Exercise
Form 7: Agentless Passive Voice (Omitted Agents)
Examine passive sentences where the agent performing the action is omitted. Practice writing and identifying agentless passive constructions.
Questions
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Which sentence uses an agentless passive voice (where the doer is omitted)?
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Why might a writer deliberately omit the agent in a passive sentence?
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Which passive sentence does NOT state who or what performed the action?
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Which sentence conceals who is responsible for the mistakes?
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Identify the agentless passive sentence.
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In 'The suspect was arrested late last night', why is the agent omitted?
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Which sentence uses agentless passive because the doer is obvious or general?
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Select the sentence with an omitted agent.
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Which passive statement leaves out the agent phrase?
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Which sentence omits the agent because the historical builders are unknown or general?
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What type of passive voice is: 'The flight has been delayed'?
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Choose the passive sentence that omits 'by who'.
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Identify the passive sentence with an agentless structure.
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Which sentence focuses entirely on the money without identifying who returned it?
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Which sentence is an agentless passive sentence?