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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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Flip and pair: voice with its signature

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    Active voice
    B
    subject and agent are one
  2. A
    Passive voice
    B
    object and subject are one
  3. A
    Agent
    B
    the doer of the action
  4. A
    Intransitive verb
    B
    always active
  5. A
    patior
    B
    Latin for to endure
The two definitions side by side. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Which sentence element moved?

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Items
  1. Item
    The old object
    Category
    Becomes the subject
  2. Item
    The thing acted upon
    Category
    Becomes the subject
  3. Item
    The old subject
    Category
    Becomes optional
  4. Item
    The agent, marked by 'by'
    Category
    Becomes optional
Categories
  1. Item
    Becomes the subject
  2. Item
    Becomes optional
The transformation, seen as movement. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Spot the one that does not belong

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. She wrote it
    2. The letter was written
    3. The task was finished
    Odd item
    She wrote it
  2. Items
    1. Subject acts
    2. Subject is acted upon
    3. Agent equals subject
    Odd item
    Subject is acted upon
  3. Items
    1. Active
    2. Passive
    3. Plural
    Odd item
    Plural
One sentence is in a different voice. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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