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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which sentence is in the passive voice? A. Does Emily also read a lot of science fiction books? B. This building has been painted by student volunteers. C. Speak to the conductor about the train tickets. D. The hot dogs roasted over the campfire.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

YUM! i lovE Hot cOco

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think A

OpenStudy (tjbrew):

B. This building has been painted by student volunteers. to make it active you would rewrite it to say, Student volunteers painted this building.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do not give out answers, @Tjbrew

OpenStudy (tjbrew):

So passive voice is the use of any form of the verb "to be" plus the passed participle of another verb. for ex. The ball was kicked by Tom. "was" is the past tense of the verb "to be" and "Kicked" is the past participle of the verb "to kick". To make a sentence using the passive voice "active" voice, simply ask yourself "to whom" or "to what" at the end of the sentence. So you would say to yourself, The ball was kicked to whom or to what? the answer is Tom. Next take the answer, Tom, and make that the subject. So your active sentence would read, Tom kicked the ball. Hope this helps and good luck!!

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