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The doer either disappears or moves into a by-phrase.",[],{"items":19,"categories":34},[20,23,25,27,30,32],{"text":21,"category":22},"The chef cooks the meal.","Active",{"text":24,"category":22},"The teacher corrects the homework.",{"text":26,"category":22},"The workers repaired the road.",{"text":28,"category":29},"The meal is cooked.","Passive",{"text":31,"category":29},"The homework is corrected.",{"text":33,"category":29},"The road was repaired.",[22,29],{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":38,"explanation":39,"blanks":40,"payload":41},"01a01413-a96d-7256-9f87-042fcefb73ec","Sort each verb phrase by whether it can be used in a passive sentence.",1,"A clause can become passive only when its verb takes an object. 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