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Passive Voice
We have now concluded our lessons on Passive Voice. We begin the first of several opportunities for practice and for self-assessment. You can also use this quiz as a pre-test. The quiz covers all issues in passive voice that we have covered in this chapter.
You can review this unit, Passive Voice, before you begin today's quiz.
Power Edit
The following sentences are from ESL students' writing.
Find the problems(s) in passive voice in each sentence
and correct them.
Check your answers when you are
done.
1. Medical technology has been saved many people's
lives.
2. Hong King is locating near the equator, so
it doesn't snow there.
3. This table is less expensive than the one sell
on the Internet.
4. The athletes stood proudly and watched the
flags raising.
5. The foster children were abused by people who
suppose to be taking care of them.
6. My daughter borned the year after my husband
and I got married.
7. We used to live in
Macau and educated in a Chinese school.
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the answers to the Power Edit #1, Passive Voice.
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Please continue with Passive Voice Editing Practice #2
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