Mastering Verb Voices
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Which one of these is NOT a category of voice in grammar?

  • Middle
  • Reflexive (correct)
  • Active
  • Passive
  • In which voice is the subject the agent or doer of the action?

  • Passive
  • Active (correct)
  • Reflexive
  • Middle
  • What happens to the subject and direct object in a transformation from an active-voice clause to a passive-voice construction?

  • The subject becomes the direct object
  • They remain the same
  • They switch places
  • The direct object becomes the subject (correct)
  • Which of the following is an example of a causative sense in English?

    <p>Fred shaved John</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a grammatical voice in Classical Mongolian?

    <p>Reflexive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of a deponent verb in Latin?

    <p>Fred is shaving</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the Ba construction in Mandarin?

    <p>To indicate the causative voice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which voice is the most commonly used in many languages and represents the 'normal' case, in which the subject of the verb is the agent?

    <p>Active voice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which voice is employed in a clause whose subject expresses the theme or patient of the verb and undergoes an action or has its state changed?

    <p>Passive voice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which voice deletes or demotes the object of transitive verbs, and promotes the actor to an intransitive subject?

    <p>Antipassive voice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which voice is a set of inflections or constructions which is to some extent different from both the active and passive voices, and the subject performs an action and is also affected by that action?

    <p>Middle voice</p> Signup and view all the answers

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