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Demo meeting: passive voice

The layout was designed…, The bug has been fixed…, It will be released…

This topic has 20 questions at level B1 on key words and typical phrases. Each answer comes with a short explanation, and you get a review of your mistakes at the end. Module goal: discuss tasks and present results to business people and stakeholders.

Sample questions with explanations

  1. Messages ___ in our database.

    • are save
    • ✓ are saved
    • is saved
    • saved

    Present passive: are + V3. Plural subject → are saved.

  2. In the new layout, the chat ___ on the right side.

    • are shown
    • is show
    • ✓ is shown
    • showing

    Present passive: is + V3 (show → shown).

  3. All messages are encrypted, so patient data ___.

    • are protected
    • is protect
    • ✓ is protected
    • protects

    “Data” is uncountable here → is protected.

Words and phrases (8)
to implement
to build a feature so that it works
to deploy
to put new code on a server
layout
how things are placed on a screen
mockup
a picture of how a screen will look
to fix
to make something work correctly again
test case
steps to check one thing in the product
so far
until now
passive voice
the action is more important than who did it