"Martha was given a note by the teacher to take home to her parents" is written in the passive voice.
No. Every verb in the sentence given is in the active, not the passive, voice
Use of passive in a sentence would be, "His passive expression gave no clue to his inner emotions." Another example would be, "The man was a passive spectator to the ballgame."
All verb can be passive. It depends on how they are used in a sentence. A passive verb is one that does not assign its action to a subject. Not a passive sentence. John loved Alice A passive sentence. Alice was loved.
No, this is a past continuous sentence. The president is the subject of the sentence, he is the one doing the action of the verb. The country's economy was being developed. This is a passive sentence, we are not told who is doing the verb (being developed). The council is building a new library. - active sentence A new library is being built. - passive sentence.
In the passive voice, the object of a sentence is used as the subject, and the original subject of the sentence is used in a prepositional phrase. This structure greatly weakens the power of a sentence and removes focus from the person or thing that is taking action. For example: John led the horse out of danger. (active sentence) The horse was led out of danger by John. (passive sentence)
The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
No, the sentence "To Kill A Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee" is written in the passive voice because the subject (the book) is being acted upon by the verb (written) rather than performing the action itself.
No. Every verb in the sentence given is in the active, not the passive, voice
The novel was co-written by the other person. This is a sample sentence using the word co-written.
Use of passive in a sentence would be, "His passive expression gave no clue to his inner emotions." Another example would be, "The man was a passive spectator to the ballgame."
All verb can be passive. It depends on how they are used in a sentence. A passive verb is one that does not assign its action to a subject. Not a passive sentence. John loved Alice A passive sentence. Alice was loved.
No, this is a past continuous sentence. The president is the subject of the sentence, he is the one doing the action of the verb. The country's economy was being developed. This is a passive sentence, we are not told who is doing the verb (being developed). The council is building a new library. - active sentence A new library is being built. - passive sentence.
That sentence is written in active voice. "The safety features of the plane were described by the the flight attendant" is passive voice.
This sentence can't be written in passive voice. If the verb in the sentence does not have an object, you can't make the sentence passive. A passive voice sentence using some of the words would be, "The garden is going to be cleaned by the gardener." The active voice form would be, "The gardener is going to clean the garden." In this sentence, the subject is "gardener" and the object is 'garden."
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It is passive because the action was done by the 'commander' and the noun (SOP) would be the direct object in an active sentence. In other words, the subject of the sentence is being acted upon, not acting.
No, this sentence is written in passive voice: He was appointed to the team by his supervisor. Active voice: His supervisor appointed him to the team.