Active and Passive Revision

1. Complete the sentences. Use the verbs from the box. Use Present or Past
Passive:
Own, cause, send, create, hide, damage, find, make, corrupt, invite, elect, beat

1. Many software failures ______ by badly written code.

2. Software ______ by developers.
3. The database of the site _____ by the virus some days ago.
4. An IT company office is a place where an app ______.
5. You _____ to the customer meeting. Why didn’t you join?
6. Although we were performing tests rather quickly, our team _____ by
another team.
7. The company president _______ every 5 years.
8. There was an electricity failure last night, but luckily no company
infrastructure ________.
9. This defect is very rare. It _________ only in very complex apps.
10. A QA engineer cannot see the bug. It ______ on the home page.
11.I never received the letter. It__________ to the wrong address.
12.The company I work for____________ by a much larger company
2. Make questions using Passive Voice:
1. Software: how/make?
2. The bugs: when/detect?
3. Specifications: how/write?
4. A quality report: when/create?
5. The Internet: when/start?
6. A PC: when/invent?
7. Deployment: how/make?
8. The smoke tests: when/perform?
3. Put the verbs in Active or Passive:
1. A. Two hundred people ________ (employ) by the company
b. The company ________ (employ) 200 people.
2. A. While I was in the office, my PC______ (steal) from my room.
b. While I was in the office, my PC_______ (disappear) from my room.

3. A. Bill ______ (fire) from his job. He was not very good at it.
B. Sue_______ (resign) from her job because she did not enjoy it any more.
4. A. It can be noisy working here, but it__________ (not / bother) me.
b. It can be noisy working here, but I___________ (not / bother) by it

5. A. I have not seen these bugs before. What________ (they / call)?

b. I have not seen these bugs before. What________ (you / call) them?

6. A. Maria had an accident. Her app ______ (freeze).

b. Maria had an accident. She_________ (freeze) her app.

4. Transform the sentences into Passive:

1. Somebody reports bugs in JIRA.
2. The mentor cancelled the meeting.
3. Somebody accused me of failing the project task.
4. When do they implement new feature testing?
5. They increase the project budget after every phase.
6. People warned us not to work with this customer.
7. We do not use this office any more.
8. They invited 400 people to celebrate the project release.