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Past participleactive & passive voice
What is it?
A past participle indicates past or completed
action or time. It is often called the 'ed' form
as it is formed by adding d or ed, to the base
form of regular verbs, however it is also
formed in various other ways for irregular
verbs.
How is it used?
It can be used to form a verb phrase as part of the present
perfect tense. For example:- I have learnt English.
It can be used to form the passive voice. For example:- Her
hair was well brushed.
It can also be used as an adjective. For example:- He had a
broken arm.
Active & Passive voice?
‘VOICE’ shows whether the
subject of a sentence is doing
the action, or having the
action done to it.
Active Voice
I cleaned the office while you were out.
Piers switched on the Christmas lights.
If the subject is the person performing the
action, we use the active voice.
Passive Voice
T
he office was cleaned while you were out.
T
he lights were switched on.
W
hen we are NOT bothered about who or what
carried out the action of the verb, we use the
passive voice.