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Complete the definition of the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Active or passive?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Naming the voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: turn an active sentence passiveRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: why the passive is usedRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →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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Complete the definition of the passive voice

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    acted
    Choices
    1. acted
    2. speaking
    3. asking
  2. Answer
    agent
    Choices
    1. agent
    2. subject
    3. verb
Complete the statement
In the passive voice the subject is spoken of as being {0} upon. The object and the subject become the same word, and the {1} may be omitted from the sentence altogether.
Section 211 defines it by a different coincidence, and notes what may drop out. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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Active or passive?

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Items
  1. Item
    The subject performs the action
    Category
    Active voice
  2. Item
    Subject and agent are the same word
    Category
    Active voice
  3. Item
    She wrote the letter
    Category
    Active voice
  4. Item
    The subject receives the action
    Category
    Passive voice
  5. Item
    Object and subject are the same word
    Category
    Passive voice
  6. Item
    The letter was written
    Category
    Passive voice
Categories
  1. Item
    Active voice
  2. Item
    Passive voice
Ask whether the subject is doing the action or receiving it. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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True or false: voice

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The active voice represents the subject as acting.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    In the passive voice the agent may be left unstated.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Intransitive verbs are always in the active voice.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Intransitive verbs can be made passive.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    'Passive' comes from a Latin word meaning to endure or suffer.
Each line is one clause of sections 209 to 211. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.

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