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PASSIVE VOICE: Adjectives derived from past participles
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In this short lesson, we're going to test your knowledge of active and passive voice. Read below!
If you'd like to begin with Part
1 of our series, please
click here: What Is Passive Voice?
Test Your Knowledge
How well can you recognize
a passive voice sentence?
In any given passive voice sentence, can you always
identify who performed the action?
Test your knowledge.
 Test
Your KnowledgeBe sure you can recognize a passive voice sentence. Determine if each sentence below is active or passive. Determine who performed the action, even when it's not explicitely stated. |
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| Active or Passive? | Who Performed the
Action? Choose the best answer. |
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| 1. They arrested the boys. | a. They b. The boys. c. The police |
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| 2. The boys were arrested. | a. Nobody b. The boys. c. The police |
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| 3. Dinner will be made soon. | a. Dinner b. It's impossible to say from the limited information in this sentence. c. Nobody. |
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| 4. Grandmother will make dinner soon. | a. Dinner. b. Grandmother c. It's impossible to say from this sentence. |
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| 5. The door was locked by the last person to leave. | a. The door b. Dad c. the last person to leave |
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| 6. Who locked the door? | a. Who b. Dad c. It's impossible to know from this sentence |
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the answers to the Passive Voice:
Test Your Knowledge.
Next... Passive Voice Editing Practice
Next: Chapter Quiz: Passive Voice Editing Practice #1
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