example:
The Mona Lisa is painted by Leonardo Da Vinci-> The focus is on the Mona Lisa.= passive sentence
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Passive voice
active:Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.subject + verb + object
passive:The Mona Lisa is painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.subject + form of to be + past participle verb + by + object! object active sentence becomes subject passive sentence
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Passive voice
USE:
The thing recieving the action (object) is more important than the thing doing the action (subject).
When the thing that is doing the action is not known or should not be mentioned.e.g. My bike has been stolen -> I don't know who stole my bike.
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Passive voice
Mind that 'to be' in the passive sentence is conjugated in the same tense as the verb in the active sentence.He eats a biscuit. -> A biscuit is eaten by him. -> Simple PresentThey danced the cha-cha-cha. -> The cha-cha-cha was danced by them.-> Simple Past
exercise:Turn given active sentences into passive sentences.
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Passive voice
Transative verbsaction verbs: express a doable activity
must have a direct object-> Sylvia kicked the ball.
Intransitive verbsaction verbs: express a doable activity
does not have a direct object
-> Carl sneezes very hard.
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Passive voice
Personal passive
When the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
When the sentence contains a transative verb.
The children eat candy. -> Candy is eaten by the children.
Impersonal passive
When there is no object in the sentence.
When the sentence contains an intransitive verb.
only possible with verbs of perception. (hear, feel, listen, ...)He says. -> It is said.
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Passive voice
exercise:Are following sentences Personal or Impersonal Passives?
