ELPT Active and Passive Voice 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which passive sentence uses a modal verb correctly?
- The project can completed by Friday.
- The project could be completing by Friday.
- The project should be completed by Friday. (Correct answer)
- The project might been completed by Friday.
Correct answer: The project should be completed by Friday.
Modal passive requires "modal + be + past participle": "should be completed" is the only option that follows this structure correctly.
Question 2: "They gave her the award." Which passive version correctly focuses on the award as subject?
- She was given the award.
- The award was given her.
- The award was given to her. (Correct answer)
- The award given to her by them.
Correct answer: The award was given to her.
When the direct object becomes the passive subject, the preposition "to" is needed: "The award was given to her" is grammatically correct.
Question 3: In which situation is passive voice most appropriate?
- When the speaker wants to emphasize personal action
- When the doer of the action is unknown or unimportant (Correct answer)
- When describing a recent personal experience
- When giving direct commands
Correct answer: When the doer of the action is unknown or unimportant
Passive voice is most appropriate when the doer is unknown, obvious, or unimportant, allowing the focus to shift to the action or recipient.
Question 4: Which sentence correctly uses the informal "get" passive?
- The car got repaired by a mechanic. (Correct answer)
- The car got repairing yesterday.
- The car got been repaired.
- The car gets repairing soon.
Correct answer: The car got repaired by a mechanic.
The "get" passive follows the pattern "get + past participle": "The car got repaired" is the correct informal passive construction.
Question 5: Identify the passive infinitive in this sentence: "The documents need to be reviewed before the meeting."
- need
- to be
- to be reviewed (Correct answer)
- reviewed
Correct answer: to be reviewed
"To be reviewed" is the passive infinitive, formed by combining "to be" with a past participle to show what action should happen to the documents.
Question 6: Which sentence correctly uses the causative "have" structure?
- She had cleaned her house.
- She had her house cleaned. (Correct answer)
- She had her house cleaning.
- She had her house to be cleaned.
Correct answer: She had her house cleaned.
The causative "have" structure is "have + object + past participle": "She had her house cleaned" means she arranged for someone else to do it.
Question 7: Which is a grammatically correct passive reporting structure?
- It is say that he won the award.
- He is said to have won the award. (Correct answer)
- He has said to win the award.
- It says that he has been winning.
Correct answer: He is said to have won the award.
"He is said to have won the award" correctly uses the passive reporting structure "subject + is said + to have + past participle."
ELPT Active and Passive Voice 2
Which passive sentence uses a modal verb correctly?