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Passive Voice

Maritzabel Carmona

Created on August 10, 2023

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Passive Voice

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action.

PASSIVE:

  • "A Hard Day's Night" was written by the Beatles.
ACTIVE:
  • The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night".

PASSIVE:

  • This house was built by my father.
ACTIVE:
  • My father built this house.

AFFIRMATIVE:

  • The house was built in 1899.
Subject + verb to be + verb in past participle + complement

NEGATIVE:

  • The house wasn't built in 1899.
Subject + verb to be + not + verb in past participle + complement

INTERROGATIVE:

  • Was the house built in 1899?
Verb to be + subject + verb in past participle + complement + ?

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