Passive Voice Quiz 24/11/2018

Instructions You will be given sentences. Decide if they are in : the active voice or the passive voice If you make a mistake, you’ll do it all over again So take your time before you answer. The quiz is full of traps, so be careful! Good Luck No more Comment!

Are you ready? Do this quiz Of ten questions What voice is each of the sentences given, Active or passive? Not this one! Don’t forget to read the comments by right clicking the page Madrasati2010

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You have to do it all over again! Sorry! You have to do it all over again! Hard luck! Be careful not to make the same mistake twice. Madrasati2010

Everybody wants to be her best friend. Choose the right answer -- or -- and click it. Everybody wants to be her best friend. 1. Active voice Don’t be misled by ‘to be’ !!!! Passive voice Madrasati2010

The car was being washed. 2. Active voice The agent is of no interest for the speaker as what interested her most is the fact that the car was being washed no matter « by » who was washing it. Passive voice Madrasati2010

I have been invited to the party. 3. Active voice Someone has invited me. I don’t want to mention him or her. The action comes before the doer of this action in interest. If it were necessary for me to mention the agent addding ‘by john’, the sentence in the passive looks awkward. Better say, « John has invited me to the party ». Passive voice Madrasati2010

Leila had made a phone call before she left. 4. Active voice The agent ‘Leila’ is known to us. It is the subject of the sentence. The phone call had been made by Leila*. We all now know who had made the phone call before she left. Passive voice Madrasati2010

She was eventually told the truth. 5. Active voice Who told her the truth? You don’t know and I don’t either. Nobody knows! The agent is not that important otherwise the sentence would be put in a different voice form! So??!! Passive voice Madrasati2010

They have been working hard all day long. 6. Active voice This sentence is void of an object because the verb is intransitive. So the transformation both sides is impossible. Passive voice Madrasati2010

You oughtn’t to do it this way. 7. Active voice It oughtn’t to be done this way! What do you think? Passive voice Madrasati2010

I was reading the newspaper at that moment 8. Active voice Transformation to the other voice form never suits sentences starting with the pronoun « I ». Passive voice Madrasati2010

I have always been advised to work hard. 9. Active voice Some people have always advised me! These people are so numerous that i cannot cite them all. Passive voice Madrasati2010

You will be applauded soon. 10. Active voice Passive voice Madrasati2010

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