Daha önce YDS’ye yönelik dil bilgisi konularını anlattığımız yazılarımızda Passive Voice konusunu ayrıntılarıyla ele almıştık. Bu defa Passive Voice YDS Exercises başlığı altında sizlerle bu konuyla ilgili alıştırmaları paylaşmak istedik. Cevap anahtarı yazımızın son kısmında yer alıyor. Bu yazımızda Passive Voice YDS testine ve alıştırmalarına erişeceksiniz.

A- Boşlukları uygun şekilde doldurunuz.

  1. The poor will ———————— (affect) more by these changes than the rich.
  2. This theme ———————— (develop) in the novels of D. H. Lawrence and to a greater extent by E. M. Forster.
  3. Some of these rugs ———————— still ———————— (make) in Iran but the great majority ———————— (make) in India.
  4. Odd numbered cars ———————— (permit) to the traffic tomorrow, but even numbered ones ———————— (permit/ not). It ———————— (aim) that the reduction of cars everyday traffic is a solution to compete with traffic-jam and air-pollution.
  5. Safety regulations ———————— (should/ observe) by the employers, otherwise too many accidents occur.
  6. An economical, unobstructive style of description ———————— (use) by the author, who lived between 1904-1968.
  7. Britain’s bosses ———————— (tell) that they must comply with the European employment laws.
  8. He ———————— (offer) a new job on a local newspaper with a good salary but he turned it down.
  9. Time adverbials ———————— always ———————— (use) between “BE” and V3 in passive sentences.
  10. The government’s new reforms ———————— generally well ———————— (receive) by the moderates.

B- Cümleleri uygun şekilde birleştiriniz.

A.

  1. The attack have been kept up
  2. The book was published in 1846
  3. You don’t have to pay to visit the cathedral,
  4. Wearing colorful clothes is considered immoral by Amish people
  5. A photography can be reproduced thousands of times

B.

a) and since then, it has been plagiarized by several writers

b) who always dress in simple clothes in white or dark

c) without much loss of quality

d) by the Scorskies all through the night

e) but you are encouraged to make a voluntary contribution

C- Respond with a passive sentence using the prompts.

  1. A: Did Van Gogh paint “Mona Lisa”?

B: No. It / paint / Leonardo da Vinci. ————————

  1. A: Did the Aztecs build the Pyramids?

B: No. They / built / Egyptians. ————————

  1. A: Why is the lake so dirty?

B: It / pollute / several local factories. ————————

  1. A: What a dirty place! There’s litter everywhere!

B: I know. It / not pick / for a long time. ————————

  1. A: Have they arranged the wedding ceremony yet?

B: Yes. The invitations / send / yesterday. ————————

  1. A: How often do they clean this office?

B: It / clean / once a week. ————————

  1. A: I heard that there will be a new shopping center near here.

B: Yes. It / build / right now. ————————

  1. A: Haven’t you finished that report yet?

B: No, but it / finish / in two days. ————————

  1. A: What happened to your bike?

B: It / steal / last weekend. ———————–

  1. A: Have you got any plans for Saturday afternoon?

B: Yes. I / invite / to a wedding ceremony. ————————

  1. A: How are things at work?

B: Great! I / give / a promotion. ———————–

  1. A: Who won the competition?

B: We don’t know yet. The winner / not announce / until tomorrow morning. ———————–

D- Change the following sentences into the passive.

  1. I have mailed your postcards.
  2. We will deliver your fridge in the afternoon.
  3. The film bored me, so I left earlier.
  4. They will finish the project by the end of the year.
  5. The Committee is going to consider your proposal.
  6. A massive hurricane hit the Coast of Southern California yesterday.
  7. Motorcycle couriers deliver important packages.
  8. The President is going to open our new factory with a special ceremony next month.
  9. Someone has changed the instructions.
  10. They will give the test at five o’clock this afternoon.
  11. Our competitors must have started this rumour.
  12. They were serving lunch when we arrived.
  13. They record and post the lectures on the internet.
  14. People must not leave bicycles in the doorway.
  15. They had finished the preparations by the time the guests arrived.
  16. You are supposed to type the composition but you don’t have to copy the sentences in the book.
  17. Judges should ask the suspect why he is there.
  18. An elderly woman runs that restaurant.
  19. They have made huge advances in computer technology in the last five years.
  20. The huge waves in southern Asia killed thousands of people.

