A Safe Bet for Passive Voice Sentence Structure?
My daughter is studying passive voice at school. She needs to include more passive voiced writing in her written work (for positive assessment outcomes) . Would it be a safe bet if I suggested to her that she starts some sentences with positional prepositions to accommodate this need? e.g.. On the table she quietly stood.
I'm not really sure how the 'by zombies' rule that is use in classroom teaching applies to this type of sentence structure. I find it hard to identify passive active sentences myself. :-/
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bee chalk On the table she quietly stood. This unnatural sentence has nothing to do with the passive voice. If your daughter has been asked to write sentences in the passive voice, she should write sentences in the passive voice.
- bee chalk On the table she quietly stood.
- This unnatural sentence has nothing to do with the passive voice.
- If your daughter has been asked to write sentences in the passive voice, she should write sentences in the passive voice.
- bee chalk I find it hard to identify passive active sentences myself.
- :-/ There's no such thing as an active passive sentence.
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bee chalkOn the table she quietly stood.
This unnatural sentence has nothing to do with the passive voice. If your daughter has been asked to write sentences in the passive voice, she should write sentences in the passive voice.
bee chalkI find it hard to identify passive active sentences myself. :-/
There's no suc
0bee chalkWould it be a safe bet if I suggested to her that she starts some sentences with positional prepositions to accommodate this need?
No; that has nothing to do with passive voice.
bee chalk e.g.. On the table she quietly stood.
That is active voice, not passive voice.
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