Passive voice check

With the "European Recovery Program”, known as the Marshall Plan, billions of dollars ___ allocated to European nations.

• was

• were

• been

• being

This development ___ viewed by the Soviet Union as a capitalist plot to draw the nations of Eastern European into the American sphere of influence.

• been

• were

• was

• has

In 1946, a message later known as the "long telegram" ___ sent to Washington by a Russian-based U.S. foreign service officer, George Kennan

• had

• has

• is

• was

Under the Marshall Plan, economic assistance was _____ to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.

• provides

• providing

• provided

• provide

By 1948, left-wing governments had ____ installed in the countries of eastern Europe by the Soviets.

• been

• being

• be

• were

ACTIVE: This event affected the reputation of the USSR.

• PASSIVE: The reputation of the USSR is affected by this event.

• PASSIVE: The reputation of the USSR was affected by this event.

• PASSIVE: The reputation of the USSR were affected by this event.

• PASSIVE: The reputation of the USSR was being affected by this event.

ACTIVE: Some government-established training programmes even excluded Black Americans.

• PASSIVE: Black Americans had even excluded by some government-established training programmes.

• PASSIVE: Black Americans been even excluded by some government-established training programmes.

• PASSIVE: Black Americans even excluded some government-established training programmes.

• PASSIVE: Black Americans were even excluded by some government-established training programmes.

PASSIVE: Protests were led by students and workers, initially against the

government's education and labour policies.

• ACTIVE: Students and workers led protests, initially against the

  government's education and labour policies.

• ACTIVE: Students and workers lead protests, initially against the

  government's education and labour policies.

• ACTIVE: Students and workers were leading protests, initially against the

  government's education and labour policies.

• ACTIVE: Students and workers leaded protests, initially against the

  government's education and labour policies.

PASSIVE: American foreign policy and political ideology have been shaped by the Cold War.

• ACTIVE: The Cold War has been shaped American foreign policy and political ideology.

• ACTIVE: The Cold War was shaped American foreign policy and political ideology.

• ACTIVE: The Cold War has shaped American foreign policy and political ideology.

• ACTIVE: The Cold War shaped American foreign policy and political ideology.

The protests also showed that people in the

West could criticize their own governments and that things could be changed.

• In this sentence there is one passive verb form.

• In this sentence there are no passive verb forms.

• In this sentence there are two passive verb forms.

• In this sentence there are three passive verb forms.