Q1: The correct answer is "passive voice". To identify the passive voice in a sentence, you need to look for a grammatical structure where the subject is being acted upon. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action rather than performing it, and the agent (the one performing the action) is often not mentioned or is mentioned after the verb. In this case, the subject of the sentence would be the answer to the first blank and the verb would be the answer to the second blank. The answer choices given are "subject," "active," "complement," "passive," and "verb," so the correct answer for the first blank is "subject" and for the second blank is "verb."
Q2: The correct answer is C. "Compared to the passive voice, the active voice emphasizes an action." The active voice is used to emphasize the subject of the sentence performing the action, while the passive voice is used to emphasize the recipient or target of the action. The active voice is generally considered more direct and concise, while the passive voice can be used to shift focus or highlight the object or recipient of the action.
Q3: The correct answer is D. "In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress." To identify sentences written in the passive voice, you need to look for the grammatical structure where the subject is receiving the action. In this sentence, the subject "Northwest Territory" is receiving the action "was created." The agent or doer of the action, "Congress," is mentioned after the verb.
Q4: The best way to rewrite the sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning is option B. "Parents received a note about the upcoming game from the football coach." To rewrite a sentence in the passive voice, you need to make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use the appropriate form of the verb "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the subject "a note" becomes the object in the passive voice sentence, and the original subject "the football coach" becomes the agent in the prepositional phrase "from the football coach" after the verb.
Q5: The information that would be included if the sentence were written in active voice instead of passive voice is option A. "It would specify who inspected the wheels." In the passive voice sentence, the doer of the action, the one who inspected the wheels, is not mentioned. Rewriting the sentence in the active voice would include this information, specifying who performed the action of inspecting the wheels.