Active & Passive Voice Skill and Drill Quiz

Univ. of Phoenix Center for Writing Excellence, Active and unresisting Voice Skill-and-Drill Quiz Note Every time you pass water the test the questions are in a different order and some questions get out be different. 1. Which of the following prison terms uses the bustling parting? The hotel was left by the blackout with 250 pounds of spoiled food. ?The blackout left the hotel with 250 pounds of spoiled food. 1. Which of the following judgment of convictions should be rewritten in the diligent voice? The film directors left had was left with astir(predicate) 75% mobility after he suffered injuries in a car accident. A gap was left in the auditing team by the cap up to(p) director when he left. 2. Identify the correct bustling equivalent of this nonoperational sentence Enron might still exist had auditors been apt(p) expert access to caller-up records by the executives. ?Auditors might have saved Enron had authorities granted them full access to company records. Audi tors might have been able to save Enron had they been granted full access to company records. Enron might still exist had the executives granted the auditors full access to company records. 3. Which of the following sentences uses the energetic voice? The ingredients ordain have to be added to the stewing water. ?You allow for have to add the ingredients to the boiling water. 4. Identify the correct active equivalent of this peaceable sentence The reserves will be taken from the subroutine library by the movers on January 16. ?The movers will take the books from the library on January 16. The movers are taking the books from the library on January 16. The movers took the books from the library on January 16. 5. Identify the correct active equivalent of this passive sentence Intellectuals were relocated by Pol breadbasket to the Indonesian countryside. Pol Pot has relocated intellectuals to the Indonesian countryside Pol Pot wanted to relocate intellectuals to the Indonesian countryside. ?Pol Pot relocated intellectuals to the Indonesian countryside. 6. Pick the dress hat active equivalent of the following sentence The brochures and the radio descry were written by the indefatigable marketing team. The brochures and radio spots had been written by the tireless marketing team. ?The tireless marketing team wrote the brochures and radio spots. The brochures and radio spots were written by the tireless marketing team. 7.Which of the following sentences should be rewritten in the active voice? ?PepsiCos production of diet soda was exceeded by Coca-Cola in 2006. The coast of Maine wa buffeted by strong winds other(a) this morning. 8. Pick the best active equivalent of the following sentence The layout of the bare-ass room at headquarters was considered old-fashioned by the designers, and new story and groyne coverings were recommended. The layout of the new rooms at headquarters was considered old-fashioned by the designers, and they recommended new f looring and wall coverings. The designer considered the layout of the new rooms at headquarters to be old-fashioned, and new flooring and wall coverings were recommended. ?The designers considered the layout of the new rooms at headquarters to be old-fashioned and recommended new flooring and wall coverings. 9. Identify the correct active equivalent of this passive sentence The notebook computer computers were produced by Toshiba Corporation. ?Toshiba Corporation produced the notebook computers. Toshiba Corporation had produced the notebook computers. Toshiba Corporation will produce the notebook computers. 10.Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? The jury was instructed not to discuss the cause with anyone. ?The judge instructed the jury not to discuss the case with anyone. 11. Which of the following sentences should be rewritten in the active voice? The rare book was put together several miles from the library on a park bench. ?The speaking was worked on 14 ho urs a day for seven days by the talented and soon-to-be Doctor Jana Hartwood. 12. Change this verb form active voice to passive voice were reflection their stock. ? stock was being watched stock had been watched stock had been watching 3. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? ?The eccentric millionaire will purchase the graphics for to the highest degree $100,000. The artwork will be purchased by the eccentric millionaire for about $100,000. 14. Pick the best active equivalent of the following sentence The try was stealn by Sue Preston, when an imitation of chief operating officer Richard Blake was performed by her. ?Sue Preston stole the show when she imitated CEO Richard Blake Sue Preston stole the show when an imitation of CEO Richard Blake was performed by her. The show was stolen by Sue Preston, when she performed an imitation of CEO Richard Blake. 15.Pick the best active equivalent of the following sentence After the intensitys were presented by the c olor rubber, the commencement address was given by Hans Goldman, a crisp if elderly survivor of the holocaust. After the colors were presented by the color guard, Hans Goldman, a peppy if elderly survivor of the holocaust, gave the commencement address. ?After the color guard presented the colors, Hans Goldman, a lively if elderly survivor of the holocaust, gave the commencement address. After the color guard presented the colors, the commencement address was given by the Hans Goldman, a lively if elderly survivor of the holocaust. 6. Which of the following sentences should be rewritten in the active voice? The experiment was first conducted at Yale University in the 1970s. ?The gold medal was win by gymnast Peter Vidmar in Los Angeles. 17. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? ?The political sympathies cannot foresee the potential footing of a severe hurricane season. The potential damage of a severe hurricane season cannot be foreseen by the government. 18. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? ?Workers burn the breadstuff cane before hauling it to the refinery. The sugar cane is burned before it is hauled to the refinery. 19.Pick the best active equivalent of the following sentence A lymph node was effect by the renovate in the diligents right bicep, and the patient was told by the convolute that it would pauperization to be removed by the surgeon. The doctor found a thickening in the patients right bicep, and the patient was told by the doctor that it would need to be removed by the surgeon. A thickening was found by the doctor in the patients right bicep, and the doctor told the patient the surgeon would need to remove it. ?The doctor found a thickening in the patients right bicep, and the doctor told the patient the surgeon would need to remove it. 0. Change this verb from active voice to passive voice will perform Chopins etudes. ? Chopins etudes will be performed Chopins etudes were performed Chopins et udes may be performed 21. Identify the correct active equivalent of this passive sentence The organization had originally been conventional by the Quakers in 1848. The Quakers originally established the organization in 1848 ? The Quakers had originally established the organization in 1848. The Quakers were originally establishing the organization in 1848. 22. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? By whom can Mt. Everest be climbed? ?Who will be able to climb Mt. Everest? 23. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? ?The executive team seek ways to help the training department recover. Ways were sought by the executive team to help the training department recover. 24. Which of the following sentences should be rewritten in the active voice? ?Sweaters were knitted by the 75-year-old great grandma of seven, who sold them to supplement her social security. The relic of inestimable value was found in an antique store in West Virginia.