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English Grammar - Active And Passive Voice
Active And Passive Voice
Use of Passive:
Passive voice is used when the focus is to the action. it is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bile wan stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometime a statement in passive is more polite than in active voice, as the following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake).
Form of Passive:
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of Irregular verbs)Example:
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
- The object of the active sentences becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
- The finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
- The subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)
English Grammar - Present Tense And Its Forms
Present Tense And Its Forms
Exercise Solution
Present Indefinite Tense
- The Sun rises in the east.
- I obey my father.
- He goes to school on foot.
- The gardener plucks the flower.
- I knock the door.
- We do exercise early in the morning.
- He does not waste his time.
- We do not play Hockey.
- They do not learn poem by heart.
- The teacher does not teach English.
- He does not respect to his teachers and parents.
- Do you drink tea everyday at 4 o'clock?
- Does she not tell a lie?
- Does the sun set in the west?
- Does he fly a kite?
- Where does he live?
- Why do you make a noise?
- When does he sleep?
- Who does knock the door?
- Why do you write a letter?
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