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Unit 5: Active Passive Voice - Practice Quiz

PEL545 — Intermediate Communication Skills 60 Questions
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1 What is the main focus of an active voice sentence?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The person receiving the action
B. The person or thing doing the action
C. The time of the action
D. The place of the action

2 What is the main focus of a passive voice sentence?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The person doing the action
B. The time of the action
C. The action or its receiver
D. The place of the action

3 Which sentence is in the active voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The letter was written by Sara.
B. Sara wrote the letter.
C. The letter had been written.
D. The letter is being written.

4 Which sentence is in the passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The cat was chased by the dog.
B. The cat chased the dog.
C. The dog chased the cat.
D. The dog is chasing the cat.

5 Which helping verb is commonly used in the passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. Do
B. Have
C. Can
D. Be

6 Which verb form is usually used after a form of "be" in the passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. Past participle
B. Base form
C. Infinitive
D. Present participle

7 Choose the passive form of: "The chef cooks the meal."

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The chef is cooked by the meal.
B. The meal was cooking the chef.
C. The meal is cooked by the chef.
D. The meal cooked the chef.

8 Choose the active form of: "The window was broken by Tom."

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. Tom broke the window.
B. Tom was broken by the window.
C. The window broke Tom.
D. Tom is breaking by the window.

9 In changing an active sentence to passive voice, what usually happens to the object?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. It becomes the subject.
B. It changes into a verb.
C. It becomes an adverb.
D. It is removed.

10 Which sentence correctly uses the past simple passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Easy
A. The cake baked by Mina.
B. The cake was baked by Mina.
C. The cake is baking by Mina.
D. The cake has bake by Mina.

11 When is active voice generally preferred?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. When the object must come first
B. When the doer must always be hidden
C. When the writer wants clear and direct writing
D. When the sentence has no action

12 When is passive voice useful?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. When every sentence needs a short subject
B. When the receiver of the action is important
C. When the doer is always known
D. When the verb must be removed

13 Which voice is often used in scientific and formal writing to focus on processes?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. Informal voice
B. Question voice
C. Passive voice
D. Active voice

14 Which sentence best emphasizes the person who completed the work?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The work is being completed.
B. Asha completed the work.
C. The work was completed by Asha.
D. The work was completed.

15 Which sentence is useful when the doer of the action is unknown?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The thief stole my bicycle.
B. I stole my bicycle.
C. Someone stole my bicycle.
D. My bicycle was stolen.

16 Which sentence sounds more direct and natural in everyday communication?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The report was prepared by Lee.
B. Lee prepared the report.
C. The report had been prepared by Lee.
D. The report is being prepared by Lee.

17 Which sentence focuses on the result rather than the person who did the action?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The workers painted the wall.
B. The workers will paint the wall.
C. The workers are painting the wall.
D. The wall was painted.

18 Which sentence is most suitable for a notice about a completed action when the doer is unimportant?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The staff are cleaning the hall.
B. The staff cleaned the hall.
C. The staff will clean the hall.
D. The hall was cleaned.

19 Which sentence clearly identifies the person responsible for the decision?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. The decision had been made.
B. The manager made the decision.
C. The decision is being made.
D. The decision was made.

20 Why might a writer choose passive voice in a formal report?

Usage of active and passive voice Easy
A. To make every sentence informal
B. To avoid using any verb
C. To show that grammar is unnecessary
D. To emphasize the process or result

21 Choose the correct passive form of: The committee is reviewing the proposal.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The proposal was being reviewed by the committee.
B. The proposal is being reviewed by the committee.
C. The proposal is reviewed by the committee.
D. The proposal has been reviewed by the committee.

22 Choose the correct passive form of: The manager had approved the request before noon.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The request has been approved by the manager before noon.
B. The request was being approved by the manager before noon.
C. The request had been approved by the manager before noon.
D. The request was approved by the manager before noon.

23 Choose the correct active form of: The final results will be announced by the principal tomorrow.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The principal announced the final results tomorrow.
B. The principal will be announcing the final results tomorrow.
C. The principal announces the final results tomorrow.
D. The principal will announce the final results tomorrow.

24 Which sentence correctly changes Someone has stolen my bicycle into the passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. My bicycle had been stolen.
B. My bicycle is being stolen.
C. My bicycle has been stolen.
D. My bicycle was stolen.

25 Choose the correct passive form of: They must complete the inspection today.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The inspection must complete today.
B. The inspection must have completed today.
C. The inspection must being completed today.
D. The inspection must be completed today.

26 Choose the correct passive form of the command: Close all the windows before leaving.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. Let all the windows be closed before leaving.
B. Let all the windows being closed before leaving.
C. Let all the windows closed before leaving.
D. All the windows let be closed before leaving.

