Question I(multiple Choice Worth 2 points) (03.07 MC) Read the passage below.Then answer the question that follows. Peter and Bobby were having a great afternoon of throwing the football around in the backyard.Their parents warned them to be careful and told them no throwing ball in the house.Later, after it started raining, the boys moved their game to the living room. After a long throw, their mother's favorite vase was broken .When she got home, she began questioning each of her sons about what happened. What is the effect of the use of passive voice in the sentence in bold? To avoid revealing how the mother reacted To avoid revealing who broke the vase To focus on exactly what happened to the vase To scientifically explain the force and velocity of the ball

## Step 1<br />The problem is asking us to identify the effect of the use of passive voice in the sentence "When she got home, she began questioning each of her sons about what happened." The sentence is in passive voice, which means the subject of the sentence is the recipient of the action, rather than the doer.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />In this sentence, the subject is "she" (the mother), and the action is "questioning". However, the sentence does not specify who the mother is questioning, which could be either Peter or Bobby.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The use of passive voice in this sentence is to avoid revealing who broke the vase. This is because the focus is on the action (the questioning) rather than the doer of the action (the person who broke the vase).