English 9 · Unit 7: Competition · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

7.G3 Past perfect simple, active and passive

20 questions · e.g. He had been encouraged by his fans

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Questions

1. Caption: 'After the race, he said that he had been encouraged by all the fans who had supported him for so long.' Is 'had been encouraged' active or passive?
- passive
- active
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2. Caption: 'After the race, he said that he had been encouraged by all the fans who had supported him for so long.' Is 'had supported' active or passive?
- active
- passive
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3. In ____ sentence, the subject is the person or thing that does the action.
- a passive
- an active
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4. In ____ sentence, the subject is the person or thing that receives the action.
- a passive
- an active
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5. Remember that we ____ use the passive with intransitive verbs (verbs without objects).
- cannot
- can
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6. We looked for our coach, but he had already ____.
- been left
- left
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7. All our money had ____ on tickets for the final.
- spent
- been spent
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8. They hadn't ____ a game for over a year.
- been won
- won
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9. Everyone had ____ a free ticket to see the game.
- been given
- given
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10. He discovered that he had ____ first prize.
- awarded
- been awarded
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11. She said she hadn't ____ to enter the competition.
- applied
- been applied
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12. Sami's uncle ____ (teach) him to play tennis.
- had taught
- had been taught
- had teached
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13. I ____ (give) new trainers for the match.
- had been given
- had been gave
- had given
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14. How many matches ____ (lose) before Saturday's win?
- had been losing
- had been lost
- had lost
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15. My friends ____ (encourage) me to enter the competition.
- had encourage
- had encouraged
- had been encouraged
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16. She ____ (tell) she should do more practice if she wanted to win.
- had been telled
- had told
- had been told
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17. They hadn't expected him to win the race. (passive)
- He hadn't been expecting to win the race.
- He hadn't expected to win the race.
- He hadn't been expected to win the race.
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18. How many contestants had they interviewed? (passive)
- How many contestants had been interviewed?
- How many contestants had they been interviewed?
- How many contestants had interviewed?
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19. Had they told the fans about the cancellation? (passive)
- Had the fans told about the cancellation?
- Had been the fans told about the cancellation?
- Had the fans been told about the cancellation?
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20. By half-time, they had sent three players off the field. (passive)
- By half-time, three players had been send off the field.
- By half-time, three players had sent off the field.
- By half-time, three players had been sent off the field.
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