27 Which sentence is a correct passive transformation of The teacher gave the students extra time?

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The students gave extra time by the teacher.
B. The students were giving extra time by the teacher.
C. The students were given extra time by the teacher.
D. The students had given extra time by the teacher.

28 Choose the correct passive form of: The audience laughed at the inexperienced speaker.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The inexperienced speaker was laughed by the audience.
B. The inexperienced speaker was being laughed by the audience.
C. The inexperienced speaker had laughed at the audience.
D. The inexperienced speaker was laughed at by the audience.

29 Which sentence cannot normally be changed into the passive voice?

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The child opened the wooden box.
B. The mechanic repaired the damaged engine.
C. The guests admired the new painting.
D. The athlete ran quickly in the stadium.

30 Choose the correct passive form of: They were repairing the bridge when the storm began.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The bridge has been repaired when the storm began.
B. The bridge was repaired when the storm began.
C. The bridge was being repaired when the storm began.
D. The bridge had been repaired when the storm began.

31 Choose the correct active form of: The suspect is believed to have left the country.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. People believe that the suspect is leaving the country.
B. People believed that the suspect leaves the country.
C. People believe that the suspect left the country.
D. People had believed that the suspect leaves the country.

32 Select the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement in the passive voice.

Rules of active and passive voice Medium
A. The documents were signed by the director.
B. The documents was signed by the director.
C. The documents has been signed by the director.
D. The documents is being signed by the director.

33 A laboratory report focuses on the procedure rather than the researcher. Which sentence is most appropriate?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. The researcher had heated the solution to 80°C.
B. We heated the solution to 80°C.
C. The solution was heated to 80°C.
D. Someone heated the solution to 80°C.

34 Which sentence is most suitable for a clear workplace instruction when the responsible person is known?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. The weekly report should be submitted by you.
B. You should submit the weekly report.
C. It is expected that the report be submitted.
D. The weekly report should have been submitted.

35 Which sentence best reports an event when the person responsible is unknown?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. Someone broke the office window last night.
B. A person was breaking the office window last night.
C. The office window was broken last night.
D. They had broken the office window last night.

36 Which revision makes the sentence more direct and concise? A decision was made by the board to postpone the launch.

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. It was decided by the board that the launch waited.
B. The board decided to postpone the launch.
C. The board made a postponement of the launch.
D. The launch was decided to be postponed.

37 In which sentence is the by-agent most useful and should not be omitted?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. The road was repaired by the workers.
B. The patient was examined by a doctor.
C. The thief was arrested by the police.
D. The novel was written by George Orwell.

38 A company wants to avoid directly naming who caused an error. Which sentence best achieves this purpose?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. The accountant entered the incorrect figures.
B. Incorrect figures were entered into the system.
C. Someone from accounting entered the figures incorrectly.
D. The accountant was entering incorrect figures.

39 Which sentence best emphasizes the person receiving an award rather than the organization presenting it?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. Maya was presented with the award by the association.
B. The award presentation involved Maya and the association.
C. The association was presenting the award to Maya.
D. The association presented Maya with the award.

40 Which sentence is most appropriate as a formal public notice?

Usage of active and passive voice Medium
A. You cannot go because we do not allow it.
B. Visitors are not allowed beyond this point.
C. We do not allow visitors beyond this point.
D. The staff will stop visitors beyond this point.

41 Which passive transformation preserves both the perfect aspect and the original focus on the committee in the sentence: "People believe that the committee has overlooked two objections"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The committee is believed to have overlooked two objections.
B. The committee was believed to overlook two objections.
C. The committee is believed to be overlooking two objections.
D. The committee has believed two objections to be overlooked.

42 Choose the grammatically correct passive form of: "The organizers gave each delegate a revised schedule."

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. Each delegate was given a revised schedule by the organizers.
B. Each delegate had been given the organizers a revised schedule.
C. Each delegate was gave a revised schedule by the organizers.
D. Each delegate was given by the organizers a schedule revised.

43 Which sentence correctly passivizes the prepositional verb in: "The residents will not put up with further delays"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. Further delays will not put up with the residents.
B. Further delays will not be put up with by the residents.
C. Further delays will not have put up by the residents.
D. Further delays will not be put with by the residents.

44 Select the correct passive form of: "The board elected Mira chair of the ethics committee."

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. Chair of the ethics committee was elected to Mira.
B. Mira had elected chair of the ethics committee.
C. Mira was elected chair of the ethics committee.
D. Mira was elected as being chair of the ethics committee.

