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What is the main characteristic of a passive voice construction?
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?
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?
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?
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 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 should be done to change a passive-voice sentence to active voice?
What is the defining characteristic of sentences in 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?
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 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?
What is the purpose of including an explicit 'by the' phrase when changing a sentence to passive voice?
