PASSIVE VOICE :
PASSIVE VOICE People eat turkey on Christmas.
Turkey is eaten on Christmas.
PASSIVE VOICE :
PASSIVE VOICE Peru exports asparagus to different countries.
Asparagus are exported to different countries
PASSIVE VOICE :
PASSIVE VOICE Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
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The passive sentence ACTIVE VOICE Active Subject Active Verb Direct Object Robert painted This picture by Passive Verb Passive Subject Agent PASSIVE VOICE was painted by
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The passive sentence ACTIVE VOICE Active Subject Active Verb Direct Object the city recycles garbage by Passive Verb Passive Subject Agent PASSIVE VOICE is recycled by
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to BE gives us the tense of the action the principal verb is always in Past Participle THE PASSIVE VERB
to BE (in the active tense) + Past Participle (main verb)
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1/ They built this house in 1466
2/ This house was built in 1466
1/ People in Barcelona speak Catalan
2/ Catalan is spoken by people in Barcelona
1/ This book changed my life
2/ My life was changed by this book Examples
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1/ They launched their new product yesterday.
2/ Their new product was launched yesterday.
1/ Susan wrote an e-mail to him
2/ An e-mail was written by Susan
1/ ICPNA gave teachers a bonus check
2/ Teachers were given a bonus check. Examples
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