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Passive voice
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PASSIVE VOICE
Simple present
Active voice
When the subject of a sentence performs the verb's action.
Active voice
Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb.
Active voice
When the subject does the action
The children eat hamburgers
subject + verb + object
Examples
The monkeys adore bananas.
The cashier counts the money.
My brother plays the guitar.
PASSIVE VOICE
Passive voice
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
We use passive voice when...
Uses
- The focus is on the action and the object
- When we do not know who did the action
Passive voice is formed with verb to be in simple present and the past participle of the verb
Form
am/ is / are + 3rd. form of the verb
Bananas are adored by monkeys
The guitar is played by my brother
He writes a report
subject verb object
Examples
A report is written by him
We have to change subject pronouns for object pronouns
Subject pronouns
Object pronouns
Pronouns
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
THEY
ME
YOU
HIM
HER
IT
US
THEM