E- Active or Passive

  1. Everybody —————- (shock) by the terrible news yesterday.
  2. My elder brother —————- (teach) at the university since 19999.
  3. Nobody —————- (know) what —————- (happen) to him.
  4. Orhan Pamuk’s novels —————- (translate) into many languages.
  5. He —————- (not remember) a single thing from those days.
  6. A worker —————- (hold) responsible for the fire in the hotel.
  7. A prize —————- (give) to whoever solves this equation.
  8. I —————- (enjoy) the book because the author —————- (describe) the events of her childhood so well.
  9. The security cameras —————- (install) after a robbery last year.
  10. This company —————- (found) in 1890.
  11. There was a fire at the nightclub but luckily, nobody —————- (hurt).
  12. We —————- (spend) a lot of money installing a company gym, but it —————- (hardly, use) at all.
  13. I would have liked to come but I —————- (not invite).
  14. The manager —————- (ask) the secretary to write the report again because it —————- (write) badly.
  15. I’m afraid Martha —————- (not resign); she —————- (sack).
  16. He —————- (make) too much noise and —————- (disturb) the other guests and in the end he —————- (ask) to leave.
  17. I —————- (teach) how to play table tennis by my father, who was a good amateur.
  18. This process —————- (invent) by one of my colleagues and we —————- (hold) a patent on it.
  19. A chemical disaster —————- (cause) by a local energy company at the weekend.
  20. No other beverage —————- (come) even close to rivaling coffee as the most widely —————- (drink) refreshment in the world.

F- Write the correct forms of the verbs to complete the sentences.

  1. The first submarine —————- (design) in 1578 and the first submarine used for military purposes —————- (built) in 1776 by David Bushnell of the US.
  2. More than 5 billion crayons —————- (produce) each year and more than 100 billion crayons —————- (produce) so far.
  3. Indonesia is the  4th most populous country in the world, where 365 different languages —————- (speak).
  4. The guy on the US ten-dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton, —————- (kill) in a duel by Vice President Aaron Burr.
  5. In more than 100 countries, 1 billion of the 6 billion world population —————- (affect) by desertification, forcing people to leave their farms for jobs in the cities.
  6. In 1930, the Academy Awards (Oscar) —————- (hold) twice: on 3 April and on 5 November and no ceremony —————- (hold) in 1933.
  7. Each year, more movies —————- (produce) in India than in Hollywood. About 800 movies —————- (release) annually in India, about twice the output of Hollywood.
  8. The only place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, never flies half-mast and —————- (not salute), is the moon. (It is, of course, American flag)
  9. Cans —————- (open) with a hammer and chisel before the advent of can openers. The tin canister, or can, —————- (invent) in 1810 by a Londoner, Peter Durand.
  10. Traffic lights —————- (use) before the advent of motorcars. In 1868, a lantern with red and green signals —————- (use) at a London intersection to control the flow of horse buggies and pedestrians.
  11. Mercedes cars —————- (name) after an Austrian girl.
  12. Aspirin —————- (discover) during experimentation with a waste product.
  13. A crocodile’s tongue —————- (attach) to the roof of its mouth and cannot move it.
  14. Millions of trees —————- (accidentally plant) by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.
  15. There is no record of a person —————- (kill) by a meteorite but animals —————- (occasionally hit).
  16. Refrigerators —————- (use) by Eskimos to keep food from freezing.
  17. Every letter of the alphabet —————- (use) in the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
  18. A square piece of dry paper cannot —————- (fold) in half more than 7 times.
  19. Arfon —————- (use) to fill the space in most light bulbs. Neon —————- (use) in fluorescent signs. Fluorescent lights —————- (fill) with mercury gas.
  20. The very first Olympic race, held in 776 BC, —————- (win) by Corubus, a chef.
  21. The odds of —————- (strike) by lightning are about 600,000 to one.

