Passive Structures (Advanced) (IELTS, TOEFL, YDS Practice) -B2 Grammar Test
This B2 grammar test focuses on advanced passive constructions, including reporting verbs, causative passives, modal passives, and focus-shifting structures.
Choose the correct answer.
RESULTS
#1. The suspect ___ believed to have left the country.
#2. The new policy ___ announced next week.
#3. He had his phone ___ while he was travelling.
#4. It is said that the company ___ thousands of jobs.
#5. The problem must ___ immediately.
#6. She got her car ___ after the accident.
#7. The decision ___ to be unfair by many experts.
#8. The building is ___ to have been damaged in the storm.
#9. The email should ___ before the meeting.
#10. He was made ___ the contract again.
#11. The house ___ painted when we arrived.
#12. She is expected ___ the results tomorrow.
#13. The documents ___ have been destroyed accidentally.
#14. He had the report ___ by his assistant.
#15. The issue ___ discussed at the meeting yesterday.
✅ Answer Key with VERY DETAILED EXPLANATIONS
🧠 B2 Passive Logic – IELTS · TOEFL · YDS
🔑 Core B2 Passive Principles (Read First)
At B2 level, passive voice is used to:
shift focus away from the agent
sound formal and objective
describe processes, reports, and expectations
Exams test whether you can control:
tense + passive form
modal + passive
reporting and causative structures
1. is
Sentence:
The suspect is believed to have left the country.
Explanation:
This is a reporting passive structure. The belief exists now, so the present simple passive (is believed) is required. The infinitive (to have left) refers to an earlier action.
❌ was → suggests the belief existed only in the past
❌ has → incorrect auxiliary for passive
📌 Very common in news reports and YDS
2. will be
Explanation:
The action (announce) will happen in the future, so the future passive form will be + past participle is required.
❌ is → present, wrong time
❌ has been → present perfect, wrong reference
📌 IELTS Writing Task 1 predictions
3. stolen
Explanation:
This is a causative passive with have. The structure is have + object + past participle.
❌ steal → base form, incorrect
❌ stealing → gerund, not used here
📌 High-frequency YDS causative trap
4. will create
Explanation:
This is the active clause inside a reporting structure (It is said that…). The future meaning requires will + base verb.
❌ creates → present tense, incorrect
❌ is created → passive changes the meaning
📌 TOEFL reporting patterns
5. be solved
Explanation:
Modal verbs require be + past participle in the passive.
❌ solve → active
❌ solved → missing auxiliary
📌 Classic modal passive question
6. repaired
Explanation:
Get something done is another causative passive form, meaning someone repaired the car for her.
❌ repair → base form
❌ repairing → incorrect verb form
📌 IELTS everyday causatives
7. is considered
Explanation:
This is a present passive describing a general opinion held now.
❌ considers → active
❌ has considered → tense mismatch
📌 Formal evaluation language
8. reported
Explanation:
Be reported to have + past participle is a fixed reporting passive structure.
❌ report → base form
❌ reporting → present participle
📌 Very common in academic and news English
9. be sent
Explanation:
Should requires be + past participle in the passive.
❌ send → active
❌ have sent → perfect active
📌 YDS modal + passive combination
10. to read
Explanation:
After be made, the passive causative requires to + infinitive.
❌ read → bare infinitive used only in active
❌ reading → gerund, incorrect
📌 High-value YDS transformation item
11. was being
Explanation:
The painting was in progress at a specific moment in the past, so past continuous passive is required.
❌ has been → present perfect
❌ is being → present time
📌 IELTS process descriptions
12. to announce
Explanation:
Be expected to + infinitive is a fixed passive reporting structure.
❌ announce → missing infinitive marker
❌ announcing → gerund
📌 TOEFL academic expectations
13. might be
Explanation:
Modal perfect passives use modal + have been + past participle, but here destroyed already appears later, so might be destroyed is required.
❌ might → incomplete
❌ might have → missing been
📌 Advanced modal passive deduction
14. written
Explanation:
Causative structure: have + object + past participle.
❌ write → base form
❌ wrote → past simple
📌 YDS causative pattern mastery
15. was
Explanation:
A completed action at a specific past time (yesterday) requires past simple passive.
❌ has been → present perfect conflicts with yesterday
❌ is → present tense
📌 YDS time-marker accuracy
🧠 Final B2 Passive Survival Summary
Use passive to remove or de-emphasize the agent
Control tense + auxiliary + past participle
Master reporting and causative passives for B2
This level of control is expected in:
IELTS Writing Task 1 & 2
TOEFL academic passages
YDS advanced grammar
