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What is the main characteristic of a passive voice construction?

The subject is always omitted

The subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb (correct)

The subject always has an adjunct of the clause

The subject denotes the agent of the action

What is the valence-decreasing process associated with passive voice?

It increases the number of arguments in a sentence

It syntactically turns a transitive sense into an intransitive sense (correct)

It syntactically turns an intransitive sense into a transitive sense

It changes the tense of the verb

What is the role of the subject in an active voice construction?

The subject has the agent role (correct)

The subject is always omitted

The subject always denotes the object of the action

The subject has the patient role

What is the syntactic role of the subject in a passive voice construction?

Expresses what is usually expressed by the object of the verb (A) Signup and view all the answers

What does having both an active and a passive voice allow for in many languages?

Greater flexibility in sentence construction (D) Signup and view all the answers

What should be done to change a passive-voice sentence to active voice?

Find the agent in a 'by the' phrase and make it the subject of the sentence (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining characteristic of sentences in active voice?

The subject performs the action denoted by the verb (D) Signup and view all the answers

When changing an active-voice sentence to passive voice, what should be made the object of a 'by the' phrase?

The agent performing the action (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the subject in sentences in active voice?

Performing the action denoted by the verb (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of including an explicit 'by the' phrase when changing a sentence to passive voice?

To indicate the agent performing the action (B) Signup and view all the answers

Passive Voice Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the main characteristic of a passive voice construction?

What is the valence-decreasing process associated with passive voice?

What is the role of the subject in an active voice construction?

What is the syntactic role of the subject in a passive voice construction?

What does having both an active and a passive voice allow for in many languages?

What should be done to change a passive-voice sentence to active voice?

What is the defining characteristic of sentences in active voice?

When changing an active-voice sentence to passive voice, what should be made the object of a 'by the' phrase?

What is the role of the subject in sentences in active voice?

What is the purpose of including an explicit 'by the' phrase when changing a sentence to passive voice?

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