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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which sentence is in the passive voice? A. A small fire in the hearth warmed the room. B. Did you post the assignments on the board? C. An emergency meeting has been called for this afternoon. D. Listen to the birds singing in the morning. @KyanTheDoodle @Daniel_Chernioglo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hmm...

OpenStudy (daniel_chernioglo):

what do you think?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know. I'm thinking...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Defiantly not B. Probably not D...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not A, since the _fire_ warmed the room

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so, its C?

OpenStudy (daniel_chernioglo):

It is actually D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why?

OpenStudy (daniel_chernioglo):

here is an example of a passive voice: The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically, a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as Our troops defeated the enemy) appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice source: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define+passive+voice

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Seems like I'm beginning to understand this.

OpenStudy (daniel_chernioglo):

and look here: http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/52725fcde4b08ad7c0d91963 its the third question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Daniel_Chernioglo We were both wrong. It was C.

OpenStudy (daniel_chernioglo):

sorry i mislead you :(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's ok.

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