Assertion and reason: transformation

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Reason

   If the agent was omitted, nothing in the sentence names the doer.

   Verdict

   Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.

   Assertion

   Turning a passive active can require inventing information.

2. Reason

   The passive makes object and subject the same word.

   Verdict

   Both are true; the reason explains the assertion.

   Assertion

   The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive.

3. Reason

   The passive requires an object to promote.

   Verdict

   The assertion is false and the reason is true.

   Assertion

   Intransitive verbs have both voices.

Explanation