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Serjik [45]
3 years ago
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Choose the sentence in which the passive voice is used. a. a. A path of destruction was left by the twister; b. Deepak slammed o

n the brakes as the car sped downhill; c. The show's long run surprised the critics.
English
1 answer:
jonny [76]3 years ago
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The sentence which uses the passive voice form is option A. A path of destruction was left by the twister. A passive voice construction has no direct object which directly receives the action of the verb. In this kind of sentence, the object becomes the subject instead. 
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