Startled is the verb in your sentence.
Ah, what a lovely question. "Startled" can actually be both a verb and an adjective, depending on how it's used in a sentence. When someone is surprised or frightened, we can say they "were startled," making it a verb. It's like a happy little word that can bring movement and life to your sentences.
The verb is in the active voice.
Active voice
No. Startle is a verb. The adverb form is "startlingly."
The startled deer zigzagged out of the underbrush and was gone in a flash.
Ah, what a lovely question. "Startled" can actually be both a verb and an adjective, depending on how it's used in a sentence. When someone is surprised or frightened, we can say they "were startled," making it a verb. It's like a happy little word that can bring movement and life to your sentences.
The is the past tense of the VERB to startle.
The sentence "The potholes on our street will be repaired" has a verb in the passive voice ("will be repaired").
The verb is in the active voice.
The verb is in the active voice.
The voice of the verb in the sentence is active voice. In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action.
The verb is in the active voice.
Active voice
In the active-voice sentence "I should kill you," the receiver follows the verb. In the passive-voice sentence "You should be killed," the receiver precedes the verb. The difference between active and passive voice is merely the presence of the actor. In passive voice, the actor disappears.
active, we can see who did the action of the verb drove = Ted's mother.If the sentence was passive it would be: The boys were driven to the mall.
active
The verb "hired" is in the passive voice in the sentence.