6th Graders Passive Voice Test

The results of the research ---- that, presently,

several East Asian countries ---- rapidly.

• have indicated / were developing

• indicate / are developing

• are indicated / have been developing

• were indicated / had developed

• had indicated / developed

Understandably, her friends ---- when Julia married

someone else after being engaged to John for two

years.

• are surprising

• were surprised

• surprised

• will be surprised

• had surprised

Animals ---- to survive in the wild, rather than kept in

captivity.

• are helping

• have been helping

• should be helped

• could be helping

• ought to have helped

Because James ---- to physical work, he ---- after he

had spent a week on the farm.

• isn’t accustomed / might be exhausted

• hadn’t accustomed / had exhausted

• won’t be accustomed / will be exhausted

• hasn’t accustomed / has exhausted

• wasn’t accustomed / was exhausted

Films of violence ---- on television until after 9.30 at

night, the time when the majority of children ---- to

bed.

• cannot be shown / went

• aren’t being shown / had gone

• didn’t use to be shown / are going

• shouldn’t be shown / go

• needn’t be shown / have gone

“Fragile, handle with care” ---- on the package, but

still the contents of the parcel ---- when it arrived.

• had written / would be broken

• is being written / will be broken

• was written / were broken

• would have written / had broken

• has been written / could break

An apple tree ---- fruit until it is five to eight years

old.

• did not bear

• was not bearing

• has not been borne

• does not bear

• will not be borne

The hill where Jane Austen set one of her romances

---- Box Hill because of the box trees which ---- there.

• calls / are grown

• has been calling / grew

• used to call / used to grow

• are calling / were growing

• is called / grow

When he ---- an essay on time for once, his professor

---- him a look of surprise.

• handed / gave

• was handed / was giving

• is handed / will be given

• has handed / would give

• hands / is given

This problem .... by your brother yesterday

• was solved

• is solved

• will be solved

• solves