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Active and Passive Voice

The document discusses the active and passive voice. The active voice has the subject performing the action, while the passive voice has the subject receiving the action. To change from active to passive, the object becomes the subject, the subject becomes part of a prepositional phrase with "by", and a form of "be" is added to the main verb. Tenses can also be changed in the passive voice by using appropriate helping verbs.

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Active and Passive Voice

The document discusses the active and passive voice. The active voice has the subject performing the action, while the passive voice has the subject receiving the action. To change from active to passive, the object becomes the subject, the subject becomes part of a prepositional phrase with "by", and a form of "be" is added to the main verb. Tenses can also be changed in the passive voice by using appropriate helping verbs.

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Active and Passive Voice

Voices of verb

In traditional grammar, voices of verb is


defined as the quality of verb that indicates
whether its subject acts or is acted upon.
It has two types: the active voice and the
passive voice.
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is
the voice that we use most of the time.
In the active voice, the object receives the
action of the verb:
Marilyn mailed the letter.
Subject Verb Object

Marilyn mailed the letter


•The dog jumped onto the boy.
subject verb object

The dog (subject) is doing the jumping (verb)


onto the boy (object).
•Kristy will give a book report to the class.
subject verb object

Kristy (subject) is doing the giving (verb) to


the class (object).
Steps On How to
Convert Active to
Passive
1. Move the active sentence's direct object into the
sentence's subject slot.
2. Place the active sentence's subject into
a phrase beginning with
the preposition by.
3. Add a form of the auxiliary verb be to the
main verb and change the main verb's
form.
WHAT IS PASSIVE
VOICE?
The passive voice is less usual.
In the passive voice, the subject receives the action
of the verb.
We use the passive voice when we want to make
the active object more important.
The letter was mailed by Marilyn.

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

The letter was mailed by Marilyn.


• The boy was jumped on by the dog.
Subject verb object
Boy (subject) was being jumped on (verb) by the
dog (object).

• A book report will be given by Kristy to the


class. subject verb object

Report (subject) will be given (verb) by Kristy


(object).
STEPS ON HOW TO CONVERT
PASSIVE TO ACTIVE
1. Move the passive sentence's subject into
the active sentence's direct object slot.
2. Remove the auxiliary verb be from the
main verb and change main verb's form if
needed.
3. Place the passive sentence's object of the
preposition by into the subject slot.
TENSES ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Present Tense The article discusses
The effects of
the effects of unemployment are
unemployment. discussed in the
article.
Present Perfect The class has It has been decided
Tense decided that by the class that
everyone should get everyone should get
an “A”. an “A”.
Past Tense The company made A huge profit was
a huge profit. made by the
company.
TENSES ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Past Perfect Tense We had reached an The agreement had
agreement when been reached when
they presented the the plan was
plan. presented.

Future Tense We will mail our Our proposal will be


proposal next week. mailed next week.

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