Questions

1. – 23. sorularda cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
  1. Any machine’s moving parts —– oiled so that they can work properly.
    A) is kept
    B) have always been kept
    C) should be kept
    D) will get kept
    E) were kept

2. Many philosophers —– by Socrates over the centuries and up to the present day.

A) were influenced

B) would have been influenced

C) are influenced

D) have been influenced

E) are supposed to be influenced

3. Children of today —– much more freedom than their parents ever —–. 

A) is given / has 

B) shouldn’t be given / have

C) are given / had

D) will be / has

E) is given / had

4. Even if your car engine —–, you can still use the hazard warning lights.

A) was switched off

B) is switched off

C) had switched off

D) has been switched off

E) will be switched off

5. As the plane exploded, the fuselage —– outwards.

A) is blown

B) was blown

C) were blown

D) can be blown

E) should be blown

6. It —– by the new data that the damage to the ozone layer —– to the southern hemisphere.

A) is being confirmed / could not confine

B) confirmed / is not confined

C) is confirmed / is not confined

D) is confirmed / is not confined

E) was confirmed / confined

7. Last year, we bought a traditional farm-house which —– by the previous owners.

A) had been modernised

B) was modernized

C) is modernised

D) can be modernised

E) modernized

8. This bridge —– out of the worst material last summer and will probably collapse in the next storm.

A) is built

B) was built

C) is being built

D) was being built

E) is going to be built

9. In some education systems, students —– be conformists and not to question what or how they —–.

A) can be expected to / teach

B) will be expected to / will be taught

C) are expected / are taught

D) must be expected / teach

E) are expected to / are taught

10. I —– when I saw the baby with red hair whose parents are dark.

A) am puzzled

B) will be puzzled

C) would be puzzled

D) won’t be puzzled

E) was puzzled

11. Police are to catch criminals.

A) Criminals had better be caught

B) Police are to be caught

C) Criminals are going to be caught

D) Police may be caught

E) Criminals are to be caught

12. It is possible to see a pelican here.

A) A pelican may be seen here

B) A pelican must be seen here

C) A pelican should be seen here

D) A pelican would be seen here

E) A pelican has to be seen here

13. It is necessary to paint the door.

A) The door may be painted

B) The door is to be painted

C) The door should be painted

D) The door could be painted

E) The door is going to be painted

14. It is obligatory to obey the rules.

A) The rules are going to be obeyed

B) The rules had better be obeyed

C) The rules can be obeyed

D) The rules ought to be obeyed

E) The rules must be obeyed

15. It is urgent to reveal the facts about Mr. Harris.

A) The facts about Mr. Harris should be uncovered

B) The facts about Mr. Harris are to be uncovered

C) The facts about Mr. Harris had better be uncovered

D) The facts about Mr. Harris can be uncovered

E) The facts about Mr. Harris will be uncovered

16. If anybody had informed Ali, he could solve the problem. Ali —– informed.

A) was to have been 

B) should be 

C) can have been

D) has been

E) should have been

17. If people living in that country hadn’t cut the trees down, there would be no drought. The trees —– cut down.

A) should have been

B) must have been 

C) couldn’t be

D) may not have been

E) mustn’t have been

18. If the government had taken serious precautions for earthquakes, there wouldn’t have been so much damage and death. Serious precautions for earthquakes —– taken.

A) could have been

B) may have been 

C) was to have been

D) has to be

E) ought to have been

19. Government is to do something immediately to stop the famine.

A) Government is to be stopped to do something immediately for the famine.

B) The famine is to do something immediately to be stopped by government.

C) Something is to be done immediately to stop the famine by the government.

D) What is to be done immediately is to do something to stop the government by the famine.

E) The famine is something to be stopped by government.

20. People should consume less red meat since it causes cancer.

A) In spite of the fact that red meat causes cancer it is to be consumed in large amounts.

B) Red meat may be consumed less due to the fact that it leads to cancer.

C) Consumption of red meat should be cut down because it causes cancer.

D) Although cancer stems from red meat we are to consume it to live.

E) Red meat must be forbidden to reduce the number of people dying of cancer.

21. Teachers ought to give effective homework, which will help students expand their knowledge.

A) Effective homework helping students expand their knowledge ought to have been given to students.

B) Teachers are to be given effective homework to expand their knowledge.

C) Effective homework helps students to be familiar with certain teachers.

D) Students’ knowledge ought to be expanded by effective homework given by teachers.

E) Students ought to have been given effective homework by their teachers to expand their knowledge.

22. The ex-government of Turkey accepted that they could decrease the rate of taxes.

A) That the rate of the taxes could decrease is accepted by the ex-government.

B) The ex-government could be accepted to decrease the rate of the te-axes.

