Active or passive voice

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ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE

Active or passive verb forms

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore tenses also have “active forms” and “passive forms”. You must learn to recognize to difference to succesfully speak english.

Active form

In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action the object. Most sentences are active.

[thing doing action] + verb + [thing receiving verb]

Passive form

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the ection is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

[thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb} + [by] + [thing doing action]

THIS IS EXAMPLE OF SENTENCES ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FORM

Simple present tenseS + be (is, am, are) + past participle (verb 3)

Active Anto eats an applePassiveAn apple is eaten by antoActiveOnce a week, tom cleans the housePassive Once a week, the house is cleaned by tom

Active someone steals the money everydaypassive the money is stolen everydayactivebarli buys a magazinepassivea magazine is bought by barli

simple past tense

s + be (was/ were) + verb 3activesomeone stole the moneypassivethe money was stolen

Activehe washed itpassive it was washedactivesam repaired the carpassivethe car was repaired by sam activeanto eat an applepassive an apple was eaten by anto

Simple future tenseS + will + be + verb 3

ActiveSomeone will steal the moneyPassiveThe money will be stolenActiveHe will wash itPassiveIt will be washed

present continuous tense

S + be (am, is, are) + being + verb 3ActiveSomeone is stealing the moneyPassiveThe money is being stolenActiveRight now, sarah is writing the letterPassiveRight now, the letter is being written by sarah

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES + BE(WAS/WERE) + BEING + Verb.3ACTIVE Someone was stealing the money

PASSIVE The money was being stolenACTIVEThe salesman was helpingthe customer when the thief came into the store.PassiveThe customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

S + HAS/HAVE + BEEN + Verb.3

ACTIVEMany tourists have visited that castlePASSIVEThat castle has been visited by many tourists.ACTIVEAnto has eaten an applePASSIVEAn apple has been eaten by anto

PAST PERFECT TENSES + HAD + BEEN + Verb.3

ACTIVEGeorge had repaired many cars before he

received his mechanic's license.PASSIVEMany cars had been repaired by George

before he received his mechanic's license.