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No passive is formed with -- be + past participle.
eg is lost / was seen / were found etc
The toys are kept in the cupboard.
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Is danced an action verb or a passive verb?
The classes of verbs are not "action and passive".The classes are "action" (doing) verbs and linking verbs (is, seemed, became).The voices of verbs are activevoice and passive voice - in active voice, the subject does the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action, as the object of the verb.Active : He threw the ball.Passive: The ball was thrown by him.Danced is the past tense of dance, which is an action verb. To use a passive voice, you would have to have an object.Active voice : The performers danced the minuet.Passive Voice: The minuet was danced by the performers.
Differentiate between active voice and passive voice?
In the active voice, the subject is the person or thing that does the action, for example 'the cat went home'. In the passive voice, the subject doesn't do the action. For example, 'the cat was taken home'. In 'the cat went home', we know who went home - it's the cat. In 'the cat was taken home', we don't know who took the cat home. So we use the passive if we don't know or don't care who does the action.
Which one of the following sentences is written in active voice?
I finished my research paper two days early.
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
Does the sentence The rain continued until dawn use the passive voice?
No. "continued" is active voice; its subject is rain. The verb is used intransitively, i.e it does not take a direct object.
Example of passive voice in simple present?
The simple present tense can't be used in the passive voice. Simple present is the base form of a verb without the use of auxiliary verbs. Passive voice is created with a form of be (an auxiliary verb) and a past participle. Note: the previous sentence is an example of passive voice in the present tense. Is created is the passive verb.
Can you use simple present tense of the verb in passive voice?
Yes you can.
Is danced an action verb or a passive verb?
The classes of verbs are not "action and passive".The classes are "action" (doing) verbs and linking verbs (is, seemed, became).The voices of verbs are activevoice and passive voice - in active voice, the subject does the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action, as the object of the verb.Active : He threw the ball.Passive: The ball was thrown by him.Danced is the past tense of dance, which is an action verb. To use a passive voice, you would have to have an object.Active voice : The performers danced the minuet.Passive Voice: The minuet was danced by the performers.
When is it unacceptable to use a passive voice?
It is impossible to use the passive voice with an intransitive verb. For example, "The bird flies." cannot be made passive because there is no object. "I ate the doughnut." is made passive like this: "The doughnut was eaten by me." The object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
What is passive voice use?
In a passive voice sentence, the verb acts upon the subject (as opposed to active voice when the subject performs the action).To form the passive voice, one needs any form of the "to be" verb + a past participle.An example of an active voice sentence:Bobby threw the ball. (Subject-Verb-Direct Object)In the passive voice, the object and the subject switch positions and the verb is a form of "to be" + a past participle.The ball was thrown by Bobby.The subject can be left out of the sentence, as well. This is usually done when the subject is unknown or unimportant.The ball was thrown.
Is passive voice always wrong?
No, of course not (unless you're trying to use it with an intransitive verb). However, use it sparingly and when you do use it, think if the active voice would be better.
Differentiate between active voice and passive voice?
In the active voice, the subject is the person or thing that does the action, for example 'the cat went home'. In the passive voice, the subject doesn't do the action. For example, 'the cat was taken home'. In 'the cat went home', we know who went home - it's the cat. In 'the cat was taken home', we don't know who took the cat home. So we use the passive if we don't know or don't care who does the action.
Which one of the following sentences is written in active voice?
I finished my research paper two days early.
Is Please don't tell me I missed it a passive voice?
No, by including the subject 'I' you have avoided the use of the passive voice. Passive voice would be. 'It was missed.'
Can you use the passive voice with non transitive verbs?
Good question and if you're thinking that it's not possible, you'd be absolutely correct and well done.
How you can use verb to have in passive voice?
Yes but I think only as an axillary verb not as a main verb. If have is the main verb it will change to had in the passive egThe have a new car - passive = The new car is hadby them = not good.Or as an auxiliary verb:They have bought the books.passive = The books have been bought by them.We have eaten the all the apples.passive = All the apples have been eaten.Notice that you have to have a plural object in the active sentence to keep have in the passive sentence. If you have a singular object then in the passive sentence have will change to has.We have eaten the cake.passive = The cake has been eaten.
What form of verb we you use in passive voice?
In passive sentences the verb form is - be +past participle. egis kept, was seen, is being builtThe sugar is keptin the fridge.The man was seenlast night.The new library is being built.
