#Active voice meaning free

Even more so when it's an entire clause, since the verbs aren't stacking in the way that verbs at the same level or in the same clause do in English and both are finite verbs. In this way, actually you would expect it to be dependent on/ subordinate to the verb, since it's describing the verb. Replace it with 'then' or 'at that time' and it falls firmly in the predicate. Generally though in my experience, this kind of clause would be within the predicate since it's acting adverbially. It might depend on what syntax you're using. Overall seems a question designed to trick people. Choice B is the only multi-Claudel sentence, so it’s a bit confusing. It’s a little bit comparing apples to oranges because the other choices are passive voice, and have the word order Object Verb (and in the case of C, ending with Subject). However, ‘cold’ is not the direct object, but a complement, an adjective (can also be a noun) which ‘completes’ the subject by giving more information. In ‘the soup was cold’ the beginning borrows the same word order as active voice: Subject (the soup) Verb (was). There’s no direct object because’arrived’ never takes a direct object (hence why it’s an intransitive verb). In ‘when it arrived’ ‘it’ is the subject and ‘arrived’ is the verb. To break it down: there are two clauses - ‘the soup was cold’ and ‘when it arrived’. In this excerpt, the author has used the verbs “hear,” “want,” “saying,” “going,” and “tell” in active voice.Here’s the problem: b is a weird sentence because it uses a copular verb and then a second clause with active voice, but an intransitive verb. I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas…” Besides, I’m not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything. “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like… They’re nice and all-I’m not saying that – but they’re also touchy as hell. The verbs of active voice include “looked,” “talked,” “think,” “threw,” “had,” “living,” “came down,” and “suffered.” Example #5: The Catcher in the Rye (by J.D. In this passage, the author has written all of the sentences in active voice, which are direct and clear in meaning. When he came down to the river, sometimes he would take to me, and sometimes it was better for me to be careful. He was living for the most part in those villages on the lake. Afterwards I had to keep out of the way but I didn’t mind. ‘It was in general.’ “He threw his arms up…He had his second illness then. ‘It isn’t what you think,’ he cried, almost passionately. “I looked at him, lost in astonishment…’Ah, he talked to you of love!’ I said, much amused.

Example #4: Heart of Darkness (by Colin Higgins) The subject is “Paul Schimmel,” who is doing “ventures,” and has “paid” fare. The use of active voice has added directness to this passage.

#Active voice meaning free

In the IND station at Sixth Avenue and Forty-second Street one recent afternoon, he paid his fare with a free pass.” “Seven days a week, Paul Schimmel ventures into the subway with his clarinet.