Master Passive Voice: Enhance Your English Grammar Skills

Question 1

Which preposition is used in the passive voice?

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By

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To

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For

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With

Question 2

In the passive voice, the object of the active voice sentence becomes the:

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Subject

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Verb

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Indirect object

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Direct object

Question 3

Which sentence is in the present perfect passive voice?

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The book has been read.

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The book will be read.

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The book is read.

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The book was read.

Question 4

What is the purpose of using the passive voice?

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Emphasize the object of the sentence.

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Emphasize the subject of the sentence.

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Emphasize the action being performed.

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Make the sentence more formal

Question 5

Which sentence is NOT in the passive voice?

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The cake is delicious.

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The car was being washed.

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The children were playing in the park.

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The letter has been sent.

Question 6

In a passive voice sentence, how is the agent (the person or thing doing the action) typically introduced?

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With the preposition 'by' before the agent

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With the word 'agent' before the agent

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With the conjunction 'and' before the agent

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With the word 'through' before the agent

Question 7

Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

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The lesson was studied diligently by the students.

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The students studied the lesson diligently.

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Had the students studied the lesson diligently?

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Studying the lesson diligently is important.

Question 8

Which of the following is the correct passive voice form of the sentence "The students wrote the essay"?

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The essay was written by the students.

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The essay has been written by the students.

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The students have written the essay.

Question 9

In the sentence "The book was read by John", who is the agent of the action?

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John

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The book

Question 10

Which of the following sentences is NOT in passive voice?

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Tom drove the car.

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The car was driven by Tom.

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Mary baked the cake.

Question 11

What is the passive voice form of the sentence "She speaks English fluently"?

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English is spoken fluently by her.

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English has been spoken fluently by her.

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English was spoken fluently by her.

Question 12

Which of the following verbs can't be used in the passive voice?

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Possess

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Read

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Write

Question 13

In the sentence "The house was built by the workers", what is the object?

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The house

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The workers

Question 14

Which of the following sentences contains a modal verb in the passive voice?

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The report must be submitted by Friday.

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The car was damaged in the accident.

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The manager will be promoted next month.

Question 15

What is the main purpose of using the passive voice?

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To emphasize the object of the action.

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To emphasize the subject of the action.

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To remove the agent of the action.

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To make the sentence more formal.

Question 16

Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?

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The letter was written by my mother.

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The cat attacked the dog.

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The children sang a song.

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The man ran to the bus stop.

Question 17

Which of the following sentences uses the passive voice with a modal verb?

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The door should be closed.

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The room was cleaned by the staff.

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The ball was kicked by the player.

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The dog bit the boy.

Question 18

Which of the following is the agent in the sentence: "The book was read by the student."?

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The student

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The book

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Read

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Was

Question 19

Which of the following is the correct passive voice form of the sentence: "The children wrote a letter."?

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A letter was written by the children.

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A letter was wrote by the children.

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A letter is written by the children.

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A letter is wrote by the children.

Question 20

Which of the following is the correct passive voice form of the sentence: "They will paint the house."?

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The house will be painted by them.

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The house will be paint by them.

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The house will painted by them.

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They will be painted the house.

Question 21

Which of the following sentences uses the passive voice to express a general truth?

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English is spoken in many countries.

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The letter was written by John.

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The car was washed yesterday.

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The students are studying for their exams.

Question 22

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?

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The ball was kicked by the boy.

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The boy kicked the ball.

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He kicked the ball.

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The ball kicked the boy.

Question 23

What is the past participle of the verb "break"?

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broken

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breaked

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broke

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breaking

Question 24

Which of the following is the correct form of the passive voice for the sentence: "They will repair the car."?

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The car will be repaired by them.

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The car will repair by them.

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The car will have been repaired by them.

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The car will be repairing by them.

Question 25

What is the agent in the passive voice sentence: "The book was written by a famous author."?

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A famous author

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The book

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Was

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Written

Question 26

Which of the following sentences is in the correct passive voice form?

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The broken window was fixed.

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The window was fixed broken.

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The window was broken fixed.

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The window fixed was broken.

Question 27

What is the passive voice form of the sentence: "She ate the cake."?

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The cake was eaten.

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The cake was ate.

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Eaten was the cake.

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The cake ate.

Question 28

What is the purpose of using the passive voice?

