Question

Which sentence is passive?

A Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper."
B) "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(C) both are passive.

Answer 1

The passive sentence is option (B) "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passive voice describes a sentence where the subject of the sentence receives the action. In this case, the passive sentence is (B) "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The subject, "The Yellow Wallpaper," is receiving the action of being written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Therefore, option (B) is the passive sentence.

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