C) It is accepted by the ex-government that the taxes may go-down.

D) What was accepted by the ex-government was that the rate of the taxes could be cut down.

E) The ex-government is accepted to decrease the rate of the taxes.

23. Tomorrow Prof. Steinback is going to declare the results of his studies.

A) Tomorrow is the day when the results of Prof. Steinback’s studies are going to be declared.

B) Prof. Steinback is going to be declared the results of his studies tomorrow.

C) The data collected as a result of Prof. Steinback is going to be declared by himself tomorrow.

D) The consequences of Prof. Steinback’s studies are going to be shown tomorrow.

E) Prof. Steinback is going to be declared to study the results of his studies tomorrow.

Passive Voice- 1

1. – 2. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
  1. The Harrier- developed by the British and German financial support – represents a technical breakthrough as significant as the jet engine.
    A) Jet motoru kadar önemli görülen “The Harrier” İngiliz ve Alman parasal desteği ile geliştirildikten sonra, bir teknik atılımı temsil etmektedir.
    B) Jet motoru kadar önemli bir atılımı temsil eden “The Harrier” İngiliz ve Alman parasal desteği ile geliştirilmiştir.
    C) İngiliz ve Almanların parasal desteğinin geliştirdiği “The Harrier” jet motoru kadar önemli bir teknik atılımı temsil etmektedir.
    D) İngiliz ve Alman parasal desteğiyle geliştirilen “The Harrier” jet motoru kadar önemli bir teknik atılımı temsil etmektedir.
    E) Jet motoru kadar önemli bir teknik atılımı temsil eden “The Harrier” İngiliz ve Alman parasal desteğini geliştirmiştir.

2. The issue of whether marine parks should stay open has been widely debated in our community recently.
A) Su parklarının açık kalıp kalmaması gerektiği konusu, yakın bir zamanda, toplumumuzda geniş çaplı olarak tartışılmıştır.

B) Yakın bir zamanda, toplumumuzda geniş çaplı olarak tartışılan konu su parklarının açık kalıp kalmamasıydı.

C) Toplumumuz, yakın bir zamanda, su parklarının açık kalıp kalmaması gerektiği konusunu geniş çaplı olarak tartıştı.

D) Su parkları, yakın bir zamanda toplumumuzun açık olup olmaması gerektiği konusunda geniş çaplı olarak tartışılır.

E) Yakın bir zamanda toplumumuzun geniş çaplı olarak tartıştığı konu, su parklarının açık kalıp kalmamasıydı.

3. – 4. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümleye anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz.

3. Bir lisenin mezun olan öğrencileri senyör olarak adlandırılırlar ve onların son yılı nostaljik olaylarla doludur.
A) The students who are about to graduate from a high school are referred to as seniors and have a final year with nostalgic events.

B) Those who have nostalgic events in their final year are the students graduating from a high school and referred to as seniors.

C) The students referred to as seniors graduate from a high school in their final year which is filled with nostalgic events.

D) The graduating students of a high school are referred to as seniors and their final year is filled with nostalgic events.

E) Seniors are the students who are about to graduate from a high school and whose last year is filled with nostalgic events.

4. Susan Edith ölü bulunasıya kadar, bombalama ve soygun olaylarıyla bağlantılı olarak FBI tarafından aranıyordu.
A) Susan Edith had been searching the FBI in connection with incidents of bombing and robbery before she was killed.

B) When the FBI found Susan Edith dead she had already been sought in connection with the incidence of bombing and robbery.

C) Susan Edith had been sought by the FBI in connection with incidents of bombing and robbery until she was found dead.

D) Until Susan Edith was left to death, she had been sought by the FBI in connection with bombing and robbery.

E) Susan Edith, who had been sought by the FBI in connection with incidents of bombing and robbery, was found dead.

5. – 9. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralandırılmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

In Indiana, a 16-year-old girl was on Death Row for a crime she (5)  —– when she was 15. Paula Cooper and three friends stabbed an elderly woman to death in 1986. They robbed the old woman to get money to play video games. At the time of the murder, the min,mum age level for executions in that state was 10. Cooper’s lawyer (6) —– to the governor of Indiana (7) —– the execution because the convicted killer was very young and because she (8) —– in childhood. The Indiana governor, who (9) —– the death penalty, said that he had to let the courts do their jobs.

5.

