Last week, our english class watched a hilarious movie based on a novel. (2) in it, a couple of incompetent thieves bungle their way through a heist. (3) after several escapades, a priceless painting is stolen by the thieves. (4) but then, the thieves make an impressive blunder and accidentally return it. which sentence in the paragraph is in the passive voice? a. sentence 1 b. sentence 2 c. sentence 3 d. sentence 4

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Carl Wagner

8 July, 12:29

Last week, our english class watched a hilarious movie based on a novel. (2) in it, a couple of incompetent thieves bungle their way through a heist. (3) after several escapades, a priceless painting is stolen by the thieves. (4) but then, the thieves make an impressive blunder and accidentally return it. which sentence in the paragraph is in the passive voice? a. sentence 1 b. sentence 2 c. sentence 3 d. sentence 4

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Lewis Bailey · Answer 1

When a sentence is written in a passive voice, this means that the subject becomes the receiver of the action of the verb. Among the sentences in the paragraph given above, the sentence that is written in passive voice is: After several escapades, a priceless painting is stolen by the thieves. The correct answer is sentence 3.