Active and Passive Verbs

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Active and Passive Verbs

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Active Voice

• In sentences written in active voice, the subject
  performs the action expressed in the verb the
  subject acts.

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Passive Voice

• In sentences written in passive voice, the
  subject receives the action expressed in the
  verb the subject is acted upon. The agent
  performing the action may appear in a "by the . .
  ." phrase or may be omitted.

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Changing Passive to Active Voice

• If you want to change a passive-voice sentence to
  active voice, find the agent in a "by the..."
  phrase, or consider carefully who or what is
  performing the action expressed in the verb.
• Make that agent the subject of the sentence, and
  change the verb accordingly.
• Sometimes you will need to infer the agent from
  the surrounding sentences which provide context.

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Changing Active to Passive Voice

• If you want to change an active-voice sentence to
  passive voice, consider carefully who or what is
  performing the action expressed in the verb, and
  then make that agent the object of a "by the..."
  phrase.
• Make what is acted upon the subject of the
  sentence, and change the verb to a form of be
  past participle. Including an explicit "by
  the..." phrase is optional.

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• Passive Your request for funding has been denied
  by the review committee.Active The review
  committee denied your request for funding.

• Active The waiter dropped the tray of
  food.Passive The tray of food was dropped by
  the waiter.

• Passive The cookies were eaten by the
  children.Active The children ate the cookies.

• Passive The tunnels are dug by the
  gophers.Active The gophers dug the tunnels.

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So.you think you understand, do you???
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