Advance 3 - Midterm - 2015

The correct answer is "robbed". In this sentence, the verb "rob" is in the past tense and is used in the passive voice. The subject "my best friend" is the one receiving the action of being robbed, rather than performing the action. Therefore, the correct form of the verb is "robbed".

The correct answer is "is" because it is the correct form of the verb "to be" that is used in the passive voice to indicate that the action of cleaning is being done to the subject, which in this case is "my office."

The sentence "My car is washed" is in the passive voice in the present tense. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb. In this case, "My car" is the subject and "is washed" is the verb phrase. The verb "is washed" is in the present tense, indicating that the action of washing is currently taking place.

The sentence "This man had been given novocaine before the dentist started working on a cavity that needed a filling" is written in the Passive Past Perfect Tense. This tense is formed by using the past participle of the main verb (given) with the auxiliary verb "had been". It indicates an action that had happened before another past action. In this case, the man had been given novocaine before the dentist started working on the cavity.

Passive voice is referred to as the weak voice because it does not assign responsibilities to the subject of the sentence. In passive voice, the subject is acted upon rather than performing the action. This often results in a lack of clarity and accountability. Therefore, the statement that passive voice is called the weak voice because it does not place responsibilities is true.

The sentences "The clinic has been cleaned by Jack and Karl" and "The letters have been delivered this morning" are in Passive Present Perfect Tense. In these sentences, the actions of cleaning the clinic and delivering the letters have been completed in the past, and the focus is on the result or the current state of the actions. The use of "has been" indicates the passive voice, and "cleaned" and "delivered" are the past participles of the verbs.

The sentences "This man is being kept in prison because he did something very bad," "Pancakes are being made in the kitchen," "She's being hugged by her brother," and "Penguins living in the Antarctic are being threatened by global climate change" are in Passive Present Continuous Tense. In this tense, the subject is receiving the action being performed by someone or something else, and the verb is formed using a form of "be" (is, are, am) + present participle (-ing form of the verb). These sentences all follow this structure and indicate ongoing actions happening to the subject.