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20. Which of the following sentences uses the pas-

sive voice?
a. I will return the video tomorrow.
b. It was a movie about a city girl who is
adopted by a farm couple.
c. She grows up in the country.
d. What she learns on the farm changes her
forever.

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Final answer:

Option (b), 'It was a movie about a city girl who is adopted by a farm couple,' is the sentence that uses the passive voice, with the city girl as the subject being acted upon.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine which sentence uses passive voice, one must look for a few key characteristics: the subject being acted upon, the use of a form of the verb 'to be,' and the presence or possible addition of the preposition 'by.' In the choices given:

  • a. I will return the video tomorrow. (Active)
  • b. It was a movie about a city girl who is adopted by a farm couple. (Passive)
  • c. She grows up in the country. (Active)
  • d. What she learns on the farm changes her forever. (Active)

Option (b) 'It was a movie about a city girl who is adopted by a farm couple' is the sentence that uses the passive voice. Here, 'is adopted' is a form of the verb 'to be' combined with the past participle 'adopted,' and we can infer the existence of the prepositional phrase 'by a farm couple.' The sentence indicates that the action of adopting is being done to the 'city girl,' thus making her the subject being acted upon, which characterizes the passive voice.

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