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Voice is the property of a verb showing whether the subject acts or is:Read the answer and worked solution →How many voices does the grammar recognise?Read the answer and worked solution →A verb is in the active voice when the subject is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A verb is in the passive voice when the subject is the receiver or the:Read the answer and worked solution →The passive voice is built by prefixing a form of the copula to the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the passive of the complete tenses, which word follows 'have'?Read the answer and worked solution →The passive infinitive is made by prefixing which words?Read the answer and worked solution →Intransitive verbs are ordinarily used in which voice only?Read the answer and worked solution →An intransitive verb can go passive when it is followed by a:Read the answer and worked solution →In such a passive, what becomes the subject of the verb?Read the answer and worked solution →In the passive, a predicate objective becomes a predicate:Read the answer and worked solution →When a verb has a direct and an indirect object, the passive keeps:Read the answer and worked solution →'The bear was shot by Richard' is in which voice?Read the answer and worked solution →'Mr. Hardy builds carriages' is in which voice?Read the answer and worked solution →Active voice or passive voice?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Order the turn from active to passiveRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each form by what it belongs toRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right voice, quicklyRead the answer and worked solution →

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Voice is the property of a verb showing whether the subject acts or is:

  1. Acted upon
  2. Acting out
  3. Adding on
  4. Aiming at
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Correct answer: A. Acted upon

1. The property belongs to the verb. 2. It marks the subject's role in the action. 3. The subject either acts or is acted upon. _Source: Kittredge, An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises (Project Gutenberg)_

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How many voices does the grammar recognise?

  1. Four
  2. Two
  3. Six
  4. Ten
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Correct answer: B. Two

1. One shows the subject doing the action. 2. The other shows it receiving the action. 3. So there are two voices. _Source: Kittredge, An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises (Project Gutenberg)_

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A verb is in the active voice when the subject is the:

  1. Duty of an act
  2. Doubt of an act
  3. Doer of an act
  4. Date of an act
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Correct answer: C. Doer of an act

1. Richard shot the bear is the example given. 2. Richard performs the shooting. 3. The subject is the doer of the act. _Source: Kittredge, An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises (Project Gutenberg)_

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