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Tap every sentence in the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →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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Tap every sentence in the passive voice

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Questions
  1. Items
    1. Text
      The letter was written
      Matches the category
      Yes
    2. Text
      The offenders were punished
      Matches the category
      Yes
    3. Text
      The report is being prepared
      Matches the category
      Yes
    4. Text
      She wrote the letter
      Matches the category
      No
    5. Text
      They punished the offenders
      Matches the category
      No
    Category
    In the PASSIVE voice
The subject receives rather than performs. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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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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