Active and Passive Voice Flashcards
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Which sentence contains an error in passive voice construction?
Answer: The book has been reading by many students.
"Has been reading" is incorrect passive; the correct present perfect passive requires a past participle: "has been read" is the proper form.
Which context is passive voice most commonly preferred in formal academic writing?
Answer: Methods and procedures sections
Passive voice is preferred in scientific and academic methods sections to depersonalize the process and focus on what was done rather than who did it.
Transform to passive: "The government will announce new regulations next month."
Answer: New regulations will be announced by the government next month.
Future passive is formed with "will + be + past participle": "New regulations will be announced by the government next month" correctly preserves the future tense.
Which sentence uses past progressive passive correctly?
Answer: The bridge was being repaired when the accident occurred.
Past progressive passive uses "was/were + being + past participle": "The bridge was being repaired" correctly describes an ongoing past action.
In passive constructions with verbs of perception (see, hear), which verb form can follow?
Answer: Both bare infinitive and -ing form are possible
Both forms are grammatically correct: "She was seen to leave" (complete action) and "She was seen leaving" (action in progress) are both valid.
"The teacher assigned us homework." Which passive sentence correctly makes "us" the subject?
Answer: We were assigned homework by the teacher.
"We were assigned homework by the teacher" correctly promotes the indirect object to subject position while retaining the direct object after the verb.
Which passive sentence would most benefit from being rewritten in active voice to improve clarity?
Answer: Mistakes were made by the accounting team.
"Mistakes were made by the accounting team" buries the subject; active voice—"The accounting team made mistakes"—more directly assigns responsibility and is clearer.
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