Which sentence is written in passive voice?(1 point) Responses The veteran anchorman reported the nightly news. The veteran anchorman reported the nightly news. The quarterly ratings illustrate a boost in viewership. The quarterly ratings illustrate a boost in viewership. Late night comedy makes us laugh. Late night comedy makes us laugh. Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations.
Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations.
Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations.
The sentence written in passive voice is: "Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations."
To identify passive voice in a sentence, we need to look for a subject that is receiving an action instead of performing the action. In this case, the subject "local television stations" is being owned by someone else (larger news organizations). This construct makes it a passive sentence.