ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICE- PART 1 ASSIGNMENT Although passive voice is possible in English, active voice is more natural and easier to understand because we immediately know who is doing the action. This quiz will help you differentiate between the two. So don't be passive! Get active, and identify whether the sentences below are in active or passive voice! 1. His argument was rejected. a) active voice b) passive voice 2. The director studied the file and gave her comments. a) active voice b) passive voice 3. The committee assured me that no follow-up was necessary at the moment. a) active voice b) passive voice 4. The child was bitten by his friend at the daycare. a) active voice b) passive voice 5. Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. a) active voice b) passive voice

Explanation:

Passive voice is used to emphasize the result of an action rather than who performs it, called agent. It is used with the correct tense and form of the verb to be and the verb in the past participle. In that matter, in active voice, the subject performs the action of the verb, while in passive voice the subject receives the action of the verb. In passive voice, the agent who carries out th action of the verb is introduced with the preposition by.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.