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Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence in the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: voice with its signatureRead the answer and worked solution →Which sentence element moved?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Reading the definitions backRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: turn a passive sentence activeRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: when the passive cannot be undoneRead the answer and worked solution →Can this verb go passive?Read the answer and worked solution →Spotting the agentRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: transformationRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: active with its passiveRead the answer and worked solution →

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Two are true, one is not

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Questions
  1. False statement
    Passive: the subject acts
    Statements
    1. Active: the subject acts
    2. Passive: the subject is acted upon
    3. Passive: the subject acts
  2. False statement
    Intransitive verbs are always passive
    Statements
    1. Intransitive verbs are always passive
    2. Intransitive verbs are always active
    3. Only transitive verbs go passive
  3. False statement
    The agent must always be stated
    Statements
    1. The agent may be omitted in the passive
    2. The agent must always be stated
    3. The agent is named by 'by' when stated
The false line reverses the voice. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.

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  1. Question
    Three of these statements about the passive are false.
    Choices
    1. Item
      The subject receives the action
      Correct
      Yes
    2. Explanation
      That is the ACTIVE voice.
      Item
      The subject performs the action
    3. Explanation
      The agent may be omitted entirely.
      Item
      The agent must always appear
    4. Explanation
      They have no object to promote.
      Item
      Intransitive verbs can be passive
Each trap reverses the definition. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Tap every sentence in the passive voice

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  1. Items
    1. Text
      The letter was written
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      The offenders were punished
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      The report is being prepared
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      She wrote the letter
      Matches the category
      No
    5. Text
      They punished the offenders
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    In the PASSIVE voice
The subject receives rather than performs. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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