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The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
The sentence is passive.
No this sentence is not passive voice.
This sentence cannot be changed into passive
The object from the active sentence goes to the subject position in the passive (only it is not called the subject in the passive sentence) egYouThe verb form for passive is be + past participle. In this example ( present continuous) it is not as straight forward as present simple or past simple but the verb phrase becomesare being watched.You are being watchedThe subject of the active sentence is called the agent in a passive sentence and can be left out of the passive sentence if you want. If you want to add the agent then you use by + agent:You are being watched by the teacher
The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
To change an active sentence to passive, identify the object in the active sentence and make it the subject in the passive sentence. Move the subject of the active sentence to the phrase with "by" and change the verb to its past participle form. To change a passive sentence to active, identify the subject in the passive sentence and make it the subject in the active sentence. Use an appropriate active verb to describe the subject's action and add the original object of the passive sentence as the direct object in the active sentence.
The sentence is passive.
That is a passive sentence since the subject noun is last. When the object of the sentence is being acted upon by the subject, it is passive. An active example of this same sentence would be: "Budd nurtured Carver's Creativity."
was grabbed is the passive verb.The passive is: be verb + past participleThe sentence above is a past simple passive sentence. The corresponding active sentence isThe little girl, who was better, grabbed the ball
Please provide the sentence so I can determine if the verb is active or passive.
Yes, of course! Here's an example of a sentence using passive voice: "The book was written by a famous author."
The verb "given" in the sentence "Were you given a second helping" is in the 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."
All verb can be passive. It depends on how they are used in a sentence. A passive verb is one that does not assign its action to a subject. Not a passive sentence. John loved Alice A passive sentence. Alice was loved.
"The road was closed by the police due to an accident" is a sentence that uses the passive voice.
This is not an active sentence so it cannot be changed to a passive sentence. Active sentences have a subject and a verb. eg The dog chased the cat. As a passive sentence -- The cat was chased.