Assignment 1

The following passage contains some errors in the use of the passive. Indicate where the errors
are by underlining them and write the correct version in the underlined space provided on the
right.

It can seen that the passive voice is very useful when 1. can be seen__________________
an experimental procedure being written up. It makes 2.____________________________
the report sound more objective and the reader 3
understand that the experiment has been carry out by 4.____________________________
the person writing the report. The passive voice is 5
also used in a lot of academic writing. For example 6
which of the following do you think sounds more 7
official: I asked 20 people what they liked about 8
Hong Kong, or 20 people was asked what they liked 9.____________________________
about Hong Kong. 10

It can seen that the second one seems more official; it
could have been write for a newspaper or magazine.
That is another area of writing that uses the passive
voice. Journalism. Examples of the passive can seen
on the pages of the English language newspapers
every day, eg. "A taxi driver and two passengers
were slightly injury when falling masonry..."
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So for your report writing to be improve it is a good
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idea to practise using the passive.