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Grammar: Active-Voice Verbs and Passive-Voice Verbs

Question 5 • Common Core ELA 12

Label the following sentences active or passive. The e-mail message was received by both Lee and me.

Answer
A
Active
B
Passive

Explanation

The sentence is passive because its subject, “The e-mail message,” receives the action of receiving. The verb phrase “was received” is a form of “be” plus a past participle, and “by both Lee and me” names who performed the action. Therefore, the correct choice is “Passive.”

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