Question

The poem "My Heart's in the Highlands" _______________ (to write) by Robert Burns. wrote will be written The passive voice is used when we want to focus attention on the person or thing affected by the action. The passive is usually formed by the verb to be + past participle. We can leave out the ‘doer’ or agent, or we can place the ‘doer’ in a prepositional phrase (by + ‘doer’). We use passive forms of tenses in the same way as we use their active equivalents.In the test sentence the main focus is on the name of Robert Burn’s poem “My Heart's in theHighlands” that is the subject of the test sentence. The ‘doer’ is placed in the prepositional phrase ‘byRobert Burns’. We use this structure ‘passive + by + doer’ when the agent is important.In the test sentence the agent is important because Robert Burns is a famous Scottish poet and his poem “My Heart's in the Highlands” is known all over the world. Robert Burns conquered the hearts ofScottish countrymen with his poems and became their voice. This poem is symbolic – it reflects any person’s heart when they are thinking about their homeland.As this poem was written in 1790, we are to choose ANSWER 3 ‘was written’ – Past Simple passive.‘Written’ is the past participle of the irregular verb ‘write’.

Accepted Answer

was wrote was written c

Question	The poem "My Heart's in the Highlands" _______________ (to write) by Robert Burns.
A	was wrote
B	wrote
C	was written
D	will be written
Answer	c
Remark	The passive voice is used when we want to focus attention on the person or thing affected by the action. The passive is usually formed by the verb to be + past participle. We can leave out the ‘doer’ or agent, or we can place the ‘doer’ in a prepositional phrase (by + ‘doer’). We use passive forms of tenses in the same way as we use their active equivalents.In the test sentence the main focus is on the name of Robert Burn’s poem “My Heart's in theHighlands” that is the subject of the test sentence. The ‘doer’ is placed in the prepositional phrase ‘byRobert Burns’. We use this structure ‘passive + by + doer’ when the agent is important.In the test sentence the agent is important because Robert Burns is a famous Scottish poet and his poem “My Heart's in the Highlands” is known all over the world. Robert Burns conquered the hearts ofScottish countrymen with his poems and became their voice. This poem is symbolic – it reflects any person’s heart when they are thinking about their homeland.As this poem was written in 1790, we are to choose ANSWER 3 ‘was written’ – Past Simple passive.‘Written’ is the past participle of the irregular verb ‘write’.

Poem Robert Heart's Written Passive Past Doer Test