Passive Voice - Environmental Issues

Question 1

A court report must identify the company held responsible: “The contamination was caused _____.”

Options: by Northshore Chemicals, by someone, with Northshore Chemicals

Question 2

An animal-rescue intake note focuses on the patient; the routine staff member is irrelevant: “The injured seal _____ last night.”

Options: admitted, was admitted, was admitted by the rescue-centre staff

Question 3

The unexpected doer is the main finding of the ranger’s report: “Several nesting platforms _____.”

Options: were damaged, damaged by unusually bold otters, were damaged by unusually bold otters

Question 4

The source is unknown, and the news report avoids empty speculation: “Confidential water-quality records _____ before the hearing.”

Options: were leaked, were leaked by someone, leaked themselves

Question 5

In a formal summary that does not name individual researchers, _____ that microplastic levels are rising in deep-sea sediments.

Options: it widely believes, it is widely believed, researchers are widely believed

Question 6

A news editor wants the new filtration method, not the unnamed sources, as the topic: “The method _____ nearly all lead particles.”

Options: reports removing, it is reported to remove, is reported to remove

Question 7

Referring to an unnamed source in a completed past news story, the journalist writes: “It _____ that three monitoring files had disappeared.”

Options: was reported, reported, is reported

Question 8

In a formal safety notice, volunteers _____ before the storm reached the valley.

Options: advised to leave, were advising to leave, were advised to leave

Question 9

A formal assessment must foreground the result and leave the routine research team in the background: “_____ at six monitoring sites.”

Options: Researchers measured air quality, Researchers measured air quality themselves, Air quality was measured

Question 10

A community profile aims to credit the people, not hide them behind a process: “_____ after years of neglect.”

Options: Local volunteers restored the marsh, The marsh was restored, The marsh restored local volunteers

Question 11

Before the laboratory accepts the samples, every container _____ with the collection time and location.

Options: must label, must be labelled, must be labelling

Question 12

The review recommends action but does not impose a legal requirement: vulnerable breeding grounds _____ from night-time construction noise.

Options: must be protected, should protect, should be protected

Question 13

Investigators are considering a past possibility: the sensor _____ during the lightning storm, but they are not yet certain.

Options: might have been damaged, might have damaged, might be damaged

Question 14

The grant rule requires an earlier passive action: before funding is released, the environmental assessment _____.

Options: must have completed, must have been completed, must be completing