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Which of the following sentences uses the active voice?
The best sailors somehow sense a coming wind shift and react almost before it happens.
That blue sailboat is going to run aground if the keel isn’t pulled up soon!
Waves were breaking over the railing, so lifejackets were put on quickly.
The tiller was pulled hard to starboard, but the strength of the breeze was too weak to move the boom.
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Sentences 1 and 2 use the active voice.
- 1 ("The best sailors somehow sense... and react...") — subject ("The best sailors") performs the actions.
- 2 ("That blue sailboat is going to run aground...") — the subject ("That blue sailboat") is the one undergoing the action in an active future construction.
Sentences 3 and 4 contain passive constructions: 3 ("lifejackets were put on") and 4 ("The tiller was pulled hard...") use passive voice.
- 1 ("The best sailors somehow sense... and react...") — subject ("The best sailors") performs the actions.
- 2 ("That blue sailboat is going to run aground...") — the subject ("That blue sailboat") is the one undergoing the action in an active future construction.
Sentences 3 and 4 contain passive constructions: 3 ("lifejackets were put on") and 4 ("The tiller was pulled hard...") use passive voice.
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