Active Versus Passive Voice
SUBJECT:
PERFORMER OR RECEIVER?
Active voice: the subject performs the verb's action.
Example: Mary ate a pear. (Mary does the eating.)
Passive voice: the subject receives the action of the verb.
The actor is either added after the preposition "by" or is not
stated.
Example: A pear was eaten by Mary. A pear was eaten. VERB: ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE?Passive voice always uses two verbs—a form of the verb "to be"
(for example, is, are, was, were, am) and a past participle. Past participles
usually end in -ed, -en, or an irregular ending. Helping verb Past participle
was stopped is taken were told are won.
Examples:
It was eaten by me.The floor was swept by Mary.
The game was won by the other team.
The man was killed by the car.
The book is being read by Francis.
The cookie is being eaten by the baby.
The men were attacked.
In my opinion the passive voice is a difficult subject to understand because we do not use it a lot when we are talking. This issue is more friendly when we read and hear the news. Regards!
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