(a)Both clauses are in active voice.(b)Both clauses are in passive voice.(c)The first clause is active; the secound clause is passive.(d)The first clause is passive;the secound clause is active.
2007-10-31 00:42:03 · 4 answers · asked by yanuyanu 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
b) Both are in passive.
The active voice for the first clause would be:
"I repaired your machine."
The active voice for the second clause would be:
"I will return it to you today."
2007-10-31 00:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This type of sentence is known as a 'Double passive' as both clauses relate to the 'machine', not you. However I cannot understand why you have added a question mark as this alters the context of the sentence to a question as if you had told someone that the machine had been repaired and was to be returned and they were repeating this as a question for confirmation. This would thus make the sentence interrogative.
2007-10-31 10:04:34 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d.) first clause passive, second active.
You can get clues about the passive voice by studying the verbs... in the first clause, the verb is slow-- 'has been'...If it were active it would be fast-- 'is.' In the case of the second clause, there is no other way to write it to make it more active.
So to make the first clause active, and leave the second one alone as is necessary, one would write, "Your machine is repaired and will be returned to you today."
2007-10-31 08:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by LK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both are in the passive voice.
2007-10-31 10:30:38 · answer #4 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