Question

What is passive voice?
• a type of sentence that requests information from the reader or listener
a grammatical structure that is used to describe events that have already taken place
• a method of writing in which the actions are ascribed to the reader
a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb

Answer 1

Correct answer: "a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb."

Example:
- Active: The chef cooked the meal. (subject performs the action)
- Passive: The meal was cooked by the chef. (subject receives the action)