A) is committed

B) was committed

C) had been committed

D) committed

E) commits

6.

A) was appealed

B) appealed

C) appeals

D) is appealing

E) would be appealed

7. 

A) stopping

B) being stopped

C) be stopped

D) to be stopped

E) to stop

8. 

A) had abused

B) abused

C) was abused

D) is abused

E) have been abused

9.

A) is favored

B) favors

C) was favored

D) will favor

E) favoring

10. -14. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralandırılmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

The American Constitution has been important in (10) —– the American character, and has helped to create a society which values the freedom of the individual person most highly. This (11) —– simply in the words of the Constitution which (12) —– that all people have the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. When Americans talk about “freedom”, they mean this idea of the individual person who is free to pursue his own life, without (13) —– by government, church or aristocracy. This is the idea of freedom which (14) —– people to seek a new life in America as settlers in the Colonial Period, and it was the basis of the Declaration of Independence, and it is still very important to Americans today.

10.

A) shape

B) shaping

C) to shape

D) shaped

E) being shaped

11. 

A) expresses

B) is expressed

C) will be expressed

D) expressed

E) had expressed

12. 

A) has been stated

B) is stated

C) states

D) is stating

E) had been stating

13.

A) to be controlled

B) controlling

C) having controlled

D) to control

E) being controlled

14. 

A) has led

B) is led

C) is going to lead

D) led

E) would be led

CEVAP ANAHTARI

Exercise

A: 1- will be affected 2- was developed 3- are still made / are made 4- are permitted / aren’t permitted / is aimed 5- should be observed 6- was used 7- were told 8- was offered 9- are always used 10- were generally well received

B: 1-d 2-a 3-e 4-b 5-c

C: 1- It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. 2- They were built by Egyptians. 3- It has been / is being polluted by several local factories. 4-  It hasn’t been picked for a long time. 5- The invitations were sent yesterday. 6- It is cleaned once a week. 7- It is being built right now. 8- It will be finished in two days. 9- It was stolen last weekend. 10- I’m invited to a wedding ceremony. 11- I have been given a promotion. 12- The winner is not going to be announced until tomorrow morning.

D: 1- Your postcards have been mailed. 2- Your fridge will be delivered tomorrow afternoon. 3- I was bored with the film, so I left earlier. 4- The project will be finished by the end of the year. 5- Your proposal is going to be considered by the committee. 6- The Coast of Southern California was hit by a massive hurricane yesterday. 7- Important packages are delivered by motorcycle couriers. 8- Our new factory is going to be opened by the President with a special ceremony next month. 9- The instructions have been changed. 10- the test will be given at 5 o’clock this afternoon. 11- This rumour must have been started by our competitors. 12- The lunch was being served when we arrived. 13- The lectures are recorded and posted on the Internet. 14- Bicycles mustn’t be left in the doorway. 15- The preparations had been finished by the time the guests arrived. 16- The composition is supposed to be typed but the sentences in the book don’t have to be copied. 17- The suspect should be asked by the judges why he is there. 18- That restaurant is run by an elderly woman. 19- Huge advances have been made in the computer technology in the last five years. 20- Thousands of people were killed by the huge waves in Southern Asia.

E: 1- was shocked 2- has been teaching 3- knows/ has happened 4- have been translated 5- doesn’t remember 6- is held 7- is going to be/ will be given 8- enjoyed/ described 9- were installed 10- was founded 11- was hurt 12- spent / is hardly used 13- wasn’t invited 14- asked/ was written 15- didn’t resign/ was sacked 16- made- was making/ disturbed- was disturbing / was asked 17- was taught 18- was invented/ hold 19- was caused 20- comes/ drank

F: 1- was designed/ was built 2- are produced/ have been produced 3- are spoken 4- was killed 5- is affected 6- were held/ was held 7- are produced/ are released 8- is not saluted 9- were opened/ was invented 10- were used/ was used 11- are named 12- was discovered 13- is attached 14- are accidentally planted 15- being killed 16- are used 17- is used 18- cannot be folded 19- is used/ is used/ are filled 20- was won 21- being struck

Questions: 1.C 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.E 10.E 11.E 12.A 13.C 14.E 15.B 16.E 17.E 18.E 19.C 20.C 21.D 22.D 23.A

Passive Voice- 1: 1.D 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.E 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.B 12.C 13.E 14.D

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