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"these birds should not be caged" is this sentence in active or passive voice? if in passive, change into active voice.​

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Answer:

Passive. Active voice: People should not cage these birds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence is in passive voice. One of the ways to check this is to see whether there's "by (something/someone)" at the start or end of the sentence/clause. If not, see if it flows correctly if "by (something/someone)" is added to the end. In this case, it does, so the sentence is in passive voice.

To change it into active voice, identify the verb, tense, subject, and object.

  • verb: cage
  • tense: present
  • subject: not given
  • object: these birds

Arrange them in order (subject + verb in correct tense + object), with modals (if any) connected to the verb. If the subject isn't given, we usually use "people", "someone" or "something". So "People should not cage these birds."

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