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english question?
which sentence uses the passive voice?
a. the rain continued until dawn.
b. john searched for a job.
c. the tree planted by mary.
d. lies destroy friendship.
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passive voice uses the following order:
direct Object – Verb – Subject.
active voice places the order:
Subject-verb-direct object.
The subject is the one doing what the verb says.
The rain continued. Rain is the subject. continued is the verb.
John is he subject and he searched/verb
Mary is the subject and she planted.!!!!!!!!!!
lies is the subject and they destroy.
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C
Mary is the actor in this case. The tree is the thing acted upon. In active voice, the sentence would be phrased: Mary planted the tree.
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Sentences a, b, and d use the active voice. “The tree planted by Mary” is a sentence fragment. If the fragment continues “…bloomed and bore fruit!” it would be active. If it continued “…was cut down!” it would be passive.
No right answer here.
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It would be c but you have a word missing. It should be ‘the tree was planted by Mary’ (or is, will be, has been, or some other version of the verb ‘to be.’ ) Anyway, it definitely isn’t any of the other 3. I’m an English teacher.
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D.
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D.
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