Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
By the time the auditors arrived, the missing invoices ...............
Wrong!
Use the past perfect passive to show the action happened before another past event.
The new safety protocol ............... across all departments starting next Monday.
Wrong!
Use the future passive with will to describe an official plan being applied.
The CEO ............... about the merger until the press release went out.
Wrong!
Use a passive reporting verb to show information was not given to someone.
The suspect ............... to the station for questioning, but no charges were filed.
Wrong!
Use the passive with a reporting verb to show what happened to the suspect.
The conference room ............... when I arrived, so we had to meet in the lobby.
Wrong!
Use the past continuous passive to describe an ongoing action in the past.
The final decision ............... by the board, not by the project team.
Wrong!
Use a passive form that matches a completed decision made by the board.
The witness ............... to repeat the statement word for word, but she refused.
Wrong!
Use a passive verb meaning someone was asked or required to do something.
The documents ............... in a locked cabinet, so no one could access them without permission.
Wrong!
Use a passive form showing the documents were kept in a particular place.
No one knows who started the rumor, but it ............... on social media within hours.
Wrong!
Use the passive to show the rumor was spread quickly by unknown people.
The new interns ............... a tour of the building on their first day.
Wrong!
Use the passive with a verb that collocates with tour to show what was given to them.
The proposal ............... before it can be approved.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After needs, use a passive meaning with a gerund or an infinitive.
The software update ............... to have caused the outage, according to the initial report.
Wrong!
Use a passive reporting structure with an infinitive to describe what people believe happened.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- By the time the auditors arrived, the missing invoices had been filed
- The new safety protocol will be implemented across all departments starting next Monday.
- The CEO was not informed about the merger until the press release went out.
- The suspect was taken to the station for questioning, but no charges were filed.
- The conference room was being cleaned when I arrived, so we had to meet in the lobby.
- The final decision was made by the board, not by the project team.
- The witness was asked to repeat the statement word for word, but she refused.
- The documents were kept in a locked cabinet, so no one could access them without permission.
- No one knows who started the rumor, but it was spread on social media within hours.
- The new interns were given a tour of the building on their first day.
- The proposal needs to be revised before it can be approved.
The proposal needs revising before it can be approved. - The software update is believed to have caused the outage, according to the initial report.
