Passive Voice

Passive Voice

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Passive Voice

By Theri Maharani

​When emphasis is on the action (verb) and the object of a sentence rather than the subjectof a sentence.

​it means that

​Subject is unknown

Even when the subject is known, it is put at the end.

Action is more important than the subject.

Examples

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• A letter is writen by me

• America was discovered by Columbus.​

• Macbath was written by Shakespeare.

• ​The door was opened by his son.

• The new ideas were suggested by Edo.​

Change of Pronouns:

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​Pronouun in Active Voice	​Pronoun in Passive Voice
​I	​Me
​We	​Us
​You	​You
​He	​Him
​She	​Her
​It	​It
​They	​Them

Rules for Changing Active Voice to Passive Voice

• Identify the subject, the verb and the object: SVO.

• Change the object into subject.

• Put the suitable helping verb or auxiliary​ verb. In case the helping verb is given, use the same verb but note thatthe helping verb given agrees with the object.

• ​Change the verb into the past participle form.

• Add the preposition 'by'.

• Change ​the subject into object.

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Passive Voice

Example

Passive Voice

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​Active Voice	​Passive Voice
​The teacher is going to explain the lesson	​The lesson is going to be explained by the teacher.
​She closed the door	​The door was closed by her.

Forming Passive Voice

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​Tense	​Be + Past Participle	​Example
​Present Simple	​am, is, are + made	​The painting is made by her
​Present Progressive	​am, is, are + being+sent	​The book is being sent right now.
​Present Perfect	​has, have + been + sold	​The copyrights of the books have been sold.
​Past Simple	​was, were + invited	​He was invited by Carl.
​Past Progressive	​was, were + being + washed	​Their bikes were being washed while they were running in the park.
​Past Perfect	​Had + been + hired	​All the employees had been hired before the school started.
​Future (will)	​will be + signed	​A contract will be signed by her.
​Future (going to)	​am, is, are + going to be + build	​A bridge is going to be built by them within the next few years.
​Future Perfect	​Will + have been + started	​The job will have been started by the first of June.