Passive Voice Mixed Tenses: Multiple Choice

Read the whole sentence and decide when the action happens: regularly, at a finished time in the past, up to now, in the future or right now. Then choose the passive form. Your first choice counts.

1. In my town, the bins _____ every Monday morning, so we put them out on Sunday night.

2. When my grandad was a boy, milk _____ to the door in glass bottles every morning.

3. I took my car to the garage yesterday. It _____ this week, so I'm cycling to work.

4. This castle _____ by the same family since 1620.

5. I'm sure the match _____ if it keeps raining like this.

6. The old factory is a museum now, and it _____ by thousands of tourists every summer.

7. Good news! The lift _____ now, so you can use it again.

8. Sorry, you can't go into the kitchen right now. The floor _____, and the cleaner hasn't finished yet.

9. The wedding is next week, and the invitations _____ two months ago.

10. A: When can I see the doctor? B: Please take a seat. You _____ in about twenty minutes.

11. A: Is this cheese from Spain? B: No, it's Greek. Feta _____ from sheep's milk, and sometimes goat's milk too.

12. A: Can we use the new sports hall? B: Not yet. It _____ at the moment. It should be finished next week.

13. Look! The windows _____, so we can see the garden properly again. The cleaner has finished and gone home.

14. This bridge _____ in 1890, and cars still drive over it every day.

15. I sent the photos to the printer's yesterday, so they _____ by Friday.

16. A: Who won the photo competition? B: We don't know yet. The winner _____ at the end of the evening.

17. Listen to that noise! The old tree outside our house _____ down.

18. A: You look upset. What's wrong? B: My bike's gone! This is the third time it _____ this year.

19. We visited a chocolate factory yesterday. Do you know where most of the world's cocoa _____?

20. A: Is that a new suitcase? B: Yes. My old one _____ on a flight to Rome last summer.