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"Dave Has Just Painted The Garage" becomes "The garage has just been painted by Dave" (with the unusual initial capitalizations omitted). The general pattern is: Direct object in the active voice becomes subject in the passive voice; the verb in the active voice is replaced by the form of " to be" corresponding in tense to the original verb, followed by the past participle of the verb in the active voice; and the subject in the active voice becomes the object of the preposition "by" in the passive voice.

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Michelle runs every day at five o 'clock is it active or passive?

Yes this is an active sentence because it tells us who did the action(run). Passive sentences don't usually tell us who did the action(verb). Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the 16th century. In this sentence we know who did the action (painted) it was Leonardo. This is an active sentence. The Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century. In this sentence we don't know who did the action (painted). This is a passive sentence.


What is an active sentencing?

An active sentence tells us who did the action.Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in 1503.This sentence tells us 'who' (Leonardo da Vinci) painted so this is an active sentence. Leonardo da Vinci is the subject of the sentence.The Mona Lisa was painted in 1503.This sentence does not tell use 'who' painted so it is a passive sentence. There is no subject in this sentence.


How do you change active to passive and passive to active?

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.


How do you form passive to active voice?

For changing from passive to active voice sometimes the object is understood. In that case the object has to be mentally supplied and then formed into the subject. Thus :- 'It is said he will come' while converting from passive to active will read like this 'Men say he will come'.In passive sentences the doer of the verb is not usually given. Or if it is given then it is - by + noun, this is called the agent egThe mouse was chased by the cat.The agent becomes the subject of an active sentence eg:The catchased the mouse.If the agent is not given in the passive sentence you to find out who or what does the action to make passive into active. egThe Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century. -- passive_________ painted the Mona Lisa in the 16th century. -- active.


Sentence can be written in active and passive voice. What kind of sentence is this?

The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.


Is the verb of this sentence active or passive Were you given a second helping active passive?

The verb "given" in the sentence "Were you given a second helping" is in the passive voice.


Is the verb of this sentence active or passive?

Please provide the sentence so I can determine if the verb is active or passive.


How do you change passive voice into active voice?

You change passive voice to active voice by making the actor(s) the subject of the sentence, e.g., "the question was asked by the user" (passive) versus, "the user asked the question" (active).


How do you change sentence from active to passive?

To change a sentence from active to passive voice, move the object of the active sentence to the subject position in the passive sentence and add a form of the verb "to be" along with the past participle of the main verb. For example, "I ate the cake" in active voice becomes "The cake was eaten by me" in passive voice.


Is this sentence active or passive during the game Alice broke the chair?

The sentence is passive.


What is the difference between your mother painted it and it was painted by your mother?

My mother painted it. = An active verb sentence construction. Your mother painted it. = A statement or a question, also as an active sentence construction. It was painted by my (or your) mother. = A passive verb sentence construction. The word "by" is always found in passive verb sentences. Passive construction makes longer sentences, and more confusing sentences. Ex. Government decisions are made by officials who seem separate from the common man who elect these persons by casting a vote in a polling booth by pulling a lever. Active By pulling a lever in a polling booth, the common man elects government officials who later seem very separate from the voters who elected them. (Shorter, active verbs, clearer construction, less confusing with the interrupting "by" phrases.)


How do you change active to passive voice and vice versa?

To change a sentence from active voice to passive voice, move the object of the active sentence to the beginning, followed by the verb in the past participle form and the subject at the end with "by" if needed. To change a passive sentence to active, identify the subject of the passive sentence, move it to the position of the subject in the active voice, and make the original subject the object of the active sentence.