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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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Can this verb go passive?

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Items
  1. Item
    A transitive verb
    Category
    Can go passive
  2. Item
    A verb that takes an object
    Category
    Can go passive
  3. Item
    An intransitive verb
    Category
    Cannot go passive
  4. Item
    A verb with no object
    Category
    Cannot go passive
Categories
  1. Item
    Can go passive
  2. Item
    Cannot go passive
Only a verb with an object has something to promote. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Spotting the agent

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Questions
  1. Question
    In 'They are punished by fear', the agent is
    Choices
    1. they
    2. fear
    3. punished
    Correct choice
    fear
  2. Question
    In 'They are punished', the agent is
    Choices
    1. they
    2. punished
    3. not stated
    Correct choice
    not stated
  3. Question
    The agent is introduced by the word
    Choices
    1. by
    2. for
    3. with
    Correct choice
    by
The agent is the doer, whether or not it is named. 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. 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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