Question

Winston Churchill _____________ (to capture) during the Boer war in South Africa in 1899. is captured captured The Passive voice serves to show that the person or thing denoted by the subject of the sentence is not the agent (the doer) of the action expressed by the predicate verb but the object of this action. The subject of a passive verb does not act but is acted upon it, it undergoes an action. In this sentence the action was completed in the Past: Was/Were + Past Participle. 1

Accepted Answer

2 was captured captures passive voice

Task	Winston Churchill _____________ (to capture) during the Boer war in South Africa in 1899.
Answer	2
a	is captured
b	was captured
c	captured
d	captures
comment	The Passive voice serves to show that the person or thing denoted by the subject of the sentence is not the agent (the doer) of the action expressed by the predicate verb but the object of this action. The subject of a passive verb does not act but is acted upon it, it undergoes an action. In this sentence the action was completed in the Past: Was/Were + Past Participle.
topic	passive voice
level	1

Captured Passive Voice Subject Sentence Action Verb Winston