Grammar Warm-up – Part 8

Passive Causative – Part 2

.Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences

N1. Epilepsy —- to be caused by poor air, which —- to be carried by the veins to the brain

A. is believed / thought
B. believes / is thought
C. was believed / was thought
D. is believing / is thinking
E. will be believed / has thought

.N2. The Wii, which is a video game console —- by Nintendo —- on November 19, 2006

A. made / was released
B. is made / was released
C. was made / will release
D. makes / released
E. made / released

N3. He —- his first collection of poems in the early eighties and since that time he —- by critics and public

A. publishes / praised
B. published / has been praised
C. publishes / has praised
D. was published / was praised
E. will publish / will be praised

.N4. We can very confidently predict that if more of the forests —-, there —- erosion

A. are cut / will be
B. cut / is
C. will cut / was
D. have been cut / used to be
E. was cut / will be

.N5. The poor bird —- and all its efforts to escape from the trap —- in vain

A. has been captured / had been
B. captures / were
C. had been captured / was
D. will capture / are
E. had been captured / were

.N6. To have a clear image, stars —- with a telescope

A. must be observe
B. had better observe
C. should be observed
D. had to observe
E. could have been observed

.N7. It —- that his music —- thousands of people in the next years

A. was thought / will influence
B. thinks / is influencing
C. is thought / will influence
D. will be thought / influences
E. thought / influenced

N8. Archaeologists —- today that the pyramid of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh —- after being buried for generations

A. announced / had rediscovered
B. announces / is rediscovered
C. are announced / was rediscovered
D. will announce / rediscovers
E. have announced / has been rediscovered

.N9. A Malawi woman who —- with HIV five years ago —- a baby now

A. is facing / expects
B. is faced / was expected
C. was faced / is expecting
D. faces / expected
E. faced / will be expected

N10. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl —- an international bestseller that —- into more than 50 languages

A. is / has been translated
B. had been / is translated
C. is / has translated
D. will be / translated
E. was / will translate

: ANSWERS

N1. was believed / was thought
N2. made / was released
N3. published / has been praised
N4. are cut / will be
N5. had been captured / were
N6. should be observed
N7. is thought / will influence
N8. have announced / has been rediscovered
N9. was faced / is expecting
N10. is / has been translated