27 Questions
What is the key characteristic of a sentence in active voice?
The subject performs the action expressed by the verb
How does the structure of an active voice sentence typically flow?
Subject-Object-Verb
In passive voice, what does the subject of the sentence experience?
Is acted upon by the verb
Which voice shifts focus from the doer of the action to the recipient of the action?
Passive voice
What is the typical structure in passive voice?
Object-Subject-Verb
What should you underline when converting a sentence from active to passive voice?
The verb
When converting from active to passive voice, what becomes the subject of the passive sentence?
The object
Which phrase is used in forming a verb phrase when converting to passive voice?
"to be" + past participle of main verb
What should be preserved when converting from active to passive voice?
Tense consistency
Which element should not be altered when converting from active to passive voice?
Subject
What is the sequence of Subject-Verb-Object typically followed in a sentence in active voice?
Subject-Verb-Object
When converting from active to passive voice, what should you make the subject of the passive sentence?
Object
Which tense should remain consistent when converting from active to passive voice?
Tense of the original sentence
What is the role of the 'verb to be' in forming a verb phrase when converting to passive voice?
Acts as an auxiliary verb
In passive voice, what may be omitted for emphasis or relevance?
'Agent'
What does the subject experience in a sentence in passive voice?
Receives the action
Which element should be rearranged to start with in a sentence when converting from active to passive voice?
'Object'
What part of speech is acted upon by the verb in a sentence in passive voice?
Object
What does 'the focus shift from' in a sentence written in passive voice?
Subject
What does the 'agent' represent in a sentence converted to passive voice?
Original subject (doer)
What does the verb 'to be' in the passive voice depend on?
The tense of the original sentence
What is one of the key steps when converting from active to passive voice?
Preserving the temporal context
What is the primary focus when using the passive voice?
The recipient of the action
In the active voice, what part of a sentence typically performs the action?
The subject
When converting from active to passive voice, what should you ensure about the tense?
Maintain consistency with the original sentence
What should you underline when converting a sentence from active to passive voice?
The subject
'Agent' in a passive voice sentence refers to:
The subject of the active voice sentence
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