Grammar Quiz

Passive Voice - Past Simple Quiz

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The tickets … in the theater but in online.

A. wasn’t bought

B. isn’t bought

C. aren’t bought

D. weren’t bought


This clock ________in 1750

A. is made

B. was made

C. is making

D. will be made


The pyramid … until 1925

A. weren’t excavated

B. wasn’t excavated

C. isn’t excavated

D. aren’t excavated


The tomb … in 1926.

A. is discovered

B. are discovered

C. was discovered

D. were discovered


My sister______________by wild tigers, she is at the hospital.

A. was attack

B. is attacked

C. was attacked

D. are attacked


Choose the correct passive form for this active sentence:
They rebuilt Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the 1990s.

A. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was rebuilt in the 1990s. 

B. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is rebuilt in the 1990s. 

C. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre will be rebuilt in the 1990s. 


Paper __________ by the Ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago. 

A. was used

B. is used

C. will be used


Yesterday, I _________ to go to the principal’s office.

A. am told

B. is told

C. was told

D. was tell


This problem ______by your brother yesterday

A. was solved

B. will be solved

C. is solved

D. solves


Those jeans ________ by my mother last week.

A. is bought

B. are bought

C. were bought

D. are buy


She made the olive oil. (Past Simple)

A. The olive oil has been made.

B. The olive oil were made.

C. The olive oil was made.

D. The olive oil is made.


The royal wedding________(watch) by millions of people in 2011

A. are watching

B. are watched

C. is watched

D. was watched


The lovely poem … for you.

A. were written

B. are written

C. was written

D. is written


A stolen painting by Picasso _____________ in a bin in New York a few years ago.

A. was found

B. is found

C. will be found


Some wild animals ________ to the zoo last year.

A. is taken

B. are took

C. is took

D. were taken


When … the English tests … ?

A. were … applied

B. was … applied

C. are … applied

D. is … applied


The Harry Potter films________(not direct) by Steven Spielberg

A. didn’t directed

B. wasn’t directed

C. isn’t directed

D. weren’t directed


A saw a car accident. Four students________to hospital

A. was taken

B. were took

C. are taken

D. were taken


Choose the correct passive sentence:
Karl Benz built the first modern automobile in 1885.

A. The first modern automobile was built by Karl Benz in 1885.

B. The first modern automobile was built in 1885.

C. The first modern automobile had been built by Karl Benz in 1885.


Some DNA samples … to analyze the mummy.

A. was taken

B. is taken

C. are taken

D. were taken


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