Which option describes passive voice in a sentence?
A. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
B. The sentence uses present tense verbs.
C. The sentence uses past tense verbs
D. The subject performs the action stated by the verb.
A. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
Somebody painted a colorful mural on the classroom wall.
Is this a passive or active sentence?
This sentence is in active voice.
A. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
The correct option that describes passive voice in a sentence is A. The subject is acted upon by the verb.
Passive voice is a grammatical construction wherein the subject of a sentence is the receiver of the action, rather than the doer of the action. In a passive voice sentence, the subject is being acted upon by the verb.
To identify passive voice in a sentence, you can look for certain keywords such as "is," "was," "were," "by," or a form of the verb "to be" (e.g., "is," "am," "are," "was," "were," "being," "been").
For example, consider the following sentence:
Active voice: The cat chased the mouse.
Passive voice: The mouse was chased by the cat.
In the active voice sentence, "the cat" is the subject performing the action of "chased" on "the mouse." In the passive voice sentence, "the mouse" is the subject being acted upon by the verb "was chased" and "by the cat" indicates the doer of the action.