Grammar Active and Passive Active and Passive Changing

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Grammar Active and Passive

Grammar Active and Passive

Active and Passive • Changing from Active to Passive, the object of an active

Active and Passive • Changing from Active to Passive, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. Example: Active: Mary helped the boy. Passive: The boy was helped by Mary. • Changing from Passive to Active, the subject becomes the object. Example: Passive: The boy was helped by Mary. Active: Mary helped the boy.

Passive and Active Verbs • Active sentence I eat dinner. [Subject / Object] •

Passive and Active Verbs • Active sentence I eat dinner. [Subject / Object] • An active verb is one that follows a subject pronoun, i. e. a doing verb. • Passive sentence Dinner is eaten by me [Object / Subject] • A passive verb is one that follows an abstract noun or a noun to which an action is being done.

The passive tense “formula” • Remember: • The action verb is in the past

The passive tense “formula” • Remember: • The action verb is in the past participle. This is standard for all use of the passive voice. • The be verb can be modified to change tense. For example: – – – – – Dinner is eaten (simple present) Dinner is being eaten (present progressive) Dinner was eaten (simple past) Dinner was being eaten (past progressive) Dinner has been eaten (present perfect-present perfect progressive) Dinner had been eaten (past perfect- past perfect progressive) Dinner will be eaten (future simple using will) Dinner is going to eaten (future simple using be going to) Dinner will have been eaten (future perfect-future perfect progressive)

Common Rules • • 1 - Bring the object first. 2 - Choose the

Common Rules • • 1 - Bring the object first. 2 - Choose the correct verb “to be” 3 - Change verb into participle 4 - Add by + subject • Note 1: In case we have 2 subjects, use any one. Example: Active: She told us a story. Passive: We were told a story by her Or A story was told to us by her. • Note 2: Negative sentences remain negative. Example: Active: They have not stolen my pen. Passive: My pen has not been stolen by them.