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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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Spot the one that does not belong

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  1. Items
    1. Subject acts
    2. Subject acted upon
    3. Agent optional
    Odd item
    Subject acts
  2. Items
    1. was written
    2. wrote
    3. were punished
    Odd item
    wrote
  3. Items
    1. Transitive
    2. Object present
    3. Intransitive
    Odd item
    Intransitive
One item belongs to the other voice. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Assertion and reason: transformation

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Questions
  1. Reason
    If the agent was omitted, nothing in the sentence names the doer.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    Turning a passive active can require inventing information.
  2. Reason
    The passive makes object and subject the same word.
    Verdict
    Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.
    Assertion
    The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive.
  3. Reason
    The passive requires an object to promote.
    Verdict
    The assertion is false and the reason is true.
    Assertion
    Intransitive verbs have both voices.
The reason must genuinely explain the assertion. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Flip and pair: active with its passive

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    She wrote the letter
    B
    The letter was written by her
  2. A
    They punished him
    B
    He was punished by them
  3. A
    Fear punishes them
    B
    They are punished by fear
  4. A
    Someone made mistakes
    B
    Mistakes were made
The same statement in both voices. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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