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PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice sentence is a sentence in which the subject is subjected to the action / work /, in contrast with active sentences where the subject has done / work / actions.
umHow to make passive voice sentence :

General form : to be + Verb 3 (past participle)

Active :        Subject                  Active Verb            Object

Passive :      Subject                  Passive Verb          By Agent

v  The subject in passive is originate from object in active sentence.
v  “be ... ing” in active become “being” in passive.
v  Tense in the passive voice follows the form of the active sentence.

v  Verb 3 in the passive voice is formed by an active verb in a sentence
v  Only transitive sentences (sentences that contain objects) that can be converted into a passive or passive sentence applies only to a transitive verb

v  The passive voice is used when want to show the results of actions rather than perpetrators of such acts.

PRESENT
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
SIMPLE
S+V1+O
S+(is,am,are)+V3
Dea wites a letter
A letter is written by Dea
CONTINUOUS
S+(is,am,are)+Ving
S+(is,am,are)+being+V3
Dea is writing a letter
A letter is being witten by Dea
PERFECT
S+has/have+V3
S+has/have+been+V3
Dea has written a letter
A letter has been written by Dea


PAST
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
SIMPLE
S+V2+O
S+(was,were)+V3
Dea wrote a letter
A letter was written by Dea
CONTINUOUS
S+(was,were)+Ving
S+(was,were)+being+V3
Dea was writing a letter
A letter was being written by Dea
PERFECT
S+had+V3
S+had+been+V3
Dea had written a letter
A letter had been written

FUTURE
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
SIMPLE
S+Will+V1+O
S+Will+be+V3
Dea will write a letter
A letter will be written by Dea
PERFECT
S+will+have+V3
S+will+have+been+V3
Dea will have written a letter
A letter will have been written by Dea


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