Question

3. The recipe was looked up by Seema.

a. Correct b. Incorrect

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Answer 1

Answer:

3. The recipe was looked up by Seema.

• a. Correct
• According to grammatical rules it is correct.

Explanation:

• The given sentence is an example of passive voice. So its active voice is : Seema looked up the recipe.
• The given sentence has been written in Past Indefinite Tense.
• Here 'the recipe' is subject. Auxiliaries verb is always used according to subject and it is 'was'. Next verb's past participle is used and it is 'looked up. After that 'by' and subject of active voice turns into object of passive voice.

Answer 2

According to grammatical rules, the sentence is correct.

Explanation:

• According to grammatical rules, the sentence is correct.
• The voice of the sentence is a passive voice.
• There are two voices in English grammar.
• Active voice and passive voice.
• In active voice, the action is performed by the subject.
• While in passive voice, the person or an object performs the action.
• In passive voice, we use "by" to make a sentence.