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ACTIVE and PASSIVE ACTIVE and PASSIVE VOICE.VOICE.
• Voice can be active or passive.
• You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English.
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
Thing doing actionThing doing action +
verb +
thing receiving actionthing receiving action
SUBJECTSUBJECT
OBJECTOBJECT
EXAMPLE
The professor teaches the students.
SUBJECT;Doing the action
OBJECT;Receiving the action
VERB
The professor teaches the students.
EXAMPLE
John washes the dishes.
SUBJECT;Doing the action
OBJECT;Receiving the action
VERB
John washes the dishes.
JOHN-- SUBJECT
DISHES-- OBJECT
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.
• 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.
Passive voice
Thing receiving action
+ BE + Past Participle of the Verb
+ BY
+ Thing Doing the Action
EXAMPLE
Students are taught by the Professor..
SUBJECT;Receiving the action
Doing the action
PASSIVE VERB
Students are taught by the Professor.
EXAMPLE
The dishes are washed by John.
SUBJECT;Receiving the action
Doing the action
PASSIVEVERB
The dishesare washed by
John.
JOHN—Doing theaction
DISHES-- SUBJECT
Active / Passive voice Overview
SIMPLE PRESENT
ACTIVE:
Once a week, Tom cleans the house.
PASSIVE:Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ACTIVE:
Right now, Sarah is writing the letter.
PASSIVE:
Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.
Simple Past
ACTIVE:
Sam repaired the car.
PASSIVE:
The car was repaired by Sam.
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.
Simple Futurewill • ACTIVE:
Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.
PASSIVE:
The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.
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.
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
Future Continuousbe going to
ACTIVE:
They will have completed the project before the deadline.
PASSIVE:
The project will have been completed before the deadline.