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273. A: Who is going to clean the office?

B: ______.
A) My mother cleaned it

B) It was cleaned

C) It’s already been cleaned

D) It is not clean

274. A: ______?

B: Tomorrow.
A) Where was the old man taken
B) When was he arrested
C) Why is he going to Istanbul
D) When will the hospital be opened

275. A: Water the plants, please.

B: ______.
A) Yes, I did
B) They were watered
C) They’ve already been watered
D) No, not yet.

276. A man ______ by the police last night.

A) arrested

B) was arrested

C) was arresting

D) were arrested

277. The Mona Lisa ______ by Leonardo da Vinci.

A) painted

B) were painted

C) is painted

D) was painted

278. A new motorway ______.

A) is being built

B) was building

C) have already been built

D) is building

279. Someone has opened this letter. This letter ______.

A) have been opened

B) has been opened

C) was opened

D) has opened

280. When ______ television ______?

A) did

 

/

 

invent

B) was

 

/

 

invent

C) was

 

/

 

invented

D) is

 

/

 

invented

281. I ______ you were in hospital.

A) don’t know

B) didn’t know

C) am not known

D) wasn’t known

282. The doctor says he ______ a few weeks’ rest.

A) needs

B) is needed

C) need

D) needed

283. She ______ married next month.

A) has got

B) is going to get

C) has been

D) had got

284. One of my uncles ______ just ______.

A) have / died B) has / died

C) was / died

D) is / dying

285. I ______ never ______ such a beautiful house.

A) am / seen

B) has / seen

C) had / seen

D) have / seen

286. The dentist ______ my tooth out the other day.

A) will take

B) is taking

C) took

D) was taken

287. We played tennis until______.

A) school opens

B) the weather gets cold

C) we got tired

D) it starts raining

288. When he ______ angry he always starts shouting at everyone.

A) is getting

B) gets

C) got

D) will get

289. The book, Gone With the Wind, ______ by Margaret Mitchell.

A) wrote

B) was written C) are written

D) were written

290. How long ago ______?

A) does she study in the library B) will she stay in Paris
C) did they leave

D) have you known her

291. The restaurant______ very crowded. They couldn’t find anywhere

to sit down.
A) was

B) is

C) were

D) has been

292. They missed their plane because they______ home early.

A) came

B) didn’t get

C) called

D) didn’t leave

293. Who ______ you they were moving?

A) tell

B) told

C) tells

D) was told

294. A: When ____ the next train ____ for Liverpool?  B: In eight minutes.

A) did / leave

B) has / left

C) had / left

D) does / leave

295. It is the best holiday I ______ ever ______.

A) have / had

B) am / having

C) had / had

D) was / having

Book 1 Part B

Tenses - Passives (Elementary / Pre-Intermediate)

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400 questions in English Grammar

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