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Victor Jesus

EEAR
VOZ PASSIVA E ATIVA
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1. In “The giant structure was inaugurated with a firework dis-
play...” the correct active voice is: “Someone _____ the
giant structure”
(a) inaugurated
(b) inaugurates
(c) is inaugurating
(d) was inaugurating
2. Which of the following sentence is being used in passive voice?
(a) Riordan was pulled halfway out of the aircraft.
(b) Passengers were able to pull Riordan back into the plane.
(c) It was the first fatality in US passenger plane accident
in nine years.
(d) Another passenger felt severe pressure after positioning
his back against the opening cabin.
3. All the sentences below are in the passive voice, EXCEPT,
(a) The pilot’s licence was suspended.
(b) The pilot was removed from the cockpit.
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(c) All the passengers were put at the hotels.
(d) An airport employee noticed the drunk pilot.
4. The sentence “People negotiate and consume drugs”, in the
Passive Voice is:
(a) Drugs are negotiated and consumed.
(b) Drugs were negotiated and consumed.
(c) Drugs will be negotiated and consumed.
(d) Drugs had been negotiated and consumed.
5. Which of the following is being used in the Passive Voice?
(a) Williams used supercomputers simulations (...) (line 20)
(b) But more frequent jolts in mid-air could be one way (...)
(lines 3 and 4)
(c) The practical impacts of climate change can be hard to
predict (...) (lines 1 and 2)
(d) Climate change is expected to lead to stronger vertical
wind shears (...) (lines 16 and 17)
6. Choose the correct alternative to have the passive voice from
the sentence, in bold type, in the text. Their lives ____ in
danger to save their owners.
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(b) are put

(c) was put

(d) were put
7. Read the text and answer question.
Part of New Bicycle Path Collapses in Rio de Janeiro
Leaving Two Deaths
The Rio Fire Department says two people died __ Thurs-
day, April 21, after a part __ the recently inaugurated bicy-
cle path on Niemeyer avenue, __ the south zone of Rio de
Janeiro.
The path was named after Brazilian singer Tim Maia and is
located between Niemeyer avenue and a cliff, hanging over
the sea.
The path is a connection between Leblon beach and São Con-
rado, both in the city’s south zone. The bike path was inau-
gurated earlier this year, on January 17, and cost R$ 44,7
10. The correct passive voice for “She had developed an efficient
million.
(a) The parachute, the radio and even the brakes were re-
moved.
(b) The parachute, the radio and even the brakes had to be
removed.
(c) The mechanic has removed the parachute, the radio and
even the brakes.
(d) The mechanic had removed the parachute, the radio and
even the brakes.
9. Select the alternative that contains the passive voice of the
sentence below:
Somebody has hurt Ronaldo during the soccer match.
(a) Ronaldo is hurt during the soccer match.
(b) Ronaldo was hurt during the soccer match.
(c) Ronaldo had been hurt during the soccer match.
(d) Ronaldo has been hurt during the soccer match.
method...” is: An efficient method.

Glossary:

Hanging over – suspenso sobre

What’s the active voice for “The bike path was

inaugurated earlier this year”.

(a) Someone has inaugurated the bike path earlier this year.

(b) Someone will inaugurate the bike path earlier this year.

(c) Someone inaugurated the bike path earlier this year.

(a) has developed
(d) Someone inaugurates the bike path earlier this year. (b) had been developed
(c) has been developing
8. The correct active voice for “The parachute, the radio and (d) was being developed
even the brakes had been removed by the mechanic.”, (lines
5- 7), is: 11. Select the alternative that completes the extract below.
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 (a) frightened – scared
(b) frightened – scaring
(c) frightening – scared
(d) frightening – scaring

12. Choose the correct form for the passive voice of the following
sentence.
‘They have taken her to the hospital.’
(a) She was taken to the hospital.
(b) She is being taken to the hospital.
(c) She has been taken to the hospital.
(d) She had been taken to the hospital.
13. Choose the alternative that presents the passive voice of the
sentence below.
The expanding Hispanic population in the U.S. still hasn’t
created a market for Spanish-language pictures.
(a) A market for Spanish-language pictures hasn’t been cre-
ated by the expanding Hispanic population.
(b) A market for Spanish-language pictures hadn’t been cre-
ated by the expanding Hispanic population.
(c) A market for Spanish-language pictures isn’t being cre-
ated by the expanding Hispanic population.
(d) A market for Spanish-language pictures wasn’t being cre-
ated by the expanding Hispanic population.
14. Read the text below.
Economists have recognized that physical beauty affects
wages, even in occupations where appearance does not seem
relevant to job performance. It seems that attractive men
and women are paid more than ordinary people for the same
work.
(Taken from The International Herald Tribune) Choose the
best alternative that presents the correct verb tense and the
voice of the verbs underlined in the text, respectively.
(a) present perfect/active voice; simple present/passive
voice.
(b) simple present/passive voice; present perfect/active
voice.
(c) simple past/passive voice; present perfect/active voice.
(d) past perfect/active voice; simple present/passive voice.

GABARITO:
01) A 02) A
03) D 04) A
05) D 06) B
07) C 08) D
09) D 10) B
11) B 12) C
13) A 14) A

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