Which sentence is in the passive voice?
Bill Moyers asks the questions in a calm, assertive manner.
Rita Dove was interviewed several times in 1996.
He treats each guest as courteously as he can.
He must give a lecture in the next twenty minutes.
Would this be Bill Moyers asks the questions in a calm, assertive manner.?
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After reading the definition i think this would be He treats each guest as courteously as he can.
No, the sentence "Bill Moyers asks the questions in a calm, assertive manner" is in the active voice.
The passive voice is a grammatical construction in which the subject of a sentence is the receiver of the action, rather than the doer of the action. In a passive voice sentence, the object of the action becomes the subject.
In this case, the sentence "Rita Dove was interviewed several times in 1996" is in the passive voice because the subject ("Rita Dove") is the receiver of the action ("was interviewed") rather than the doer of the action.
No. Moyers asks is in the active voice.
The verb tells what the subject is doing.