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discussaboutVoice.There
aretwospecialformsfor
verbscalledvoice.Those

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1. Activevoice

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This is the voice that we use most of the

time. You are probably already familiar
with the active voice. In the active voice,
the object receives the action of the
verb. The passive voice is less usual. In
thepassivevoice,thesubjectreceivesthe
action of the verb. Have a look at the
following table of examples for better
understandofthevoices.
TheActiveVoice ThePassiveVoice
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shouldusePassiveVoice:
1. Passivevoiceisusedwhenthefocus
is on the action. It is not important
ornotknown,however,whoorwhat
isperformingtheaction.
Example: "A letter was
written."Thefocus,here,ison
the fact that a letter was
written. We don't know,
however,whowroteit.
2. Sometimes a statement in passive is
morepolite than active voice. Have
a
look
at
the
following
example.ExampleA
vase
was
broken.
Focus, here, is on the fact that
avasewasbroken,butwe
don't blame anyone.
Compare this to: "You
brokethevase."
Formofthepassivevoice:
Subject+theappropriateformofto
be+PastParticiple

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be is put in the the tense of the active

voicemainverb.
When rewriting active sentences in
passivevoice,notethefollowing:

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The object of the active sentence

becomes the subject of the passive
sentence.
The form of the verb is the
appropriate form of to be (the tense
of the active voice main verb) + the
pastparticiple.
The subject of the active sentence
becomes the object of the passive
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Shivani

Active

subject
Tea

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makes tea
verb
is

Of Mauritania (Islamic Republic Of

object

Mauritania). On This Day In 1960

(byShivani)

made
Passive

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becoming
objectoris
dropped

Tense
Simple
Present

Present

Active: Shivani
Passive:

Tea

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Verb
makes
ismade

November (178)

Object

October (181)

tea.

September (193)

by

August (210)

Shivani.

Active: Shivani

Progressive Passive:
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July (155)

ismaking tea.
isbeing
made
made

June (105)

by

May (138)

Shivani.

April (206)

tea.

March (201)
February (269)

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SimplePast Passive: Tea

January
(247)
Shivani.

Past
Progressive

Present
Perfect

Past
Perfect

Future
simple

Future
perfect

Active:

Passive:

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Shivani

Tea

was

December
(160)
tea.

making

November (136)

wasbeing October
by
(170)
made

Shivani. (172)
September

Active: NShivaniancy hasmade August

Tea. (188)
Passive:

Tea

Passive:

Tea

Active:

Passive:

Shivani.
June
(138)

hadmade May
tea. (130)
had

by (91)
April

beenmade March
Shivani.
(102)

Active: Shivani
Passive:

hasbeen July
by (175)
made

Active: Shivani

Tea

Shivani

willmake February
tea.
(183)
will

by
January
(187)

bemade

Shivani. (145)
December

willhave November
tea.
(99)
made

Tea

October (109)

willhave September
by
(87)
beenmade Shivani.

August (80)

Active:
Conditional
Passive:

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(269)
wasmade February
by

Shivani

make
Tea

Passive:

would
bemade

Active: Shivani
Modals

would

Tea

tea.

July (97)
June (114)

by

May (87)

Shivani.

April (83)

canmake tea.

March (83)

can
bemade

by

February (65)

Shivani.

January (102)
December (87)

Passive voice sentences with two

Objects:

November (38)

Rewriting an active sentence with two

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October (114)

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whatyouwanttoputthefocuson.Havea
lookatthefollowingExamples.

June (48)
May (60)

Active/Passive Subject Verb Object Object2April (33)

March (2)

1
Active:

Shivani offered

tome. February (34)

January (13)

flower
Passive:

was

Shivani.January (1)

flower offered
Passive:

was

by December (10)

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ImpersonalPassive:
HavealookatthefollowingExamples:
Theysaythattheplanetisindanger.
Itissaidthattheplanetisindanger.

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This type of passive is called impersonal

because we use the impersonal form "it
is..." This is only possible with verbs of
perception(e.g.say,think,know...)
Ex:
Itissaidthat...
Itisthoughtthat...
Itisbelievedthat...
Itisknownthat...

Itisalsocommonthatwestartthepassive
formofthesesentenceswiththesubjectof
thethatclause:
Ex:

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They say that the planet is in

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They think that

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