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Active or Passive?

  •  English    25     Public
    Choose the correct option.
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  • The news _____ every day from 6 a.m. to midnight.
    broadcasts
    broadcast
    are broadcast
    is broadcast
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  • At this very moment the suspect _____ by the police.
    is interviewing
    interviews
    is being interviewed
    was being interviewed
  •  20
  • A new security system _____ in all our offices in the next few weeks.
    will being installed
    will have installed
    will install
    will be installed
  •  15
  • We _____ important subjects every lunchtime with our advisors.
    have discussed
    are discussed
    have been discussed
    discuss
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  • They _____ every effort to end the strike.
    were being made
    were making
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  • The building _____ when a second bomb went off, so nobody got hurt.
    had been evacuated
    had evacuated
    has been evacuated
    evacuated
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  • The company cut the water off because Mr and Mrs Dixon _____ their bill.
    hadn't been paid
    weren't being paid
    hadn't paid
    weren't paying
  •  20
  • Wow! What's that smell? The house _____ immediately.
    must be cleaned
    can be cleaned
    must clean
    can clean
  •  20
  • The magazine _____ by more than three thousand people every week.
    is reading
    is being read
    is read
    reads
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  • The internal structure of the Statue of Liberty _____ by Gustave Eiffel in the 19th century.
    had designed
    designed
    was designed
    had been designed
  •  20
  • The doctors _____ the patients when we arrived.
    saw
    were being seen
    were seeing
    were seen
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  • Don't worry! Everybody will be there. They _____ already _____.
    were .... told
    have .... told
    are .... being told
    have .... been told
  •  20
  • Paul's new novel _____ in November.
    will publish
    will be published
    is going to publish
    is going to be published
  •  20
  • In this game, only your feet _____.
    would use
    should use
    can be used
    can use
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  • Our room _____ just before we arrived at the hotel.
    has been cleaned
    has cleaned
    had cleaned
    had been cleaned
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  • English _____ all over the world.
    is spoken
    speaks
    has been spoken
    was spoken
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