Active or Passive Sentence
"The people are ready for the party."
I think it's an active sentence, but I'm not sure.
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I assume you've been asked to identify that sentence as 'active' or 'passive'. Do you see any form of the verb be followed by a past participle? I ask because at minimum you have to have that to say the sentence is passive.
- I assume you've been asked to identify that sentence as 'active' or 'passive'.
- Do you see any form of the verb be followed by a past participle?
- I ask because at minimum you have to have that to say the sentence is passive.
- It turns out that there is a form of be ( are ) in that sentence, but 'ready' is not a past participle, so the sentence cannot be passive.
- CJ
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I assume you've been asked to identify that sentence as 'active' or 'passive'.
Do you see any form of the verb be followed by a past participle? I ask because at minimum you have to have that to say the sentence is passive.
It turns out that there is a form of be (are) in that sentence, but 'ready' is not a past participle, so the sentence cannot be passive.
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