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.
For this reason, option B. is the correct answer.
Answer:
1. False
2. True
3. False
Explanation:
1. It is false because 1984 has a dystopian setting where the government seems to have absolute power and people apparently have no privacy or saying in anything.
2. True. Many times, stories play with the idea that to erradicate inequiality, people became equally poor or miserable.
3. In V for Vendetta, the government is actually shown as a criminal, corrupt organization that has as only goal to oppress the civilization and keep its own power
Answer:
The central idea developed and supported by the passage is:
4. The slave trade was very fair and humane toward enslaved captives.
Explanation:
Take a look at the following passages:
- Corporal punishment [...] not until the culprit understands exactly why it is done.
- [...] to ensure security from harm in those nightly battles that occur...
- [...] men, women, girls, and boys are allowed to unite in African melodies.
- [...] the greatest care, compatible with safety, is taken of a negro’s health and cleanliness on the voyage.
<u>The speaker makes it sound as if slavers were doing their best to take care of African slaves. He makes it seem as if the way they were treated was humane and fair. They were not punished until they understood why they were being punished for. They were kept clean, and were allowed to express their culture through melodies. Their safety was taken into consideration since slavers knew there would be fights. In summary, the excerpt makes it sound as if slavers were good people who were doing nothing besides keeping slaves healthy, clean, and safe from their own barbaric behavior.</u>
Surely, the answer is C. Why? Because, this was accepted by the majority of the officials, they had no other means of conclusive proof.
<em>Answer:</em>
<em>A is correct, the one you chose.</em>
<em>Explanation:</em>
<em>(A) Fits the lilttle story above, because Noble also means kings and rulings.</em>
<em>Hope this hlped you!</em>
