Question
What is a passive voice in a sentence?
A. The sentence uses present tense verbs.
B. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
C. The subject performs the action stated by the verb. <--------------
D. The sentence uses past tense verbs.
A. The sentence uses present tense verbs.
B. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
C. The subject performs the action stated by the verb. <--------------
D. The sentence uses past tense verbs.
Answers
Writeacher
No. C is the definition of active voice.
Elijah
Oh wait so passive means subject and verb?
Writeacher
All sentences have subject and verb.
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/passive.htm
Read carefully,
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/passive.htm
Read carefully,
Elijah
Now that I thought about it I believe its D. Because A subject is like School like school is fun or learning is fun so they are basically talking about school and giving reasons why they like it or something
Writeacher
Nope. If that linked info doesn't make sense to you, try this one. Read carefully:
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/passive-voice.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/passive-voice.htm