Choose the correct passive voice: "The council will have approved the budget by March."
Difficulty: Hard
About this MCQ
This Hard Active and Passive Voice question asks: Choose the correct passive voice: "The council will have approved the budget by March." The correct choice is D. The budget will have been approved by the council by March.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.
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- A. The budget will be approved by the council by March.
Why not A: “The budget will be approved by the council by March.” does not fit this question. The answer is The budget will have been approved by the council by March..
- B. The budget will have approved by the council by March.
Why not B: “The budget will have approved by the council by March.” does not fit this question. The answer is The budget will have been approved by the council by March..
- C. The budget has been approved by the council by March.
Why not C: “The budget has been approved by the council by March.” does not fit this question. The answer is The budget will have been approved by the council by March..
- D. The budget will have been approved by the council by March. ✓
Correct answer
D. The budget will have been approved by the council by March.
Explanation
The budget will have been approved by the council by March. (option D) is the accepted answer to “Choose the correct passive voice: "The council will have approved the budget by March."”. Option A (The budget will be approved by the council by March.) does not fit this question. Option B (The budget will have approved by the council by March.) does not fit this question. Option C (The budget has been approved by the council by March.) does not fit this question. For this Active and Passive Voice question, the accepted answer is The budget will have been approved by the council by March..
Source: Active and Passive Voice Official FPSC-Style Reference Guide
Tags: FPSC, grammar, voice, sentence structure
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