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"I threw the ball" is a sentence in the active voice. "The ball was thrown by me" is in the passive voice. In Political language, you will often encounter the passive voice. Rather than saying "I made a mistake," you might hear the politician say "Mistakes were made."
Passive is formed with - be verb + past participle. If you want to say who does the action of a passive verb add by + noun phrase at the end of the sentence. This is called the agent.
For example:
present simple active = eat / asks. passive = is eaten / is asked
We eat bread at lunch time = Bread is eaten at lunch time (by us)
past simple active = ate /asked. passive = was eaten / was asked
We ate bread at lunch time. Bread was eaten at lunch time.
Passive is often used to describe a process where it is not important who or what does the action for example:
The tea leaves are picked in the morning and they are taken to the drying sheds. After it is processed the tea is stored in large warehouses.
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To change a voice to passive voice, the object of the active voice sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice sentence. The verb is then changed to a form of "be" + the past participle of the main verb. The subject of the active voice sentence is often omitted or moved to the end of the passive voice sentence.
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Do it know change into passive voice?
Can it be changed into passive voice?
English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?
== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .
Passive is to change and active is to what?
Passive is to change as active is to act. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence receives the action, while in active voice, the subject performs the action.
Is this passive or active voice there were five dollars?
This sentence is in passive voice. To change it to active voice, you could say "Five dollars were present."
If you have done it well what is the passive voice for this?
The passive voice for "I have done it well" is "It has been done well" or "It was done well."
The hammer might have struck him change in to passive voice?
The hammer might have hit him to change into his passive voice.
English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?
== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .
Can we change 'used to' structure in to passive voice If yes so how If no why not?
Active voice is much better than passive voice in writing.
Who teaches you english change to passive voice?
He teaches us english- change the voice
Passive is to change and active is to what?
Passive is to change as active is to act. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence receives the action, while in active voice, the subject performs the action.
Change in to passive sita is a girl.?
This sentence can't be changed into a passive voice.
If you have done it well what is the passive voice for this?
The passive voice for "I have done it well" is "It has been done well" or "It was done well."
Is 'He is a boy' passive voice?
No, "He is a boy" is not in passive voice. Passive voice involves rearranging the sentence to emphasize the receiver of the action rather than the doer, which would change the sentence to something like "The boy is being called."
How do you change passive voice into active voice?
To change passive voice to active voice, identify the object of the passive sentence and make it the subject of the active sentence. Then, identify the subject of the passive sentence and make it the object of the active sentence. Finally, rewrite the sentence using the active verb form. For example, "The book was read by John" (passive) can be changed to "John read the book" (active).
When did they hijack the plane the sentence change to passive voice?
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How do you change active voice question into passive vocie question?
To change an active voice question into a passive voice question, simply reverse the order of the subject and the auxiliary verb. For example, "Did you complete the report?" (active) becomes "Was the report completed by you?" (passive).
Change into passive voice Was an essay written by him last week?
change into active voice this essay was written by him
