Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1All applications ............... reviewed by the admissions committee before scholarships are awarded.
Wrong!
Use "have been" because a present perfect passive form needs have/has + been + past participle.
2The final report ............... submitted to the board by 5 p.m. on Friday.
Wrong!
Use "must be" because a modal passive is formed with modal + be + past participle.
3For transparency, the trial results ............... on the institute’s website each month.
Wrong!
Use "are published" because the subject is the results, and they receive the action in formal scientific writing.
4Following the audit, the policy ............... by the legal team to meet new regulatory standards.
Wrong!
Use "was amended" because the policy received the action, so the past simple passive is needed.
5Data from the sensors ............... collected when the server failed.
Wrong!
Use "were being" because the sentence describes an action in progress at a specific time in the past.
6Confidential information ............... without the client’s written consent.
Wrong!
Use "should not be disclosed" because confidential information receives the action; it does not perform it.
7It ............... that the renovation will reduce energy use by nearly 30 percent.
Wrong!
Use "is estimated" in formal reporting when the source of the estimate is not named.
8The archived documents ............... made available to researchers after the review is complete.
Wrong!
Use "will be" because a future passive form is will + be + past participle.
9The proposal ............... by the ethics panel, so interviews can begin next week.
Wrong!
Use "has been approved" because the proposal receives the approval in a present perfect passive sentence.
10Financial records are required ............... for ten years under the new accounting rules.
Wrong!
Use "to be kept" because the records are the things that must remain for ten years.
11Several alternative proposals currently ............... considered by the steering group.
Wrong!
Use "are being" because the proposals are currently under consideration, so the present continuous passive is needed.
12During the final inspection, several defects ............... in the emergency lighting system.
Wrong!
Use "were found" because the defects were discovered during the inspection; they did not discover anything themselves.
Exercise complete
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correct answers
Answers
- All applications have been reviewed by the admissions committee before scholarships are awarded.
- The final report must be submitted to the board by 5 p.m. on Friday.
- For transparency, the trial results are published on the institute’s website each month.
- Following the audit, the policy was amended by the legal team to meet new regulatory standards.
- Data from the sensors were being collected when the server failed.
- Confidential information should not be disclosed without the client’s written consent.
- It is estimated that the renovation will reduce energy use by nearly 30 percent.
- The archived documents will be made available to researchers after the review is complete.
- The proposal has been approved by the ethics panel, so interviews can begin next week.
- Financial records are required to be kept for ten years under the new accounting rules.
- Several alternative proposals currently are being considered by the steering group.
- During the final inspection, several defects were found in the emergency lighting system.