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Identify the sentence as an example of either an active or a passive voice:

The Queen's plate was won by a horse called Northern Dancer.
Active Voice
Passive Voice

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Answer:

Passive voice.

Step-by-step explanation:

Active voice tells us what a person or thing does. The subject performs the action (verb) on the object.

{Subject + verb + object}.

Active voice: A horse called Northern Dancer won the Queen's plate.

This sentence tells us what horse does (wins).

Passive voice tells us what is done to someone or something.

{Object + verb + subject}.

Passive voice: The Queen's plate was won by a horse called Northern Dancer.

This sentence tells us what is done (won) to a horse called Northern Dancer.

Hope this helps :)

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