45 Which passive sentence most exactly preserves the tense, modality, and continuous aspect of: "The technicians should have been monitoring the system continuously"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The system should have being monitored continuously.
B. The system should have been monitored continuously.
C. The system should have been being monitored continuously.
D. The system should be continuously monitored by now.

46 Which passive transformation of "The consultant explained the procedure to the interns" is standard English?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The procedure was explained to the interns by the consultant.
B. The procedure was explained the interns by the consultant.
C. The interns had the procedure explained from the consultant.
D. The interns were explained the procedure by the consultant.

47 Choose the passive construction that correctly transforms: "People allege that the broker concealed the losses before the audit."

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The broker is alleged to have concealed the losses before the audit.
B. The broker was alleged that he concealed the losses before the audit.
C. The broker has alleged to conceal the losses before the audit.
D. The broker is alleged to conceal the losses before the audit.

48 Which sentence passivizes only the embedded clause in: "The inspectors expect the contractors to finish the bridge by June"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The inspectors are expected to finish the bridge by June.
B. The inspectors expect the bridge to be finished by June.
C. The contractors expect the bridge to have finished by June.
D. The bridge expects to be finished by the inspectors in June.

49 Which option correctly converts the gerund clause in "I dislike people interrupting me during presentations" to a passive construction?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. I dislike people having been interrupting during presentations.
B. I dislike being interrupted during presentations.
C. I am disliked to be interrupted during presentations.
D. I dislike having interrupted during presentations.

50 Choose the correct passive form of: "The supervisor made the interns rewrite the report."

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The interns were made rewrite the report.
B. The interns were made to rewrite the report.
C. The interns were made to be rewriting the report.
D. The interns had been made rewriting the report.

51 A compliance report must identify who authorized an improper payment. Which sentence best fulfills that purpose?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. The payment appears to have received authorization on 14 May.
B. The finance director authorized the payment on 14 May.
C. The payment was authorized by the finance department on 14 May.
D. Authorization of the payment occurred within finance on 14 May.

52 Investigators do not yet know who accessed a server, and the next paragraph discusses damage to that server. Which opening is most appropriate?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. The server was accessed without authorization overnight.
B. Unauthorized access was something someone performed overnight.
C. Someone appears to have accessed the server overnight.
D. An unidentified person accessed the server without authorization overnight.

53 A research abstract must foreground a confirmed result rather than the researchers who obtained it. Which sentence is most suitable?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. We confirmed that three laboratories could replicate the effect.
B. The effect was replicated in three independent laboratories.
C. Researchers in three laboratories managed to replicate the effect.
D. Three independent laboratories replicated the effect successfully.

54 How should the voice of the sentence "This fabric washes easily" be classified?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. It is a middle construction with active form and passive-like meaning.
B. It is a passive construction with an omitted auxiliary verb.
C. It is an active transitive construction with an omitted object.
D. It is a reduced perfect passive with an omitted participle.

55 What does the use of get most characteristically add in "Rina got promoted after the merger" compared with "Rina was promoted after the merger"?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. A perfect aspect showing that the promotion preceded the merger.
B. A formal indication that Rina personally performed the promotion.
C. A more informal, event-focused sense of a change affecting Rina.
D. A habitual meaning showing that Rina received repeated promotions.

56 What is the correct analysis of an attempted passive transformation of "The guests arrived after midnight"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. No standard passive is possible because arrive is intransitive.
B. Midnight was arrived at by the guests.
C. After midnight was arrived by the guests.
D. The guests were arrived after midnight.

57 Which revision correctly distinguishes the agent from the instrument in the passive form of "The guard opened the gate with a coded key"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. The guard was opened by the gate with a coded key.
B. The gate was opened by the guard with a coded key.
C. The gate was opened with the guard by a coded key.
D. The coded key was opened by the gate with the guard.

58 Which revision removes the dangling modifier in "After reviewing the data, several errors were discovered" while clearly identifying the reviewer?

Usage of active and passive voice Hard
A. After reviewing the data, the analysts discovered several errors.
B. After the data were reviewed, several errors were discovered.
C. Several errors were discovered after reviewing the data.
D. Reviewing the data, several errors appeared to the analysts.

59 Which description of the construction "The final paragraph needs revising" is accurate?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. It is active in form but has a passive interpretation.
B. It is a finite passive with the auxiliary need.
C. It is an active clause meaning the paragraph revises something.
D. It is an ungrammatical reduction of a perfect passive.

60 Which sentence correctly passivizes "The support team has taken care of every complaint"?

Rules of active and passive voice Hard
A. Every complaint has taken care of by the support team.
B. Every complaint has been taken care of by the support team.
C. Every complaint has been taking care of by the support team.
D. Every complaint has been taken care by the support team.
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