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Indian Navy SSR Active Passive Voice — practice questions — page 3

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Active Passive Voice questions and exercises with answers

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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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Reading the definitions back

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Questions
  1. Question
    In the active voice the subject is
    Choices
    1. the object
    2. the agent
    3. omitted
    Correct choice
    the agent
  2. Question
    In the passive voice the subject is
    Choices
    1. the agent
    2. always plural
    3. the object of the action
    Correct choice
    the object of the action
  3. Question
    Intransitive verbs are
    Choices
    1. always active
    2. always passive
    3. either
    Correct choice
    always active
  4. Question
    In the passive, the agent
    Choices
    1. must be stated
    2. may be omitted
    3. becomes the verb
    Correct choice
    may be omitted
Straight recall of sections 209 to 211. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Order the steps: turn a passive sentence active

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Steps
  1. Find the subject, which is really the thing acted upon
  2. Find the agent, after 'by', or work out who it must be
  3. Make that agent the new subject
  4. Put the verb into its active form
  5. Make the old subject the object of that verb
The reverse transformation: the agent has to be recovered first. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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True or false: when the passive cannot be undone

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    A passive sentence with no agent may have no unique active form.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'Mistakes were made' leaves the doer unnamed.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Every passive sentence can be turned active with certainty.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Recovering the agent is the first step of the reverse change.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The agent follows 'by' when it is stated.
If the agent was dropped, it may not be recoverable at all. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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