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In the space provided, write whether the verb in sentence is active voice or passive voice.

India’s youth, however, don’t always prefer saris.

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Answer:

The verb is in the active voice

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer:

The verb in the sentence is Active Voice.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb, then the verb is said to be in the passive voice.

For example, in “The ball was kicked by the referee,” the ball (the subject) is the recipient of the action of the verb, and was thrown is in the passive voice.

On the other hand, when the verb is in the active form the sentence is revised as follows:

"The referee kicked the ball". In this case, the subject is doing the acting.

In the question, the sentence is broken down as follows:

  • India's youth = Subject
  • don't always prefer = Action Verb
  • Saris = Object

It's easy to see that the subject is doing the acting.

To make it clearer, we could substitute the action verb for a word which comes closest in meaning such as: "dislike", "eschew", "avoid" etc.

Then you'd have:

India's youth eschew Saris.

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