Question

Identify the sentence as active or passive:

Seed shells were left behind by the bird on the backyard feeder.

A.) Active
B.) Passive

Answer 1

Voice

• Identify the sentence as active or passive: Seed shells were left behind by the bird on the backyard feeder.

Answer:

• Passive voice

Explanation:

• Forms of verbs that show whether the person or thing denoted by the subject does the action of the verb or the action is done to it.
• voices are of two kinds and they are 1. Active Voice 2. Passive Voice. The object in the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice. The object in the passive voice is introduced by 'by'.
• Main verb's past participle form 'left' and 'by' of the given sentence: 'Seed shells were left behind by the bird on the backyard' express that the sentence is identified as passive voice.

Answer 2

Answer:

Seed shells were left behind by the bird on the backyard feeder.

The sentence is in passive voice.

Explanation:

We use the Passive Voice of a verb when the subject of the verb, referring to the person or thing, is affected by the action described by the verb. Only a verb which can take an object can be converted into the Passive Voice.

When we convert the active voice of Simple Past into passive voice, we use passive form equivalent to the active form. The active form in Simple past is 'V2' or Simple Past form of the verb. The object is made the subject and vice versa; 'by' is added. The passive form in Simple Past is was/were +V3.  

Assertive Sentence

Active Voice: S+V2+O.

Passive Voice: O+was/were+V3+by+S.

Interrogative Sentence

Active Voice: Did+S+V1+O?  

Passive Voice: Was/were+O+V3+S?