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boboy234567
09-05-2009, 02:30 AM
She should be failed for the test.



Does this sentence make sense?

If not, please kindly correct it for me.

Thank you so much
Marius Hancu
09-05-2009, 03:23 AM
She should be failed for her test answers.
OddThomas
09-05-2009, 06:48 AM
Or...

She should fail the test.
Rusty
09-05-2009, 04:14 PM
Or...

She should fail the test.
Fail is an active verb in this sentence.
In the original sentence, "She should be failed for the test," fail is a passive verb. One of the definitions for the transitive verb, fail, is: to give (a student) a failing grade. The problem in the original sentence, IMO, is the preposition for. She was failed for her answers, not for the test. Prepositions in or on would work.