The Passive Voice B1/B2
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9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does NOT usually change when we transform a sentence from active to passive voice?
the subject
the main verb
the tense
the length of the sentence
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the "agent" in passive voice?
the person or thing that does the action
the person or thing that receives the action
the person or thing that is always omitted
the person or thing that determines the tense
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why might we choose to omit the agent in a passive sentence? Choose all that apply:
change of focus
unknown agent
obvious agent
avoid responsibility
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
ACTIVE: The police arrested the woman last night.
PASSIVE: The woman was arrested last night.
Why have we omitted the agent?
change of focus
unknown agent
obvious agent
avoid responsibility
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
ACTIVE: "I made a mistake," admitted the politician.
PASSIVE: "A mistake was made," admitted the politician.
Why have they omitted the agent?
change of focus
unknown agent
obvious agent
avoid responsibility
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice:
The Government is planning a new road near my house.
A new road is being planned near my house.
A new road is being planning near my house
A new road is planning a government near my house.
A new road was planned near my house.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice:
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
This house was built in 1943.
This house was building in 1943.
This house was being built in 1943.
This house was builded in 1943.
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