Exploring Active and Passive Voice in English

What does the grammatical concept of Voice determine?

• The relationship between the verb and its participants

• The number of objects in a sentence

• The tense of the verb

• The length of a sentence

In an Active Voice sentence, who is considered the Agent?

• The receiver of the action

• The performer of the action

• The indirect object

• The passive auxiliary verb

What is the general form of a verb in Passive Voice?

• Direct Object + BE auxiliary verb

• BE auxiliary verb + Past Participle

• BE auxiliary verb + Present Participle

• Past Participle + Subject

What happens to the Direct Object in the transition from Active to Passive Voice?

• It becomes the Agent

• It is omitted

• It remains the Direct Object

• It becomes the grammatical subject

Why is the Agent optional in a Passive Voice sentence?

• To maintain sentence structure

• To make the sentence active

• To focus on the action rather than the doer

• Because it is always unknown

Why might Passive Voice be used instead of Active Voice?

• To highlight the Direct Object

• To shorten the sentence

• To emphasize the Agent

• To emphasize new information at the end of a sentence

Which form of the verb BE is used with a singular subject in Passive Voice?

• Was

• Were

• Is

• Are

How does Passive Voice affect the emphasis of information in a sentence?

• It emphasizes the action over the subject

• It reduces the importance of the verb

• It places emphasis on new information at the end

• It emphasizes the beginning of the sentence

What is necessary to form a Passive Voice sentence?

• A transitive verb

• An Indirect Object

• A plural subject

• An intransitive verb

What should you check if you've chosen to use Passive Voice?

• If the sentence has an Indirect Object

• The correct form of the auxiliary BE and the Past Participle

• The number of Agents in the sentence

• The tense of the Direct Object