Passive Voice Quiz

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In a passive voice construction, the grammatical subject expresses the...

  • adjunct of the clause
  • theme or patient of the main verb (correct)
  • agent of the action
  • object of the verb

In the passive sentence 'The tree was pulled down', the subject denotes the...

  • object of the verb
  • adjunct of the clause
  • patient rather than the agent of the action (correct)
  • agent of the action

What is the valence-decreasing process associated with turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense?

  • Intransitivizing process
  • Detransitivizing process (correct)
  • Transitivizing process
  • Valence-increasing process

In passive clauses, what is usually expressed by the object of the verb is now expressed by the...

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What type of process is turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense?

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Study Notes

Passive Voice Constructions

  • In a passive voice construction, the grammatical subject expresses the recipient of the action, rather than the performer of the action.

Characteristics of Passive Sentences

  • In the passive sentence 'The tree was pulled down', the subject denotes the entity that undergoes the action, not the one that performs the action.

Valence-Reducing Process

  • The valence-decreasing process associated with turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense is called detransitivization.

Passive Clauses

  • In passive clauses, the theme or patient, which is usually expressed by the object of the verb, is now expressed by the subject of the sentence.

Passive Sense Formation

  • Turning an active sense of a verb into a passive sense is a type of valence-reducing process, which involves a decrease in the valency of the verb.

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