There are four candidates to complete the following sentence.
While the questionnaire was voluntary, we were
______to fill it out
before leaving the plane.(1) required (2) ordered (3) requested (4) forced
I'm not sure which one makes sense.
The following is my reasoning:
Even though the questionnaire was voluntary, someone begged us to fill
the form out. In other words, we were not rigidly asked to do that,
instead, somebody politely invited us to do that. So, I think the
euphemistic expression is the better choice.
I think that (2) and (4) are the rude tones. Maybe (1) or (3) is acceptable.
What do you think and why?
Best Answer
Here, the answer will be : We were requested to fill it out before leaving the plane.
Reason lies in the question itself. The Question is ; While the questionnaire was voluntary.
Now, this word voluntary shows that it depends on the person's will whether to fill the questionnaire or not.
If we use other words such as : ordered, forced or required then they make the task mandatory which is not the case here.
We can only request someone to do the voluntary task. No one can be forced to do it and if anyone is forced then that task is not voluntary.