitely be improved

C. could to definitely be improve


Preparations ___ for the big event.

A. have been made

B. have being made

C. have made


Decide whether the following sentences has to be in passive or active voice.

James ___ the news as soon as possible.

A. should tell

B. should be told


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

We tried, but the window ___. It was painted shut.

A. couldn’t open

B. couldn’t be opened


John Lennon ___ a great musician.

A. is believed to have been

B. is believed to be

C. are said to have been


Decide whether the following sentences has to be in passive or active voice.

Someone ___ James the news immediately.

A. should tell

B. should be told


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

You ___ meat in a refrigerator or it will spoil.

A. must be kept

B. must keep


The creatures ___ out at night, or that’s what peopled used to think.

A. are said to have come

B. were come

C. were said to come


The government ___ new schools.

A. is thought to building

B. is thought to build


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

Polly ___ these books by next Friday.

A. has to return

B. has to be returned


Decide whether the sentence should be in active or passive voice.

Chris has good news. The engineering firm where she had an interview yesterday ___ her a job soon.

A. may be offered

B. may offer




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