Passive Voice (Easy)

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What is Passive Voice?

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Passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. The focus is on the action or the recipient of the action rather than who is performing it.

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What is Active Voice?

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Active voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb. The focus is on the doer of the action.

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Identify the voice: 'The book was read by the student.'

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Passive Voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The student read the book.'

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Active Voice.

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How do you change a sentence from active to passive voice?

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To change a sentence from active to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence, and use a form of the verb 'to be' plus the past participle of the main verb.

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What is the past participle of 'teach'?

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Taught.

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Complete the sentence: 'The cake __________ by my mom.'

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was baked.

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Change to passive voice: 'The teacher explains the lesson.'

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The lesson is explained by the teacher.

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What is the structure of a passive voice sentence?

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Subject + form of 'to be' + past participle + (by + agent).

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Identify the correct passive form: 'The song __________ by the artist.'

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is sung.