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Question 84

Select all passive sentences that treat the named substance as a material and the named person as an agent.

  1. The linen was coloured by a plant-based dye used as the material.
  2. The linen was coloured with a plant-based dye used as the material.Correct answer
  3. The coastal map was drawn with a cartographer acting as the agent.
  4. The coastal map was drawn by a cartographer acting as the agent.Correct answer

Explanation

The dye is correctly marked as material with with, and the cartographer is correctly marked as agent with by. The other sentences swap the prepositions and therefore assign the wrong semantic roles.

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