If you want to place less emphasis on the doer of the action, use the ____.

In the sentence We listened carefully to the CEO’s remarks, the verb listened is ____.

Please don’t take her comments ____.

The manager sent the memorandum to ____.

The ____ is known as the “voice of business.”

Both ____ offer excellent online technical support.

The two ____ met to discuss the murder case.

The company asked ____ to provide three references.

  No one objects to ____ taking a break, but we do object when you take twice the time as the rest of us.  

Three students were marked as ____ because they did not attend the first day of class.