The Passive Voice.
1. Our country house has already been redecorated. But the new fence ___ (build) next year.
2. “Happy is the one who expects nothing, for he ___ never ___ (disappoint).”
3. A sign near the electric wires: “Danger! Touching these wires causes immediate death. Any person who touches the wires ___ (arrest)!”
4. The smiths never say anything that ___ (remember) or do anything that ___ (recall).
5. Don’t trouble till trouble troubles you – the trouble ___ (double) and others (trouble), too.
6. “If a thing is possible – consider it done, if it’s impossible – that ___ (do).”
7. “I’ve decided I ___ (not to get married) till I’m 25,” said the girl of 15.
8. “And I’ve decided not to be 25 till I get married,” added her elder sister.
9. Ask no questions and you ___ (tell) no lies.
10. The book ___ (read), the dog ___ (feed), the work ___ (do), the song ___ (sing), the cakes ___ (eat), the letters ___ (write), the faxes ___ (send), the partners ___ (meet).
11. What is done - ___ (undo)?
a) can’t be undone; b) must be undone; c) should be undone.
12. Words ___ (keep).
a) should be kept; b) must be kept; c) can’t be kept.
13. Promises ___ (break).
a) shouldn’t be broken; b) can’t have been broken; c) are to be broken.
14. Thirty kilograms of meat ___ (eat) by an average tiger every day.
a) must be eaten; b) may be eaten; c) can be eaten.
15. Secrets ___ (keep) by all means.
a) shouldn’t be kept; b) can be kept; c) must be kept.
16. The original writer is not the one who doesn’t imitate others but he who ___ (imitate) by anyone.
a) must be imitated; b) can’t be imitated; c) can be imitated.
