Vozes ativa e passiva - parte 2

023 | CESGRANRIO 1999
All the following sentences have a verb in the passive voice,
EXCEPT one. Mark it:

a) More powerful tobacco health-warning labels may be
required.
b) Where are the warnings that alcohol may lead to violence,
may cause death?
c) Government and public opinion seem to be content to
allow alcohol to be portrayed as a fun, benign substance.
d) With tobacco, the product has been demonized.
e) With alcohol, it is the user who has been held responsible.

024 | UFPB 1998
This sentence is in the PASSIVE VOICE:

Women are warned by doctors.

– The ACTIVE VOICE is:

a) Doctors warn women.
b) Women warn doctors.
c) Doctors are warned by women.
d) Women are being warned.
e) Doctors warned women.

025 | FUVEST 1999
Choose the correct active voice form for "They have been
widely praised":

a) The press had widely praised them.
b) People praised them widely.
c) One has widely praised them.
d) The press has widely praised them.
e) People has widely praised them.

026 | MACKENZIE 1998
Indicate the alternative that best completes the following
sentence:

When the manager arrived, the problem __________.

a) was been solved already.
b) should to be solved yet.
c) had already been solved.
d) has still been solved.
e) had already solved.

027 | MACKENZIE 1999
He __________ responsible for the accident.

a) was holding
b) has been holing
c) held
d) was held
e) would hold

028 | MACKENZIE 1999
Our plan __________ by the members of the committee.

a) will consider
b) has being considered
c) has considered
d) have been considered
e) is being considered

029 | MACKENZIE 1999
Change the following sentence to the Passive Voice:

Did the idea interest them?

a) Were they interested in the idea?
b) Was the idea interest to them?
c) The idea was interested to them?
d) Were they interest in the idea?
e) Are they interested in the idea?

030 | MACKENZIE 1999
Indicate the alternative that best completes the following
sentence:

Not __________ __________ about the accident since that
time.

a) much – has said
b) much – has been said
c) a lot – is said
d) many – has said
e) very much – has being said

031 | UFRS 1998 – ADAPTED
Tess of the D'Urbervilles is the story of the seduction,
betrayal, and destruction of an innocent girl, Tess
Durbeyfield, who is led by her foolish parents into thinking
she comes from an ancient noble family, the D'Urbervilles.

– The active form "is led by her foolish parents" is HER
FOOLISH PARENTS:

a) are lead.
b) have led.
c) lead.
d) leads.
e) led.

032 | UNESP 2001
As the IELTS tests all four skills, it __________ worldwide to
assess proficiency in English.

a) is
b) has used
c) had been used
d) has been using
e) has been used

033 | FUVEST 2001 – ADAPTED
At the moment, so-called genetically modified (GM) crops
are in disgrace. Consumers, particularly in Europe, are wary
of buying food that may contain them. Environmental
activists are ripping up fields where they are being tested
experimentally. And companies that design them are selling
off their GM subsidiaries, or even themselves, to anyone
willing to take on the risk.

The Economist, July 1st 2000

– Choose the correct ACTIVE VOICE FORM for "fields where
they are being tested experimentally":

a) fields where scientists have been testing them
experimentally
b) fields where environmentalists are testing them
experimentally
c) fields where genetic engineers had been testing them
experimentally
d) fields where genetic engineers are testing them
experimentally
e) fields where one has been testing them experimentally

034 | PUCRS 2001
The correct active voice for the sentence "20 billion were
spent on diet products and services" is "People __________
20 billion on diet products and services".

a) spent
b) have spent
c) will spend
d) had spent
e) spend

035 | PUCRS 2002
The correct active voice of "The Athena guidance is now
being negotiated with other groups" is:

a) They are now negotiating the Athena guidance with other
groups.
b) The Athena guidance with other groups is now being
negotiated.
c) Other groups are now negotiating the Athena guidance.
d) The Athena guidance is now negotiating with other
groups.
e) They have been negotiating the Athena guidance.

036 | UFRRJ 1998
The sentence "it keeps the elephants away", becomes in the
Passive Voice:

a) "in keeping with the elephants away".
b) "the elephants are keeping the way".
c) "the elephants are kept away".
d) "the elephants is kept away".
e) "the elephants keep the way".

037 | FATEC 2000
Assinale a alternativa em que a voz do verbo (voz passiva) é
a mesma empregada em THE PESTICIDE HAS BEEN BANNED:

a) The chemicals are still a serious threat everywhere.
b) It's so effective in controlling mosquitoes that carry the
malaria parasite.
c) Small amount of pesticide can disrupt the working of
human hormones.
d) Some of the highest concentrations of DDT are found in
polar bears, penguins.
e) They condense and fall to the ground in cold weather.

038 | FEI 2000
"He was elected". Indique a forma ativa:

a) He elects.
b) He elected.
c) He had elected.
d) He has elected.
e) He is electing.

039 | UNESP 2002
Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo significado de:

Japanese toymakers now see senior citizens as their most
dynamic market.

a) Senior citizens are now seen as their most dynamic
market by Japanese toymakers.
b) Senior citizens were seen as the Japanese toymakers'
most dynamic market.
c) Senior citizens' most dynamic market is seen as the
Japanese toymakers.
d) Senior citizens and Japanese toymakers are seen as the
most dynamic market.
e) Senior citizens are seen as Japanese toymakers by their
most dynamic market.

040 | UNESP 2003
Indique a alternativa que expressa o mesmo significado de:

When children watch TV, they encounter a wide range of
places, people, and information.

a) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people,
and information will be encounter.
b) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people,
and information are encountered.
c) When children watch TV, a wide range of places, people,
and information is encountered.
d) When TV was watched, a wide range of places, people,
and information are encountered by children.
e) A wide range of places, people, and information will be
encountered when children watched TV.

041 | PUCRS 1999
The correct passive form of "This town of 1,500 has acquired
a unique status" is "A unique status:

a) was acquired by this town of 1,500."
b) has been acquired by this town of 1,500."
c) have been acquired by this town of 1,500."
d) was being acquired by this town of 1,500."
e) had been acquired by this town of 1,500."

042 | PUCRS 2000
The correct Active Voice for "Most of the product examples
were found in word problems in books" is "People:

a) will have found most of the product examples in word
problems in books."
b) found most of the product examples in word problems in
books."
c) will be finding most of the product examples in word
problems in books."
d) had been found most of the product examples in word
problems in books."
e) had found most of the product examples in word
problems in books.