We played all day, talked all night, and generally enjoyed one another's company. How would the above sentence, written in activ
e voice, best be translated into passive voice? a.We played and talked, and everyone had a good time.
b.Play was indulged, talk was engaged in, and a good time was had by all.
c.We play all day, talk all night, and generally enjoy one another's company.
d.We had played all day and talked all night; we generally enjoyed one another's company.
To answer this question, we first have to be clear about what the passive voice is.
In the active voice, the subject is also the one who does the action. For example: I kicked the ball. In this sentence, the subject is "I." The subject is performing the action of kicking.
In the passive voice, however, the subject is not the doer. Instead, the subject of the sentence is acted upon. Consider this example: The ball was kicked by me. The subject is "the ball." Of course, the ball is not doing the kicking. Rather, the ball is being acted upon -- it is being kicked BY someone.
A major clue that the passive voice is being used is the presence of a being verb. A being verb is any form of the verb "to be" -- am, is, are, was, were, be, being, or been.
Now, in the above examples, only option B. appears to have a being verb. However, let's double check.
In the other options, the pronoun "We" is the subject, and "we" are the ones playing, talking, and enjoying. That means answers A, C, and D. are all rewritten in the active voice.
In option B, "Play," "talk" and "a good time" are the subjects of the sentence. Of course, these things can do nothing on their own. This sentence also has being verbs present (the verb "was"), meaning this sentence is written in the passive voice.
The author's strongest support for their statement is the reference to a major claim (Option B). In it, the author alludes to the strongest and clearest declaration that agrees with their statement by quoting the authors of Suburban Nation. This is not an allusion because of the direct nature of this reference (allusion = indirect reference). There is no repetition observed in this paragraph, and the author doesn't comment on what the opposing party believes. Therefore, by logic and by elimination, we can conclude that this is an example of a reference to a major claim.
Answer : The option that uses a correct subordinate conjunction to join the sentences together is After I finish my homework, I go to the park.
Explanation:
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase used to link a dependent clauses to an independent one. This word usually indicates the relationship between both clauses: time, place, cause and effect, etc. Some of the most frequently used subordinating conjunctions are: after, although, as, because, since, unless, until, when, while. In this case, the conjunction used is after, the independent clause is I go to the park, and the dependent clause is After I finish my homework.
