Voice

The active voice in English usually exhibits the following word order:
1. Subject Object Verb
2. Verb Object Subject
3. Subject Verb Object
4. Verb Subject Object
The Passive voice in English usually exhibits the following word order:
1. Subject Object Verb
2. Object Verb Subject
3. Subject Verb Object
4. Verb Subject Object
The passive voice equivalent of "The garage will be servicing the car tomorrow" is:
1. The car will be being serviced tomorrow
2. The car will be serviced by the garage tomorrow
3. The car will have been serviced tomorrow
4. The car will have been being serviced tomorrow by the garage
When we select a passive, we are always de-emphasizing the subject of the verb.
1. True
2. Not true
The passive is always formed with the correct tense of the verb to be.
1. True
2. False
The passive is formed using:
1. the correct tense of the verb to be (or one or two other verbs) and the past participle of the main verb
2. the correct tense of the verb to be (or one or two other verbs) and the correct tense of the main verb
3. the correct tense of the main verb preceded by to be (or one or two other verbs)
4. the subject as an object
The passive can be formed only with __________ verbs.
1. transitive
2. intransitive
3. di-transitive
4. active
"An entire bottle has been lost" can be rendered in the active voice as:
1. Someone has lost an entire bottle
2. There has been an entire bottle lost
3. An entire bottle lost itself
"I shouldn't have left the door open" can be made passive as:
1. The door shouldn't have been left open
2. The door shouldn't have been opened
3. The door shouldn't have been being left open
4. The door shouldn't have been being opened
"I left it out in the rain and it's been soaked."
The subject is omitted in this sentence because:
1. It has already been stated so is known
2. We don't know what the subject is
3. The subject is not important
4. The subject is non-human

Voice

Multiple-choice quiz