Passive voice

Passive voice

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• Caption: Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
• Caption: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.

Passive voice

• when changing focus from subject to object
• example:
• Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
• -> The focus is on Leonardo Da Vinci.
• = active sentence
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Passive voice

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• example:
• The Mona Lisa is painted by Leonardo Da Vinci
• -> The focus is on the Mona Lisa.
• = passive sentence

Passive voice

• active:
• Leonardo Da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa.
• subject + verb + object
• passive:
• The Mona Lisa is painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
• subject + form of to be + past participle verb + by + object
• ! object active sentence becomes subject passive sentence

Passive voice

• USE:
• The thing recieving the action (object) is more important than the thing doing the action (subject).
• When the thing that is doing the action is not known or should not be mentioned.
• e.g. My bike has been stolen -> I don't know who stole my bike.

Passive voice

• Mind that 'to be' in the passive sentence is conjugated in the same tense as the verb in the active sentence.
• He eats a biscuit. -> A biscuit is eaten by him. -> Simple Present
• They danced the cha-cha-cha. -> The cha-cha-cha was danced by them.
• -> Simple Past

Passive voice

• Passive voice
• exercise:
• Turn given active sentences into passive sentences.

Passive voice

• Transative verbs
• action verbs: express a doable activity
• must have a direct object
• -> Sylvia kicked the ball.
• Intransitive verbs
• action verbs: express a doable activity
• does not have a direct object
• -> Carl sneezes very hard.

Passive voice

• Personal passive
• When the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
• When the sentence contains a transative verb.
• The children eat candy.
• -> Candy is eaten by the children.
• Impersonal passive
• When there is no object in the sentence.
• When the sentence contains an intransitive verb.
• only possible with verbs of perception. (hear, feel, listen, ...)
• He says. -> It is said.

Passive voice

• exercise:
• Are following sentences Personal or Impersonal Passives?
• Personal - Impersonal Passive

Passive voice

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