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In this quiz, you’ll practice the passive voice in all its different forms while learning about the lives of some of the most iconic female writers in the English language.
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Jane Austen
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1) had been born – has been born – was born – is born
2) is called also – was also called – had been called also – has also been called
3) had been sent – are sent – has been sent – were sent- Jane Austen was a great woman novelist of the early 19th century. Jane 1) (was born) on 16 December 1775 in Steventon Rectory. She was the second daughter of The Reverend George Austen and his wife Cassandra. Apart from her older sister, who 2) (was also called) Cassandra, Jane had 6 brothers. In 1783 Jane and her sister 3) (were sent) to boarding school. While at school they both caught a fever (possibly typhus) and Jane nearly died. Jane Austen left school in 1786 to pursue writing.
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Virginia Woolf
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1) was raised – had been raised – is raised – has been raised
2) has been born – had been born – is born – is being born
3) have been married – was married – were married – had been married- Born on January 25, 1882, Adeline Virginia Stephen 1) (was raised) in a remarkable household. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a historian and author. Her mother, Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson), 2) (had been born) in India and later served as a model for several Pre-Raphaelite painters. She was also a nurse and wrote a book on the profession. Both of her parents 3) (had been married) before they married each other. Woolf had three full siblings and four half-siblings. The eight children lived under one roof at 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington.
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Toni Morrison
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1) was noted for – is noted for – has noted – has been noted
2) is given – has been given – had been given – was given
3) has been shaped for – was being shaped by – was shaped by – is shaped by- Toni Morrison (born 18 February 1931) is an American writer who 1) (is noted for) her remarkable examination of Black experience (particularly Black female experience). She 2) (was given) the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Morrison grew up in the American Midwest in a family that possessed an intense love of and appreciation for Black culture. Her childhood 3) (was shaped by) storytelling, songs, and folktales. She attended Howard University and Cornell University. After teaching at various universities, Morrison became a fiction editor at Random House in 1965, using her position to uplift other female writers of color.
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Hanya Yanagihara
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1) is best known – was best known – has best known – has been best known
2) has been selected – had been selected – was selected – is selected
3) was being published – was published – is published – has been published- Hanya Yanagihara is an American author and editor who 1) (is best known) for her novels The People in the Trees and A Little Life. Besides being an author, she also holds the post of senior editor at The New York Times Style Magazine. She 2) (was selected) for multiple awards after her second novel A Little Life 3) (was published). She reads a lot and considers writers Kazuo Ishiguro, Hilary Mantel, and John Banville to be her biggest inspirations.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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1) was released – is released – has been released – is being released
2) is being shortlisted – has been shortlisted – was shortlisted – is shortlisted
3) had been awarded – was awarded – is awarded – was being awarded
4) was set – has been set – has set – is set
5) is also released – has also been released – had also been released – has been also released- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on 15 September 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria, the fifth of six children to Igbo parents, Grace Ifeoma and James Nwoye Adichie. At the age of 19, she left Nigeria to study in the US. It was during her senior year at Eastern Connecticut State University that she started working on her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, which 1) (was released) in October 2003. The book has received wide critical acclaim: it 2) (was shortlisted) for the Orange Fiction Prize (2004) and 3) (was awarded) the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (2005). Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, 4) (is set) before and during the Biafran War. Published in 2006 in the United Kingdom the United States, it 5) (has also been released) in Nigeria.
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