passive voice

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passive voice

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passive voice

The passive voice (passive voice in English) is a fundamental aspect of English grammar that deserves our attention. Although its use can be confusing for many students, mastering it can help us improve our fluency and accuracy in the language.

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passive voice

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active voice

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pasive voice

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use of the passive voice

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comparing active and passive voice

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elements

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steps

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• Because Stan Lee is the subject of the sentence.

• He is the one who does the action (creating Spiderman)
• Spiderman is the object of the sentence, the one that receives the action

active voice

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The writer Stan Lee created Spiderman in 1962this sentence is in active voice why?

The writer Stan Lee created Spiderman in 1962

• The agent is the person or thing that performs the action.

• It is the subject of the active sentence

• Because in this case, Spiderman is the subject of the sentence, the one who was created

• Stan Lee is the agent of the sentence.

passive voice

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Spiderman was created by the writer Stan Lee in 1962. this sentence is in active voice why?

This is very common inscientific texts:

• Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

• Gravity was first observed by Sir Isaac Newton in the 17th century.

Uses of the passive voice

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1- When we don't know the agent: The cave paintings were made in the Upper Old Stone Age. 2- When the agent is irrelevant: An experimental solar power plant will be built in Almeria. 3- When you are talking about a general truth: Rules are made to be broken 4- When you want to emphasize the person or the thing acted on Insulin was first discovered in 1921 [by researchers]

• When we use a passive verb, we say what happens to the subject

• If we know who did the action, we use the agent.

• When we use an active verb, we say what the subject does

• We don’t have the agent, but we have the subject that did the action

Comparing active and passive sentences

active sentence

passive sentence

elements of passive voice

In passive voice, a "verb pp" refers to the past participle of a verb, which is used alongside a form of the verb "to be" to create the passive voice structure;

1_.verb tobe

The verb to be is used in the passive voice to form sentences where the subject receives the action of the verb:

3_. object pronouns

Pronouns I, she, he, they are changed to me, her, him, and them respectively, while converting to Passive Voices. For changing from Active to Passive 'ing' form of the verb is replaced by the Past Participle form.

2-. main verb

4_:preposition by

In passive voice, the preposition "by" is used to indicate the performer of an action, essentially saying "who did something" when the subject of the sentence is the one being acted upon; it is used to introduce the agent or doer of the action in a passive sentence.

From active to passive in 4 steps!!!

The SUBJECT of the ACTIVE sentence becomes the AGENT: Spiderman was created BY Stan Lee

Use the verb BE +being + PAST PARTICIPLE to add the verb. Respect the tenses!! Spiderman was/is being created...

This OBJECT will become the SUBJECT of the PASSIVE sentence: Spiderman....

FIND the object in the ACTIVE sentence: Stan Lee created Spiderman in 1962

steps

example: Stan Lee is being created Spiderman in 1962

This house is being built by Manolo

answer

Manolo is building this house

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