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Multiple choice cloze
Passives
100

We _____ out of drink at the party and had to go and buy some more.

Ran

100

She never tells the truth; she's always _______ up stories.

Making

100

Maia earned five pounds an hour in her last job.

PAID

Maia _______________rate of five pounds in her last job.

Was paid an hourly

100

The home of former athlete Helen Barnett was burgled this weekend and a large number of sporting medals and trophies were ____________.

Robbed.  mugged.    lifted    stolen

Stolen

100

Police know that the family runs a number of illegal businesses.


The family is known _____________________.



to run a number of illegal businesses.

200

The President was reported to have resigned, but it _____ out to be fake news.

Turned

200

Nobody has _______ up to stealing the money, but we think we know who did it.

Owned

200

It was unfair that she was sent to prison.

DESERVE

She ___________ sent to prison.

Didn't deserve to be

200

The burglary took ________ on Saturday afternoon when Ms Barnett went to investigate smoke coming from a wooded area in her large two-acre garden.

Part.   hold     place     time

Place

200

It is understood that the victims are recovering from their injuries in hospital.


The victims_____________________________.



are understood to be recovering from their injuries in hospital.

300

I can't ________ out your problems for you; you've got to solve them yourself.

Sort

300

Paul's stopped going to karate classes and _________ up judo instead.

Taken

300

It wasn't Zack's fault that the chair broke.

BLAME

Zack was__________ the broken chair.

Not to blame for

300

Ms Barnett, who now __________ a successful sportswear company, is ________ to be 'devastated' at the loss.

Runs       overtakes     works     holds

Spoken.   Said.    Felt.    Told

Runs

Said

300

Police have detained an animal rights activist for releasing over two thousand pheasants from a game farm in Suffolk.

An animal rights activist has been detained for releasing over two thousand pheasants from a farm in Suffolk.

400

I've corrected your homework. Could I have a volunteer to _______ out the books?

Give/hand

400

Being a parent is so hard; there's nothing more difficult than _______ up a child.


________ up! Don't look so sad.

Bringing

Cheer

400

You should keep dust off the computer screen.

FREE

The computer screen should _____________ dust.

Be kept free of

400

The burglar is thought to have ______ fire to undergrowth in order to attract Ms Barnett out of the house. A young man carrying a large bag was seen climbing over the garden wall, before making his ______ in a sports car.

Made.   Given.    Set.    Put 

Getaway  Runaway. Hideaway.  Takeaway

Set

Getaway

400

They arrested the man at his home in Ipswich after they had identified him on CCTV cutting through wire fencing to allow the birds to escape



The man was arrested at his home in Ipswich after he had been identified on CCTV cutting through wire fencing to allow the birds to escape.

500

Leah hired a detective in an attempt to _____ out the truth about her husband.

Patsy ______ out with her best friend last week after a huge argument.

Find

Fell

500

I'm seriously thinking of _______ up my career as a lawyer; I can't _____ up with the stress much longer.

Giving

Put

500

The orange walls make the living room feel warm.

GIVEN

The living room ___________ feel by the orange walls.

Most cats don't mind it if you leave them at home alone.

LEFT

Most cats don't mind ______________ own at home.

Is given a warm

Being left on their

500

The theft comes just ten months after a similar incident in which a man posing as a telephone engineer had _____ the ex- athlete into leaving the house while another helped himself to her jewels. The thieves were eventually caught and _______ to four years in jail.

Succeeded  managed  tricked  obtained

Imprisoned. Ordered. Given.  Sentenced 

Tricked

Sentenced


500

If they find him guilty at trial, they will probably make him pay a fine, and they could give him a short prison sentence.

If he is found guilty at trial, he will probably be made to pay a fine, and he could be given a short prison sentence.