Passive voice and passive voice

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Passive Voice

The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is

Estructure of passive voice

subject

+ auxiliary verbbe

+ main verbpast participle

+ by + agent

  optional

Passive VoiceExamples:

subject

auxiliary verb be

main verbpast participle by  

I am employed

by Apple.

You will be woken   at 6.It will have

beenfinished   by then.

We have been

notified by Head Office.

You are being

transferred

  next week.

They will be paid.    

Active VoiceThe active voice is the "default" voice in English. All intransitive verbs can only be in the active voice, and all transitive verbs usually are active voice - unless we deliberately make them passive.In spoken English, we almost always use active voice. It is the natural choice, more precise and generally shorter.The active voice is:direct and specificuses fewer words - always a good thingdynamic

Estructure of Active Voice

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + participio pasado…

Active VoiceExamples:Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. (active)At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry. (passive)Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah. (active)The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes. (passive)Sue changed the flat tire. (active)The flat tire was changed by Sue. (passive)We are going to watch a movie tonight. (active)A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. (passive)I ran the obstacle course in record time. (active)The obstacle course was run by me in record time. (passive)The crew paved the entire stretch of highway. (active)The entire stretch of highway was paved by the crew. (passive)Mom read the novel in one day. (active)The novel was read by Mom in one day. (passive)