Grammar

Level C2

Part 1 - Passive Voice

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For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

1

Passive Voice

By the time the auditors arrived, the invoices .......... (to falsify) for months.

were being falsified

have been falsified

had been being falsified

had been falsified

2

Passive Voice

No sooner .......... than the incriminating files were encrypted and moved off-site.

the server had been seized

has the server been seized

was the server seized

had the server been seized

3

Passive Voice

The defendant .......... to have been coerced into signing the confession, according to the appeal documents.

was claimed

claims

is claimed

is claiming

4

Passive Voice

The committee insisted that the draft .......... before it was circulated to the press.

has been revised

be revised

is revised

was revised

5

Passive Voice

The missing artefact .......... (to believe) to have been smuggled out of the country in the 1990s.

believes

was believing

has believed

is believed

6

Passive Voice

At the time of publication, several key passages .......... from the leaked report for legal reasons.

have been redacted

had been redacting

had been redacted

are being redacted

7

Passive Voice

If the data .......... independently verified, the conclusions would carry considerably more weight.

were

are

had been

was

8

Passive Voice

The CEO had the press statement .......... by external counsel before it was released.

be vetted

vetting

vetted

to vet

9

Passive Voice

The whistleblower demanded that her identity .......... (not / to disclose) under any circumstances.

not to be disclosed

not be disclosed

is not disclosed

was not disclosed

10

Passive Voice

The more contentious provisions .......... to be implemented until the constitutional implications had been examined.

were not being

had not been

are not to be

were not to be

What to do

This part consists of a number of assessments, each of which has only one valid answer.

Select the best answer according to what you read.

There's only one valid answer

There's only a correct answer which you will have to select by clicking on it.

Don't spend unnecessary time

Don't spend time in an assessment you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well. Get used to being quick!

Grammar is a must

Although these grammar tests are not part of the official Cambridge exams, they are still important as they touch on language elements that you'll come across in all parts of the official exams, such as Reading and Use of English.

Strategy

Read the assessment so you understand what it is about.
Pay attention to the topic on the top-right corner of each assessment.
Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
Remember that you select a choice by clicking on it.

Instructions

For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer.

Exercise Details

Author

Maria Hehle

@maria-409575

User Prompt

"Create a grammar exercise focusing on 'Passive Voice'"

Tone: Standard

Level: C2

Created on:

Sep 28, 2026

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