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True or false: why the passive is usedRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →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 →Words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases are:Read the answer and worked solution →Every pronoun must match the noun it replaces in gender and:Read the answer and worked solution →The noun that a pronoun replaces is called its:Read the answer and worked solution →In Mariah said she wanted to go home, the antecedent of she is:Read the answer and worked solution →When Lizzie smacked her arm into the glass window, she broke it. The problem here is:Read the answer and worked solution →The grammatical function of a pronoun in a sentence is its:Read the answer and worked solution →In I like pizza, the pronoun I is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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True or false: why the passive is used

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  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The passive lets a writer leave the doer unnamed.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    That is useful when the doer is unknown or irrelevant.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    It can also be used to avoid naming who is responsible.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The passive always makes a sentence clearer.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The active names the doer directly.
The agent can be omitted, which is both its use and its abuse. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Assertion and reason

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  1. Reason
    The passive needs an object to promote into the subject position.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Only transitive verbs can be made passive.
  2. Reason
    In the passive the agent may be omitted from the statement.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    A passive sentence can be complete without naming the doer.
  3. Reason
    The word comes from Latin for enduring or suffering.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    'Passive' means the subject acts.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Two are true, one is not

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  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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