(1) The New York Botanical Garden covers 250 acres in the Bronx section of New York City. (2) The garden was established in 1891 by a British couple who thought New York should have a garden similar to the Royal Botanic Garden in London.(3) Today, the New York Botanical Garden grows more than one million plants in fifty different gardens. (4) The garden continues one of the missions with which it was founded: to research plants in order to preserve them.

Question

Which describes the voice used in sentence 2?

a. It uses the passive voice to make the New York Botanical Garden the subject of the sentence
b. It uses the passive voice to make the British couple's contribution the main idea of the paragraph
c. It uses the active voice only, to compare the importance of the New York Botanical Garden to the Royal Botanic Gardens in London
d. It uses the active voice only, to emphasize the importance of the New York Botanical Garden

Answer 1

The correct description of the voice used in sentence 2 is:

b. It uses the passive voice to make the British couple's contribution the main idea of the paragraph.

In sentence 2, the focus is on the act of establishing the garden, which is indicated by the mention of "a British couple," suggesting that their action is central to the information being conveyed.