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Naming the voice

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Question
    'They punished the offenders' is
    Choices
    1. active
    2. passive
    3. neither
    Correct choice
    active
  2. Question
    'The offenders were punished' is
    Choices
    1. active
    2. passive
    3. neither
    Correct choice
    passive
  3. Question
    'They are punished by fear' is
    Choices
    1. active
    2. passive, agent omitted
    3. passive, agent stated
    Correct choice
    passive, agent stated
  4. Question
    'They are punished' is
    Choices
    1. passive, agent omitted
    2. active
    3. passive, agent stated
    Correct choice
    passive, agent omitted

Explanation

Read the sentence and say which voice it is in. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.
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