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PASSIVE

  1. What is the passive voice?
  2. What is the grammatical structure?
  3. When to use the passive voice

WHAT IS THE PASSIVE VOICE

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

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE

WHEN TO USE THE PASSIVE VOICE

  • When the action is more important than the person who does the action

VOICE

Example: Active: Everybody loves chocolatePassive: Chocolate is loved by everybody

Verb to be + past participle

BE

am/ are/iswas/werebeen being

presentpastperfect tensescontinuous tenses

  • The person who does the action is not known, or not important

  • The person doing the action is obvious

  • The object cannot do the action itself