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Active and Passive Forms in Incident Reports

B2 Level

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Question 1

Use the past simple.

At 09:12 yesterday, the duty engineer (disconnect) the faulty server from the network.

Grammar review

Start with the sentence subject. Does it do the action, or does something happen to it? That tells you whether to build an active or passive verb. The tense shown above each question is part of the task.

In the past simple passive, use was or were + past participle. In the present perfect passive, use has or have been + past participle. Check singular and plural subjects before you write. These incident updates practise constructing the form with a fixed subject. In your own report, you can choose a different subject when you want to change the focus.

What to check

Active: subject does the action | Passive: subject receives the action; be + past participle

1.The engineer isolated the fault.
2.The faulty device was replaced.
3.Two alerts have been resolved.

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💡 Tips for Success

•Use the active when the subject performs the action.
•Use the passive when the subject receives the action: the correct form of be plus the past participle.
•The tense is specified for each item; preserve negatives and check subject agreement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Must an incident report always use the passive?

No. Active sentences name who did something; passive sentences can foreground the affected system or result. This exercise fixes the subject and tense so you can practise forming both voices accurately.