Multiple choice

I suggest that we all watch the movie 'TIGER'. It has been suggested that we watch the movie 'TIGER' together. The two given statements can be differentiated by drawing students' attention to the

  1. use of 'by' in the passive form

  2. the arrangement of words

  3. change in the verb forms

  4. roles of the subject and object in both sentences
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Explanation

The first sentence ('I suggest...') is in active voice where 'I' is the subject performing the action. The second sentence ('It has been suggested...') is in passive voice where the subject 'It' receives the action, and the doer (the person who suggested) is either implied or mentioned with 'by'. This fundamentally changes the roles of subject and object - in active voice, the subject is the doer, while in passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action.

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