Tenses and Passive Voice

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ______________ by J K Rowling

• Was written

• Have been written

• Were written

• Are written

The judge ________________ Smith to five years in prison.

• Was sentenced

• Is sentenced

• Sentenced

• Is being sentenced

Over a million dollars in cash __________________ from a bank in Los Angeles.

• Has stolen

• Has been stealing

• Is stolen

• Has been stolen

I'll have to come by bus as my car __________________ .

• Is repairing

• Repairs

• Is being repaired

• Has been repaired

Archaeologists _____________ the gold in a cave near the top of the mountain.

• Was discovered

• Were discovered

• Have been discovered

• Discored

Many shops _____________ (open) at around nine in the morning.

Your letter ______________ yesterday morning

• Was arrived

• Has been arrived

• Arrived

• Was being arrived

Helmets must ________________ on the site.

• Have been worn

• Wear

• Be worn

• Been worn

Vehicles parked in front of these gates will ________________

• Are removed

• Remove

• Be removed

• Being removed

A number of people __________________ following a demonstration in central London.

• Have been arrested

• Have arrested

• Are arrested

• Being arrested