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ACTIVE and PASSIVE ACTIVE and PASSIVE VOICE.VOICE.
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• Voice can be active or passive.
• You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English.
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Active Voice • In active voice, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object.
• Most sentences are active.
Thing doing actionThing doing action +
verb +
thing receiving actionthing receiving action
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Thing doing actionThing doing action +
verb +
thing receiving actionthing receiving action
SUBJECTSUBJECT
OBJECTOBJECT
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EXAMPLE
The professor teaches the students.
SUBJECT;Doing the action
OBJECT;Receiving the action
VERB
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The professor teaches the students.
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EXAMPLE
John washes the dishes.
SUBJECT;Doing the action
OBJECT;Receiving the action
VERB
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John washes the dishes.
JOHN-- SUBJECT
DISHES-- OBJECT
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Passive Voice
• In passive voice, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence.
• You can use the passive voice if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized.
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• You can also use the passive voice if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.
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Passive voice
Thing receiving action
+ BE + Past Participle of the Verb
+ BY
+ Thing Doing the Action
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EXAMPLE
Students are taught by the Professor..
SUBJECT;Receiving the action
Doing the action
PASSIVE VERB
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Students are taught by the Professor.
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EXAMPLE
The dishes are washed by John.
SUBJECT;Receiving the action
Doing the action
PASSIVEVERB
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The dishesare washed by
John.
JOHN—Doing theaction
DISHES-- SUBJECT
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Active / Passive voice Overview
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SIMPLE PRESENT
ACTIVE:
Once a week, Tom cleans the house.
PASSIVE:Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ACTIVE:
Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.
PASSIVE:
Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
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Simple Past
ACTIVE:
Sam repaired the car.
PASSIVE:
The car was repaired by Sam.
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Past Continuous
ACTIVE:
The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store.
PASSIVE:
The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.
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Simple Futurewill • ACTIVE:
Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.
PASSIVE:
The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
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Simple Futurebe going to
ACTIVE:
Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.
PASSIVE:
A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.
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Future Continuouswill
ACTIVE:
At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes.
PASSIVE:
At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John
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Future Continuousbe going to
ACTIVE:
They will have completed the project before the deadline.
PASSIVE:
The project will have been completed before the deadline.