Question

Identify the past participle(s) in the following sentence and say whether it is in active or passive form :
She has drunk the green liquid.
a) Has drunk, active
b) Has drunk, passive
c) Drunk, active
d) Drunk, passive

Answer 1

Hint: A participle phrase consists of a participle plus modifiers(s), object(s) or/and complement(s).

Complete answer:
Past participles are a group of words that act as adjectives. That is, they provide further information about the noun or nouns in a sentence. These phrases generally contain past and present participles. In the given question, we are asked to find out a participle phrase from the given sentence. If the participle is present, it will dependably end in -ing. Likewise, a regular past participle will end in a consistent -ed. We also have to tell it is in active or passive form.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer:
Option ‘a’ is Has drunk, active. It contains a present perfect form of the verb and is in the active voice. This is not the correct option as only past participles have to be identified.
Option ‘b’ is Has drunk, passive. It also has the present perfect form of the verb and is in the passive voice, which is incorrect.
Option ‘c’ is Drunk, active. It shows what the subject has done. Thus, the given sentence has to show active voice, along with the verb “drunk”, which is in past participle form.
Option ‘d’ is Drunk, passive. This has the correct form of the verb, past participle but it is in the passive voice, which is incorrect.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the current answer. Here, the correct form of past participle of the given sentence – She has drunk the green liquid, is “drunk”. And, it is in an active voice.
So, the correct answer is “Option c”.

Note:
When a subject is directly acting on the object, the sentence is written in an Active voice. When the object is acted upon by the subject, the sentence is written in the passive voice.