Q1: The _ voice is a grammatical structure in which the _ performs the action named by the _ . (1 point)
subject active complement passive verb
Q2: Which statement describes a difference between the active voice and passive voice? (1 point) A. Compared to the active voice, the passive voice has a livelier tone.
B. Compared to the active voice, the passive voice conveys more feeling.
C. Compared to the passive voice, the active voice emphasizes an action.
D. Compared to the passive voice, the active voice is more concise.
Q3: Use the passage to answer the question.
“American settlers moved west all throughout the 1700s. In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress. The territory covered lands stretching across what is now Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The town of Marietta served as the first territorial capital.”
Identify the sentence in the paragraph which is written in passive voice. (1 point)
A. American settlers moved west all throughout the 1700s.
B. The territory covered lands stretching across what is now Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
C. The town of Marietta served as the first territorial capital.
D. In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress.
Q4: Use the sentence below to answer the question.
“The football coach sent a note to parents about the upcoming game.”
What is the best way to rewrite the sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning of the sentence? (1 point)
A. A note from the football coach about the upcoming game was sent to parents.
B. Parents received a note about the upcoming game from the football coach.
C. An upcoming game is why parents and the football coach were sent a note.
D. The football coach had an upcoming game and sent a note to parents.
Q5: Use the sentence below to answer the question
Catastrophes and Heroes by Jerry Borrowman
“The wheels on every car were also inspected before each journey by using a hammer to tap each wheel to listen for irregularities.”
Catastrophes and Heroes' by Jeremy Borrowman. Published by Shadow Mountain Publishing.. What information would the sentence contain if were written in active voice instead of passive voice? (1 point)
A. It would specify who inspected the wheels.
B. It would specify the frequency of examinations.
C. It would explain why inspections were important.
D. It would explain the sound of an irregularity.
Q1: The passive voice is a grammatical structure in which the subject performs the action named by the verb.
Q2: C. Compared to the passive voice, the active voice emphasizes an action.
Q3: D. In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress.
Q4: B. Parents received a note about the upcoming game from the football coach.
Q5: A. It would specify who inspected the wheels.
Q1: The active voice is a grammatical structure in which the subject performs the action named by the verb.
Q2: The correct statement that describes a difference between the active voice and passive voice is: C. Compared to the passive voice, the active voice emphasizes an action.
Q3: The sentence in the paragraph written in passive voice is: D. In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress.
Q4: The best way to rewrite the sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning is: B. Parents received a note about the upcoming game from the football coach.
Q5: If the sentence were written in active voice instead of passive voice, it would specify who inspected the wheels. The information would be: A. It would specify who inspected the wheels.
Q1: The correct answer is "passive voice". To identify the passive voice in a sentence, you need to look for a grammatical structure where the subject is being acted upon. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action rather than performing it, and the agent (the one performing the action) is often not mentioned or is mentioned after the verb. In this case, the subject of the sentence would be the answer to the first blank and the verb would be the answer to the second blank. The answer choices given are "subject," "active," "complement," "passive," and "verb," so the correct answer for the first blank is "subject" and for the second blank is "verb."
Q2: The correct answer is C. "Compared to the passive voice, the active voice emphasizes an action." The active voice is used to emphasize the subject of the sentence performing the action, while the passive voice is used to emphasize the recipient or target of the action. The active voice is generally considered more direct and concise, while the passive voice can be used to shift focus or highlight the object or recipient of the action.
Q3: The correct answer is D. "In 1787, the Northwest Territory was created by Congress." To identify sentences written in the passive voice, you need to look for the grammatical structure where the subject is receiving the action. In this sentence, the subject "Northwest Territory" is receiving the action "was created." The agent or doer of the action, "Congress," is mentioned after the verb.
Q4: The best way to rewrite the sentence in passive voice without changing the meaning is option B. "Parents received a note about the upcoming game from the football coach." To rewrite a sentence in the passive voice, you need to make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use the appropriate form of the verb "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the subject "a note" becomes the object in the passive voice sentence, and the original subject "the football coach" becomes the agent in the prepositional phrase "from the football coach" after the verb.
Q5: The information that would be included if the sentence were written in active voice instead of passive voice is option A. "It would specify who inspected the wheels." In the passive voice sentence, the doer of the action, the one who inspected the wheels, is not mentioned. Rewriting the sentence in the active voice would include this information, specifying who performed the action of inspecting the wheels.