Flashcard 14 - High School English I: Writing Flashcard Set for the STAAR test
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active voice
Explanation:
Even though the sentence is in the past tense, it is written in active voice because the subject (lion) actively did the verb (mauled). Written in passive voice, the sentence would be “The tourist who got out of the van during the safari was mauled by a lion.” Then the subject (tourist) receives the action of the verb (mauled) but didn’t do the verb himself.
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