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Contrary to the
Active Voice,
the Passive Voice
puts an emphasis
on the object
rather than
The subject of the
sentence.
A. Uses of the
The Passive Voice is
used in a sentence
when the doer of the
action is known and
does not need
mentioning
The rubbish has been collected
The classroom was swept every morning
e.g:
By putting the verb into the same tense as the active verb and
adding the past participle of the active verb.
a. We keep honey here (active)
b. The honey is kept here (passive)
Usually
Usuallypreceded
precededby
by
the
theword
wordby
by
when
whenthe
theagent
agent
isismentioned.
mentioned.
a.
ACTIVE VOICE
AGENT
CHANGED TO
PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE (INDIRECT)
ACTIVE (DIRECT):
Tense
Active
The passive voice
always consists
of Voice
two parts: Passive
a form ofVoice
the
verb "to be"
+ past
participle: plays/drives
Simple
Present
is played/ driven
Present
Continuous
is playing/ driving
is being played/
driven
Present prefect
has played/has
driven
has been
played/driven
Simple past
played/ drove
Past continuous
was playing/
driving
Past Perfect
had played/driven
had been
played/driven
Future
will be played/
driven
AGENT
The
presiding
officer
The leaders
The
scientists
CHANGED TO ACTIVE
VOICE
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