Answer:
A narrative essay tells a story. In fact, narrative is another word for story. In this unit, you will
learn how to organize and write a narrative essay. Even though the narrative essay has the same basic
form as most other academic essays, it allows the writer to be a little more creative than academic
essays usually do. Narratives can tell long stories or just a few minutes’ worth of excitement. While the
narrative essay has a particular structure, narrative ideas are often used in different writing tasks, such
as argument or compare-contrast.
<span>1) Gracie and Helen had not seen each other FOR 50 years.
2) "Tell me ABOUT Grandpa." said Randy.
3) They carried the water packs ON their backs.
4) I would go INTO the garden, but it is muddy.
5) Tommy passed the peas TO his mother.
6) We should meet somewhere BEYOND the city limits.
7) The lights activate automatically AFTER sunset.
8) Please put an umbrella IN the trunk.
9) Add pepper TO the soup.
10) Erika waded INTO the stream and looked at the minnows.</span>
Answer: Sentences 2, 4 and 5 are written in passive voice.
Explanation:
We use passive voice when we want to put an emphasis on the action and the object, rather than subject. In other words, subject is either insignificant in that particular case, or we do not know who/what the subject is. The object from the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
For example, active sentence is: <em>One of my favorite authors wrote </em><em><u>that book</u></em>, while passive sentence is: <em><u>That book</u></em><em> was written by one of my favorite authors</em>.
We form passive from the auxiliary verb (often verb <em>to be</em>) and past participle.