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To emphasize the object

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To emphasize the action

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To make the sentence sound more formal

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To avoid using pronouns

Question 29

The correct passive voice form of "The teacher teaches English" is:

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English is taught by the teacher.

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English is being taught by the teacher.

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The teacher is teaching English.

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English is taught to the teacher.

Question 30

In the sentence "The cake was baked by my mother", who is the agent?

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My mother

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The cake

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Baked

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By

Question 31

Identify the passive voice tense in the sentence "The car had been washed before the guests arrived":

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Past Perfect

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Present Simple

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Present Perfect

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Future Perfect

Question 32

Change the following sentence into passive voice: "They will play football tomorrow."

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Football will be played by them tomorrow.

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Football will be playing by them tomorrow.

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They will be played football tomorrow.

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Tomorrow, football will be played by them.

Question 33

Which word in the sentence "The book must be returned by Friday" is the modal auxiliary verb?

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Must

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Be

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Returned

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By

Question 34

In the sentence "The house was built by the architect", what is the object of the passive voice verb?

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House

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Built

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Architect

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By

Question 35

Transform the following sentence into the passive voice: She will finish the project by Friday.

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The project will be finished by her by Friday.

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The project was finished by her yesterday.

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The project will be finished.

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She will have finished the project by Friday.

Question 36

Which option exhibits the correct passive voice form?

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The house was built in 1995.

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Was the house built in 1995?

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The house will be built in 1995.

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The house is being built in 1995.

Question 37

In the sentence 'The car was washed by my father', what is the object of the passive voice verb?

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car

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washed

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was

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my father

Question 38

Select the reason for using the passive voice in the following sentence: 'The experiment was conducted by the scientist to prove the hypothesis.'

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To emphasize the action rather than the doer.

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To indicate that the action is habitual.

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To avoid using personal pronouns.

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To make the sentence sound more formal.

Question 39

What is the past participle of the verb 'take'?

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taken

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taking

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takes

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take

Question 40

Rewrite the sentence 'The teacher corrected my essay' in the passive voice.

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My essay was corrected by the teacher.

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The teacher has corrected my essay.

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My essay will be corrected by the teacher.

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My essay was being corrected by the teacher.

Question 41

Which option is NOT a method of forming the passive voice?

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Using the future perfect continuous tense

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Using 'be' as an auxiliary verb

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Using the past participle

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Using the object of the active voice sentence as the subject

Question 42

Convert the sentence 'The students are studying English' to the passive voice.

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English is being studied by the students.

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The students will study English.

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The students have studied English.

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English has been studied by the students.

Question 43

Which sentence uses the passive voice?

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The book was stolen by the student.

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The student stole the book.

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The book was on the table.

Question 44

What is the passive voice form of 'The teacher corrects the students' homework'?

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The students' homework is corrected by the teacher.

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The teacher corrected the students' homework.

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The students correct the teacher's homework.

Question 45

What is the past tense passive voice form of 'The students washed the dishes.'?

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The dishes were washed by the students.

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The dishes were being washed by the students.

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The dishes washed by the students.

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The students washed the dishes.

Question 46

Which sentence uses the passive voice to highlight who received the action?

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The trophy was awarded to the winning team.

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The trophy was on display in the cabinet.

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The team awarded the trophy to the winners.

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The winning team won the trophy.

Question 47

Which sentence has a grammatical error in the passive voice?

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The book was stole by the student.

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The stolen book was found by the teacher.

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The student was given the book by the teacher.

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The book was stolen by the student.

Question 48

What is the passive voice form of 'Someone broke the window.'?

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The window was broken by someone.

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Someone was breaking the window.

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The someone broke the window.

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The window was being broken by someone.

Question 49

What is the passive voice form of 'The teacher graded the exams.'?

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The exams were graded by the teacher.

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The teacher graded the students' exams.

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The exams were being graded by the teacher.

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The teacher was grading the exams.

Question 50

Which sentence uses the passive voice to avoid directly blaming someone?

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A mistake was made during the experiment.

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The scientist was careless during the experiment.

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The scientist made a mistake during the experiment.

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The experiment was a failure.

Question 51

Which sentence is NOT in the passive voice?

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The students finished their homework.

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The homework was finished by the students.

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The students were finishing their homework.

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The homework was being finished by the students.