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Indicate whether each sentence is passive or active.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
An investigation of stolen stockpiles of nuclear waste is being made by the Senate subcommittee.
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The sentence is passive because the true subject of the sentence (Senate subcommittee) is being acted upon by an object (an investigation). The subject should lead this sentence. (e.g., The Senate subcommittee is investigating stolen stockpiles of nuclear waste.)
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The sentence is passive because the true subject of the sentence (Senate subcommittee) is being acted upon by an object (an investigation). The subject should lead this sentence. (e.g., The Senate subcommittee is investigating stolen stockpiles of nuclear waste.)
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Mayor Herman Munster was robbed by three men in masks.
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The sentence is passive because a prominent official (Mayor Herman Munster) is the recipient of actions by unknown assailants (three men in masks). In this case, it is appropriate to write the sentence in passive voice, placing the mayor as the subject of the sentence (following the rule of prominence in newswriting).
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Although Mayor Herman Munster begins the sentence, the action was committed by three men in masks. So the mayor is the recipient of the action and the sentence is in passive voice.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
The store was robbed by three men in masks.
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The sentence is passive because the subject, three men in masks, is being acted upon and appears as the object of the preposition by. The sentence should be rewritten in subject-verb-object (active voice) style: Three men in masks robbed the store.
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The sentence is passive because the subject, three men in masks, has been made into the object. The sentence should be rewritten in subject-verb-object (active voice) style:Three men in masks robbed the store.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
The thick smoke around the house was being dodged by the wary firefighters.
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The sentence is in passive voice because firefighters are the recipients of the action and not the true subject of the sentence, as they should be.
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If the subject, firefighters, were initiating the action, the sentence would be in active voice. But the firefighters are being “acted upon” by an object (thick smoke), and the sentence is in passive voice.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
The burglars were arrested by the police.
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The sentence is passive because the recipient of the action (the burglars) is the recipient, not the initiator of the action. The sentence could be written in active voice as: The police arrested the burglars.
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The sentence is passive because the recipient of the action (the burglars) is the recipient, not the initiator of the action. The sentence could be written in active voice as: The police arrested the burglars.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Brisk winds carried tons of deadly plutonium particles.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (brisk winds) initiates the action.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (brisk winds) initiates the action.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
A man on stilts wearing a Pee-Wee Herman mask stole more than $2 million from the Second Interstate Bank.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (a man) initiates the action.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (a man) initiates the action.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
The football was thrown 70 yards by the quarterback.
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The sentence is in passive voice because the true subject of the sentence (the quarterback) is “receiving” the action. The sentence should be rewritten in active voice: The quarterback threw the football 70 yards.
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The sentence is in passive voice because the true subject of the sentence (the quarterback) is “receiving” the action. The sentence should be rewritten in active voice: The quarterback threw the football 70 yards.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Her decision was to sit at home quietly.
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The sentence is in passive voice because the true subject (the implied “she”) is not initiating the action. The sentence should be rewritten: She decided to sit at home quietly.
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The sentence is in passive voice because the true subject (the implied “she”) is not initiating the action. The sentence should be rewritten: She decided to sit at home quietly.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
His Senate colleagues call him a genuine conservative.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (colleagues) correctly initiates the action of the sentence. In this sentence, him is the direct object.
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The sentence is in active voice because the subject (colleagues) correctly initiates the action of the sentence. In this sentence, him is the direct object.