What is passive voice
A: a method of writing in which the actions are ascribed to the reader
B: a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb
C: a type of sentence that requests information from the reader or listener
D: a grammatical structure that is used to describe events that have already taken place
B: a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb
B: a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb
The correct answer is B: a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb.
Passive voice is a grammatical term used to describe a sentence structure in which the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action, rather than the doer of the action. In a passive voice sentence, the object or the receiver of the action becomes the subject of the sentence. The verb in the sentence is often in the past participle form and is preceded by a form of the verb "to be," such as "is," "was," or "has been."
To determine if a sentence is in passive voice, you can ask two questions:
1. Is the subject performing the action, or is the subject receiving the action?
2. Does the verb describe what the subject is doing or what is being done to the subject?
If the answer to the first question is that the subject is receiving the action and the answer to the second question is that the verb describes what is being done to the subject, then the sentence is in passive voice.