Choose the correctly formulated Passive constructions.

1. This easy work can be done without anybody‟s help. RIGHT (modal verb CAN)
2. We found the room exactly as it had been left the night before. RIGHT (PAST PERFECT)
3. Tobacco introduced to France by Jean Nicot. WRONG
4. This modular computer has used by our researchers. WRONG
5. Gayane was first staged on December 3, 1942 in Perm during World War II. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE).

2.

1. The first chewing-gum was made by Thomas Adams. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE)
2. Have these benches painted recently? WRONG
3. The students being examined by the professor at that time. WRONG.
4. The vase made of crystal was broken to pieces. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE)
5. Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, an actor. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE)

3.

1. Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure (of Voltaire) in 1777. HERE IS NO PASSIVE VOICE,
2. Before him lay a splendid garden, full of blossom and scent. HERE IS NO PASSIVE VOICE.
3. I have been misunderstood – no intention to hurt you. RIGHT (PRESENT PERFECT)
4. Is that big hat made of straw? RIGHT (PRESENT SIMPLE)
5. Many of Van Gogh‟s best works were created in 1889, in an asylum. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE)

4.

1. He will have published several poems by the end of the year. WRONG
2. What holidays are celebrated in your country in autumn and winter? RIGHT (PRESENT SIMPLE)
3. G. Washington is known to all Americans as “The Father of the Nation”. RIGHT (PRESENT SIMPLE)
4. The dynamite had invented by Alfred Nobel. WRONG.
5. Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the most famous stars of the early days of Hollywood. RIGHT (PRESENT SIMPLE)

1. Will the scientific seminar be held in two days? RIGHT (SIMPLE FUTURE)
2. The scientists have been making these experiments for the last few years. WRONG, NO PASSIVE VOICE HERE
3. Nobel preferred that people didn’t remember him as the inventor of dynamite. WRONG
4. The patent matter was still being discussed. RIGHT (PAST PROGRESSIVE)
5. The Smiths weren‟t invited to that meeting. RIGHT (PAST SIMPLE)