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Passive voice

Passive voice. Passive Voice. There are two special forms for verbs called voice : Active voice Passive voice Passive voice makes sense when the agent performing the action is obvious, unimportant, or unknown.

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Passive voice

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  1. Passive voice

  2. Passive Voice There are two special forms for verbs called voice: • Active voice • Passive voice Passive voice makes sense when the agent performing the action is obvious, unimportant, or unknown. The passive voice is effective in such circumstances because it highlights the action and what is acted upon rather than the agent performing the action.

  3. To create a passive sentence, you must know: • Who is the person (the "agent") of the action?(the "doer") • Who is the object (the "receiver) of the action?

  4. RECEIVER(coin) ACTIVE Somebody flipped a coin to decide who would go first. (He is unimportant.) PASSIVE A coin was flipped to decide who would go first. (Focus on the coin flip.) AGENT(person doing the flip)

  5. AGENT(aggressor) ACTIVE John was shaking his little brother, Jimmy. (Focus on aggressor .) PASSIVE Jimmy was being shaken by John. (Focus on victim.)  RECEIVER(victim)

  6. The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Participle It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action. For Example: We have produced over 20 different models in the past two years. Changes to: Over 20 different models have been produced in the past two years.

  7. The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:

  8. If the agent (the performer of the action) is important, use "by“. For Example: Tim Wilson wrote "The Flight to Brunnswick" in 1987. Changes to: "The Flight to Brunnswick" was written in 1987 by Tim Wilson.

  9. Fords are made in Cologne. Present Simple Present Continuous Dinner is being cooked by Susan "Dubliners" was written by James Joyces. Past Simple Past Continuous The house was being painted when I arrived. Over 20 models have been produced in the past two years. Present Perfect A new factory is going to be built in Portland. Future Intention with Going to It will be finished tomorrow. Future Simple

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