GEI - Passive & Tenses Revision Exercise

A robbery ________ (report) early Wednesday morning in Central.

Mr. Brown ________ (suspect) to be involved in the robbery at the moment.

The suspect and his belongings _______ (take) away when the inspectors searched for evidence in his home.

• were taken

• was taken

• took

• had taken

The report ________ (show) many employees in Hong Kong are overloaded.

• showed

• shows

• is shown

• has been shown

This novel _________ (criticise) and banned because of profanity in the eighteenth century.

Amber Heard ________ (accuse) of cheating on her husband when they were still married to each other.

• accused

• accuses

• was accused

• had accused

Bill Gates ________ (engage) in a lot of charity work.

• has engaged

• has been engaged

• engages

• engaging

Anonymous netizens always _______ (comment) badly on news and events.

• commented

• are commented

• comment

• was commented

Change this active sentence to passive:

The internet service provider terminated the contract.

Change this active sentence to passive:

The researchers explored this topic with many experiments.