ELPT Active and Passive Voice 3

Question 1

Which sentence contains an error in passive voice construction?

Accepted Answer

The book has been reading by many students.

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The letter was written carefully.

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Mistakes were made during the process.

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The policy was changed last year.

Question 2

Which context is passive voice most commonly preferred in formal academic writing?

Accepted Answer

Methods and procedures sections

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Narrative storytelling sections

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Personal reflection paragraphs

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Introductory thesis statements

Question 3

Transform to passive: "The government will announce new regulations next month."

Accepted Answer

New regulations will be announced by the government next month.

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New regulations are announced by the government next month.

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New regulations will announce by the government next month.

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New regulations were announced by the government next month.

Question 4

Which sentence uses past progressive passive correctly?

Accepted Answer

The bridge was being repaired when the accident occurred.

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The bridge was repairing when the accident occurred.

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The bridge has being repaired when the accident occurred.

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The bridge had being repaired when the accident occurred.

Question 5

In passive constructions with verbs of perception (see, hear), which verb form can follow?

Accepted Answer

Both bare infinitive and -ing form are possible

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Infinitive without "to" (bare infinitive) only

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Present participle (-ing form) only

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Past participle only

Question 6

"The teacher assigned us homework." Which passive sentence correctly makes "us" the subject?

Accepted Answer

We were assigned homework by the teacher.

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Homework was assigned to us by the teacher.

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We assigned the homework by the teacher.

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Homework was assigned us by the teacher.

Question 7

Which passive sentence would most benefit from being rewritten in active voice to improve clarity?

Accepted Answer

Mistakes were made by the accounting team.

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The samples were collected from three locations.

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The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.

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The regulations were updated by the agency.