In which sentence is the action arrow pointing in the correct direction?
a. ---------> The children were told to be quiet by the teacher.
b. <––––– The children were told to be quiet by the teacher.
The correct answer is b. <––––– The children were told to be quiet by the teacher.
That is because this is a passive construction and means that the subject that is actually the teacher influences the children, not the other way around.
