Verbs: Active and Passive Voice
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What is active voice?
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Active voice is used when the subject of a verb also performs the action named in the verb. Example: Sudha respects the teacher.
What is passive voice?
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Passive voice is used when the subject of a verb receives the action named in the verb. Example: The teacher is respected by Sudha.
In active voice, what changes into the passive subject?
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The active object becomes the passive subject. Example: In Sudha respects the teacher, the teacher becomes the subject in the passive form.
In active voice, what changes into the passive object?
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The active subject becomes the passive object, usually after by. Example: Sudha becomes by Sudha in the passive sentence.
What is the basic form of a passive verb?
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Passive voice uses an appropriate form of be followed by the past participle. Example: is respected, was applied, will be posted.
What happens to personal pronouns when active voice changes to passive voice?
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Personal pronouns change form from subject form to object form or from object form to subject form. Example: I need some help becomes Some help is needed by me. Anu informed her becomes She was inform…
What happens to a long phrase when a sentence changes from active to passive voice?
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The whole phrase shifts position. Example: The wind uprooted a large number of trees becomes A large number of trees were uprooted by the wind.
Why is passive voice used sometimes instead of active voice?
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Passive voice is used when the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or vague. Example: Aditi is wanted on the telephone. The doer is omitted because it is not important.
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