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Definition of Passive Sentences
Sentences
are subject to known things or actions , whether intentional or unintentional (
In the passive voice , it receives the action is the subject of the sentence
and it is an optional action , including near the end of a sentence . You can
use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more
important or necessary emphasized )
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Illustration
For
example :
The cat killed the rat. (Active Voice)
The cat = subject of the sentence
killed = verb of the sentence
the rat
= the object of the verb
Now, who killed whom? =
‘the cat’ – the subject of the sentence
killed “the rat” – the object of the verb.
We say that this sentence or the verb of
this sentence is in Active Voice because
the subject ‘the cat’ does the killing.
Let’s see what this sentence is about…
The rat was killed by the cat. (PASSIVE VOICE)
The rat = subject of the sentence
was killed = verb of the sentence
the cat = the object of the preposition
“by”
Now, who killed whom? ‘The rat killed the cat’? Noooooo….
Even in his sentence ‘the cat’ killed
‘the rat’, but not ‘the rat’ killed ‘the cat’!
Though ‘the rat’ is actually the subject
of the sentence, it is not doing anything
but passively allowing ‘the cat’ which
is the object of the preposition ‘by’ to kill it.
As the subject of the sentence does not
do anything but allows passively something
to be done to it, we say that this
sentence or the verb of this sentence is in PASSIVE VOICE.
How do we know who does what? Well, the answer is in the VERB – ‘was
killed’!
the verb – was killed – one verb, two
parts — simple past tense – Passive Voice.
Suppose the second sentence was like
this: ‘The rat killed the cat.’ (which might be correct according to the
grammar rules but would not be sensible) we would say that this sentence or the
verb of this sentence was in Active Voice.
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Formula
1. Passive Voice [Simple Present Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + to be + Verb3
2. Passive Voice [Present Continous Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + to be + being + Verb3
3. Passive Voice [Present Perfect Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + have/has + been + Verb3
4. Passive Voice [Simple Past Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + to be (was – were) + Verb 2
5. Passive Voice [Past Continous Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + to be (was – were) + Verb3
6. Passie Voice [Past Perfect Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + had + been + Verb3
7. Passie Voice [Simple Future Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + will + be + Verb3
8. Passive Voice [Future Continous Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + will be + being + Verb3
9. Passive Voice [Future Perfect Tense]
-Pattern = Subject + will have + been + Verb3
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Example
(Active – Passive)
1. Novita is reading
the book (Active)
The book is being read by Novita (Passive)
2. We celebrate school annyversary every
year (Active)
The school annyversary is celebrated every year (Passive)
3. Forest burning has produced a lot of
pollution (Active)
A lot of pollution has been produced by forest burning (Passive)
4. The students will play basketball
(Active)
The basketball will be played by the students (Passive)
5. The school provided rubbish bin two
months ago (Active)
The rubbish bin was provided by the school two months ago (Passive)
6. The band plays the music (Active)
The music is being plays by the band (Passive)
7. The girl is picking up the flowers
(Active)
The flowers are being picked up by the girl (Passive)
8. This school will build a new meeting
hall (Active)
A new meeting hall will be built by this school (Passive)
9. The goverment announces the news to
all people in city (Active)
The news is announced to all people in the city by the goverment
(Passive)
10. The principal gave the certificates
to the students (Active)
The certificates were given to the students by the principal (Passive)
(Passive – Active)
1. The
guitar was played by player (Passive)
Player
played the guitar (Active)
2. The
National Monument is visited by hundred of people every day (Passive)
Hundred
of people visit the National Monument every day (Active)
3. A
Song is being sung by the woman (Passive)
The
woman is singing a song (Active)
4. Customer
is served by them (Passive)
Waitresses
and waiters serve costumer (Active)
5. Good
educational system is developed by our government (Passive)
Our
goverment develops good aducational system (Active)
6. Date
of the meeting has been changed by them (Passive)
They
have changed the date of the meeting (Active)
7. Some
computers were bought by Novita yesterday (Passive)
Novita
bought some computers yesterday (Active)
8. Flowers
are grown by the gardener (Passive)
The
gardener grows flowers (Active)
9. That
tree was planted by my grandfather (Passive)
My
grandfather planted that tree (Active)
10. The sheep are being chased by the dog (Passive)
The
dog is chasing the sheep (Active)
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