Questões de Concurso sobre Voz passiva | Passive voice

 
 
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Which of the following sentences is NOT in passive voice?


A

It is going to be directed by one half of the Wachowski duo.


B

Lana Wachowski wrote a beautiful script.


C

The screenplay was written by Wachowski alongside David Mitchell.


D

With all the trepidation that was felt by people.


E

It will be postponed like so many other films.

When Paolo answered about his finances, he used a sentence in the passive voice: “ I am being supported by my family”.


“They are building a new library at Sierra College” in the passive voice is:


A

A new library is built by them at Sierra College.


B

A new library is been built at Sierra College.


C


A new library is being built at Sierra College.


D


A new library has been built at Sierra College.


E

A new library at Sierra College is being building by them.

Ano: 2020
Prova: FACET - Prefeitura - Professor - Área: Inglês - 2020

The following extract will be used to answer questions: 30 and 31.


The document was drafted for the latest round of talks on the Convention of Biological Diversity, which had been due to take place this autumn in China but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It has been rescheduled for next year. (lines 17, 18, 19)


The extract has four (4) underlined elements, analyze them carefully and choose the alternative that best describe them:


A

passive voice – past perfect – passive voice – present perfect


B

active voice – past perfect – passive voice – present perfect


C

passive voice – past perfect – active voice – present perfect


D

passive voice – past perfect – passive voice – present perfect


E

passive voice – past perfect – passive voice – past perfect

“...another firefighter was injured in a separate vehicle.” The fragment shows an example of Passive Voice. The correct form of the next sentence in Passive Voice is: The nurse has abandoned the patients.


A

The patients has been abandoned by the nurse.


B

The patients were abandoned by the nurse.


C

By the nurse the patients were abandoned.


D

The patients have being abandoned by the nurse.


E

The patients have been abandonded by the nurse.

The correct passive voice for the sentence ‘Sir James’s family welcomes you all here and thanks you for coming to pay tribute to a friend’ will be:


A

Sir James’s family welcomes you all here and thanks you for coming to be paid a tribute by a friend.


B

You are all welcome here by Sir James to pay tribute to a friend, for which you are thanked.


C

We all thank you for being welcome by Sir James to pay tribute to a friend.


D

You are all welcome here and appreciated for coming to pay tribute to a friend.

“Why did the student do such a mistake?”


In the Passive voice:


A

Why did such a mistake did by the student?


B

Why was such a mistake do by the student?


C

Was such a mistake did by the student?


D

Why such a mistake didn't by the student?


E

Why was such a mistake done by the student?

The passive voice of the phrase “Mary will have made the cake” is:


A

Mary will make the cake.


B

The cake is made by Mary.


C

Mary will have being making the cake.


D

The cake will have been made by Mary.

Assinale a alternativa em que o trecho encontra-se na voz ativa.


A

A 16-year-old boy was found shot dead.


B

All of the victims were taken to hospital.


C

A man and a woman were hit by bullets fired from a passing car.


D

A bullet had hurt the woman’s shoulder.


E

A woman was hurt in the ribs by a man trying to rob her.

Ano: 2019
Prova: COTEC - FADENOR - Prefeitura - Professor Educação Básica II - Área: Inglês - 2019

Which sentence has a passive voice?


A

“While we can ‘get’ things on an intellectual level, no book, newspaper, or documentary will help you fully understand something.” (Lines 21-22)


B

“We grow up in a culture of fear where we’re taught to be wary of strangers.” (Line 26)


C

“Travel is all about change.” (Line 45)


D

“Travel has shown me a lot about the world and myself and over the decade I’ve been a nomad.” (Line 49)


E

“I was worried I might not have the skills to survive on my own.” (Line 50)

Match the Column 1 to Column 2, linking the verbs occurrence to their correct voice of the verb.


Column 1

1. Active voice.

2. Passive voice.


Column 2

( ) the book that they have chosen (l.05-06).

( ) Matilda has read (page 12) into a genre (l. 18-19).

( ) One of the cards has been left blank for children (l.19).

( ) how they have been inspired by reading Matilda […] (l.42).


The correct order of filling in the parenthesis, from the top to the bottom, is:


A

1 – 1 – 2 – 2.


B

1 – 2 – 1 – 2.


C

2 – 1 – 1 – 2.


D

2 – 2 – 1 – 1.


E

2 – 1 – 2 – 1.

Which sentence is in the Passive Voice? Choose the CORRECT answer.


A

We are baking the bread.


B

The bread has been baked.


C

We baked the bread yesterday.


D

We should bake the bread soon.


E

We ought to bake the bread.

The passive voice is used in the sentence “WhatsApp was launched in 2009”. Find the other sentence that is also in passive voice:


A

Internet started to be famous in the 90s.


B

Netflix is present in most of TVs nowadays.


C

Twitter has been popular for a while.


D

Computers were invented in the 80s.


E

The app is one of the most popular social networks worldwide.

The following quote from Cameron’s article presents a standard passive construction, according to Parrott (2010): “This week, it was announced that schools in England are being issued with new guidelines on combatting sexism and gender stereotyping.”


Among the sentences below, choose the only one that follows a different pattern from standard passive constructions.


A

“Examples from the results of the second questionnaire are given in the Appendix”


B

“Mick was attacked with a cut-throat razor”


C

“He got his leg broken playing football.”


D

“She is thought to be a genius.”

Consider the following extract from the text and the sentences that follow:


“You will have to deal with issues that have never been described or covered in any book. You will have to look for the solutions and make the spontaneous decisions that no one probably has ever thought of.”


I. ‘have never been described’ is in the past perfect.

II. ‘will have to look for’ is in the future perfect.

III. ‘has ever thought of’ is in the passive voice.


Which ones are INCORRECT?


A

Only I.


B

Only II.


C

Only III.


D

Only I and III.


E

I, II, and III.

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have active forms and passive forms. In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. But in passive sentences:


A

The thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the subject as the object and the article.


B

The thing doing the noun is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the verb and the article.


C

The thing doing the verb is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object and the article.


D

The thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence.

Which sentence is in the Passive Voice? Choose the CORRECT answer.


A

They played soccer on the field yesterday.


B

Our bread is baked here.


C

We use milk to make butter.


D

She cleans the office every day.

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence. About the infinitive passive voice is


A

formed using the verb to get or to have instead of the verb to be.


B

used after modal verbs and other most verbs normally followed by an infinitive.


C

formed and is most commonly used in the past tense.


D

used before modal verbs and only verbs normally followed by an infinitive.

Analyze the passages according to the use of passive voice.


I- (…) the first version of the course based on such approach (…) (line 7)

II- (…) writing skills in English courses in that country are considered (…) (line 3)

III- (…) EFL writing course has to be not only communicative (…) (line 9)

IV- (…) its advantages are shown. (lines 12 and 13)


The passive voice is used in the following sentences:


A

I and II, only.


B

I and III, only.


C

II and IV, only.


D

III and IV, only.

Read the sentences:


I She gave him the box.

II The box was given to him.

III He was given the box.


A

I, II and III are in the Passive Voice.


B

I and III are in the Active Voice.


C

II and III are in the Passive Voice.


D

I and III are in the Passive Voice.

“Nowadays, families are totally transferring the responsibility of their children’ education to the school.”

Choose the correct the passive voice option, using a synonym for the word “totally”:


A

Families are fully transferring the responsibility of their children’ education to the school.


B

Families have been completely transferring the responsibility of their children’ education to the school.


C

Families have been thoroughly transferring the responsibility of their children’ education to the school.


D

Families were absolutely transferring the responsibility of their children’ education to the school.

   
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