PASSIVE VOICE

2.  voice
 Active voice
 Passive voice
 Sentence Structures
 Passive of imperative sentences
 Forms of passive
 verbs Rule According To Tense
General
 Examples
 Activity
 Review

3. Voice is the quality of a verb which indicates
whether the subject acts or is being acted upon.
 Active voice
 Passive voice

4. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical
subject of the verb is performing the action or
causing the happening denoted by the verb.
 The boy hit the ball.
 Active voice adds clarity and places responsibility
where it belongs
 Active voice can make our writing more vivid

5. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical
subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of
the action denoted by the verb.
 The ball was hit. (Or, "The ball was hit by the boy")
 If the action is more important then the agent.
 If the agent is not known.
 To connect ideas in different clauses or sentences more
clearly.

6. Subject ( Doer ) + Verb + Object
Cat eat fish.
The active object becomes the passive
subject.
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
Fish is eaten by cat.
subject + modal verb + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
Fish must be eaten by cat.

7. Active Voice Passive Voice
• Should take • Should be taken
• Can take • Can be taken
• Could take • Could be taken
MODALS
• May take • May be taken
• Might take • Might be taken
• Must take • Must be taken
• Ought to take • Ought to be taken

8. let + subject +be (not) +past participle
Active : Shut the door.
Passive : Let the door be shut.
Active : Kindly help him.
Passive : You are requested to help him.

9. The passive voice requires a "double verb"
I. linking verb
 am
 is
 are
 was
 were
 be
 being
 been
II. The main verb in the form of past participle

10.  Often passive voice sentences will contain a preposition
"by" .
Active Voice Passive Voice
• I • By me
• We • By us
• You • By you
NOUNS • He • By him
• She • By her
• It • By it
• They • By them
• Sham • By sham

11. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple • Take • Is taken
Present • Takes • Are taken
• Am taking
Present • Is being taken
• Is taking
Continuous • Are being taken
• Are taking
• Has been taken
Present • Has taken
• Have been
Perfect • Have taken
taken

12. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple • Was taken
• Took
Past • Were taken
• Was being taken
Past • Was taking
• Were being
Continuous • Were taking
taken
Past
• Had taken • Had been taken
Perfect

13. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple • Will take • Will be taken
Future
(will/shall) • Shall take • Shall be taken
• Am going to take a • Cake is going to be taken
cake by me
Simple • She is going to take • Two cakes are going to
Future two cakes be taken by her
(going to be) • They are going to • Cake is going to be taken
take a cake by them
Future • Will have • Will have been
Perfect taken taken

14. The last answer are News, if you check
T.V. News CNN, there you can
observe passive voice forms,
something like:
“ Africa is affected by climate changes”
“Spain as it is today, has been
conquered many times. Spain has
been under the Roman Empire, the
Islamic Empire and Napoleon”

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