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How can I know whether this sentence is in the passive voice when the preposition by is missing? Since my tutor instructed me to convert this sentence (which were assumed to be passive voice) into active voice. The sentence reads, " Freedom of speech will be curtailed if Facebook is shut down ". I don't know whether this sentence is active or passive voice. Can I have an answer to this?

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Hey Rex!The sentence is passive. Structure of passive for simple future is( will +be + past participle verb) (will be curtailed).Simple present passive ( is /am/are+ past participle) (is shut down)An active sentence can be - if the government shuts down Facebook, it will curtail the freedom of speech.Remember,...
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Hey Rex!
The sentence is passive. Structure of passive for simple future is( will +be + past participle verb) (will be curtailed).
Simple present passive ( is /am/are+ past participle) (is shut down)
An active sentence can be - if the government shuts down Facebook, it will curtail the freedom of speech.
Remember, a sentence is an active voice when the doer of the action is mentioned as a subject.
Ex- A cat chases a rat.
Cat - subject, chases - action verb , rat - an object
Doer does an action on the object- active voice
A rat is chased by a cat. - passive.
In passive, an object is used in place of a subject.
I hope it helps as it's a long explanation.

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