Told is a past tense verb, which is not the same as passive voice. Passive voice is created with a form of beand a past participle.Example of active voice:
Examples of passive voice:
== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .
Yes, the sentence "We were told to wait until five o'clock for the delivery" is in the passive voice, as the subject (We) is receiving the action (being told to wait), rather than performing the action.
Passive is to change as active is to affect.
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 verb "given" in the sentence "Were you given a second helping" is in the passive voice.
He told it to us. = active sentence.It was told to us by him. = passive sentence.
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active and passive
== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .
Yes, the sentence "We were told to wait until five o'clock for the delivery" is in the passive voice, as the subject (We) is receiving the action (being told to wait), rather than performing the action.
is a thermocouple an active or passive transducer?-why?
Passive is to change as active is to affect.
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The passive voice must have the verb 'to be' in the correct tense plus the past participle of the main verb. Here are some examples: I do (active)/it is done (passive) I did (active)/it was done (passive) I am doing (active)/it is being done (passive) I was doing (active)/it was being done (passive) and so on So to change protect into the passive would be I protect (active)/ It is protected (passive)
passive is facial and active is finferprinting
One is active and one is passive