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Active voice Active Voice – indicates
that the subject of the verb is acting, Because the subject does the verb in such sentences
Jonh Lennon wrote Imagine song
Who?
What?
Passive Voice In a passive voice sentence,
the subject and object flip-flop. The subject becomes the
passive recipient of the action.
Jonh Lennon wrote Imagine song
Active voice
ObjectSubject
Passive voiceby Jonh Lennon
Imagine songwas written
Object Subject
Form of Passive Voice Verbs The passive voice requires a "double
verb" and will always consist of a form of the verb "to be" and the past participle of another verb.
Example:Active: The students drink frutsis a lot.
Passive: Frutsis are drunk by the students.
(are is a form of the verb “be”. Drunk is the past participle of drink)
Form of Passive Voice VerbsPresent
Past participl
e PastPast
participle
Is written
was
writtenare were
Future Past participle
will be written
The window … broken.The windows … broken.
The snakes … cut.The snake … cut.
The man … eatenThe men … eaten
The man … stabbed.The men … stabbed.
The man … punched.The men … punched.
The man … kicked.The men … kicked.
The boy … kissed.The boys … kissed.
The man … scratched.The men … scratched.
The man … killed.The men … killed.
The boy … pushed.The boys … pushed.
The man … bitten.The men … bitten.
The boy … licked.The boys … licked.
The alien … run over.The aliens … run over.
The alien .. hit.The aliens .. hit.
The baby … taken.The babies … taken.
He … stung.They … stung.
Exercise1.They arrested her last week.2.John wrote a letter.3.They invited ten friends to the party.4.The maid will clean all the house for tomorrow.5.My brother hits me every day6.We will build a new house.
Active voice Passive voice
Usage
indicates that the subject of the verb is acting, Because the subject does the verb in such sentences
In a passive voice sentence, the subject and object flip-flop. The subject becomes the passive recipient of the action.
Form
Present
Past
Future
Example
