Past Continuous Tense Passive Voice Exercises - Quiz 1

1. Was somebody being framed for something … or was somebody covering up for somebody … or what? (somebody/frame/?)
2. But now seventeen days had gone by and still the Englishman wasn't being brought to trial. (not/bring)
3. Something was being presented to the public there. (present)
4. He felt that his life was being wasted. (waste)
5. The gas from the air. (generate)

6. The pity of it all was that so much fine daring and enthusiasm for a better cause and for more worthy results. (not/employ)
7. It to a sight of the past. (admit)
8. He was not at all sure that she in her present position against her will, and was not a little relieved when she sat up and held out her hand for the shawl. (not/retain)
9. On this occasion his tastes , his intelligence even was not being appealed to. (not/consult)
10. You and mystified. (not/always/catch up)
11. Intrigue was in constant use when actual war . (not/wage)
12. The water from the river. (pump)
13. Now here the object of everybody's notice; and, being Jim-he hated it! (he/make/?)
14. All about him were other men, perhaps as strong physically as himself and with better trained minds who were being destroyed and he . (not/destroy)
15. in that profound darkness through the infinity of space? (it/bear/?)

16. The house by the cry of the woman. (arouse)
17. These men had looked carefully about, as if to make sure that they . (not/observe)
18. Whenever he went into the woods after game or Indians, he had perpetually to keep watch to make sure that he in turn. (not/hunt)
19. Certainly it to soldiers or statesmen. (not/apply)
20. a prisoner-or was he-hiding? (he/keep/?)

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