PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

1. GRAMATICAL RULE

   • the agent subient must be expressed with BY this is used if you want to mention the subject of the sentence
   • "The verb is replaced by the auxiliary verb TO BE and at the same time we must replace the main verb in participle
   • The subject of the active main sentence becomes the complement agent of the passive

2. EXAMPLES

   • *He is very well known by them, (He is very well known by them)
   • The dinner was made by Melanie (The food was made by Melanie).
   • The car was bought by his father, (The car was bought by his father)
   • *He is very well known by them, (He is very well known by them)

3. FEATURES

   • The complement of the active sentence becomes the subject of the pansive
   • When a verb has two complements, two passive structures can be made
   • A sentence is in the passive voice when the meaning of the verb is received by the grammatical person

4. Juan David Carrillo Freyle 1003