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In the active voice, which entity performs the action denoted by the verb?
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The subject.
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In the passive voice, what is the relationship between the subject and the action?
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The subject is acted upon and receives the action.
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According to Rule 1 of conversion, what does the object of an active sentence become in the passive voice?
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The subject.
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What is the general formula for a verb in the passive voice?
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Appropriate form of the verb 'be' + past participle of the main verb.
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According to Rule 2, what preposition is added before the doer when it appears after the verb in a passive sentence?
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by
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Why is the sentence 'Meena smiled faintly' unable to be converted into the passive voice?
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The verb 'smiled' is intransitive and has no object.
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What type of verbs are the only ones capable of being changed into the passive voice?
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Transitive verbs.
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According to Rule 5, when converting to passive voice, the verb must agree with the new subject in which two categories?
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Person and number.
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When 'They are calling me' is converted to 'I am being called', why does 'are' change to 'am'?
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The verb must change to match the new subject 'I' in person and number.
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What happens to the tense of the verb when a sentence is converted from active to passive voice?
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The tense remains the same.
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What is the passive form of the simple present verb 'cleans'?
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is/am/are cleaned
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What is the passive form of the simple past verb 'took'?
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was/were taken
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How is the simple future verb 'will finish' expressed in the passive voice?
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will be finished
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What is the passive construction for 'going to' future forms (e.g., 'is going to make')?
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is/am/are + going to + be + past participle
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What is the passive form of the present continuous verb 'is writing'?
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is/am/are being written
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What is the passive form of the past continuous verb 'were painting'?
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was/were being painted
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How is the present perfect verb 'has reviewed' converted to passive voice?
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has/have been reviewed
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What is the passive form of the past perfect verb 'had submitted'?
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had been submitted
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What is the passive form of the future perfect verb 'will have cooked'?
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will have been cooked
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What is the passive construction for a modal verb (e.g., 'may call')?
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modal + be + past participle
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Which four verb tenses have no passive forms according to the 'Language Point'?
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Future continuous, present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, and future perfect continuous.
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Under what condition is the active voice preferred over the passive voice?
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When the doer of the action is to be made prominent or the speaker wants to be direct.
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Under what condition is the passive voice preferred over the active voice?
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When the receiver of the action or the action itself is more important than the doer.
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In the passive voice, what is the term for the doer of the action when they are mentioned after 'by'?
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The agent.
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When the pronoun 'she' is the doer in an active sentence, what form does it take as the agent in a passive sentence?
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by her
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What is the passive agent form for the active subject 'we'?
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by us
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What is the passive agent form for the active subject 'they'?
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by them
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Which preposition should be used instead of 'by' to refer to an instrument used by the doer?
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with
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Why might the agent be omitted in the sentence 'Michael was convicted in the robbery case'?
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The doer (the judge) is obvious.
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List a situation where the doer is intentionally left out of a passive sentence for social reasons.
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When the speaker wishes to be discreet and avoid naming the doer.
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How many passive forms can be created from a sentence with a ditransitive verb (a verb with two objects)?
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Two
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In the sentence 'Leela showed me some beautiful paintings', what are the two possible subjects for passive versions?
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'I' (indirect object) and 'Some beautiful paintings' (direct object).
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What is the passive form of an infinitive ('to' + verb)?
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to be + past participle
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Convert the infinitive in 'I am to learn driving' into a passive construction.
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Driving is to be learnt by me.
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What is the standard passive structure for imperative commands like 'Call the police'?
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let + subject + be + past participle
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Convert the command 'Send the boy home' into the passive voice.
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Let the boy be sent home.
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What introductory phrase is used to form the passive of an imperative request like 'Study regularly'?
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You are advised to / You are requested to
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Convert the request 'Please come in the next room' into the passive voice.
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You are requested to come in the next room.
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In passive interrogative sentences, what happens to the object of the original active question?
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It becomes the subject of the passive question.
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Convert the question 'Are you using these earphones?' into the passive voice.
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Are these earphones being used by you?
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Convert the question 'Why did you throw my books?' into the passive voice.
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Why were my books thrown by you?
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Identify the passive voice error in the sentence 'The books was neatly arranged' if the subject is plural.
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The auxiliary verb must be 'were' to agree with the plural subject 'books'.
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What is the passive agent form for the active subject 'I'?
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by me
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When is the agent typically omitted because the focus is solely on the result?
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When the doer is not important or the action itself is the primary focus.
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Convert 'Someone stole our car last night' to passive, omitting the doer.
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Our car was stolen last night.
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What is the passive equivalent of 'Aish wants Sunidhi to help her'?
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Aish wants to be helped by Sunidhi.
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Convert 'Do not waste water' into a passive imperative.
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Let water not be wasted.
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Is it possible to change 'Are you going out for dinner?' into the passive voice?
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No (NP), because 'going' is an intransitive verb in this context.
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Convert the passive sentence 'The money was deposited by me yesterday' into the active voice.
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I deposited the money yesterday.
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Convert the passive sentence 'Let all the differences be set aside' into the active voice.
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Set aside all the differences.