A. Defination Passive Voice
Passive voice is
a grammatical construction ( Form grammatical ) Where the subject of the
sentence is not perform the action , but the action accept or actionable (
receiver acts ) agents by lying ( perpetrators ) neither mentioned or not. The passive voice shows that the subject is
receiving the action of the verb. See the explanation below:
(a) Active: Ali mails
the package.
(b) Passive: The
package is mailed by Ali
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(a) and (b) have the
same meaning.
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(c) Ali mails the package
The package is mailed
by Ali
S V by-phrase
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In (c) the object
of an active sentence becomes the subject of a passive sentence.
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(d) Ali mails the package
S
V O
The package is mailed
by Ali
S V by-phrase
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(d) The subject of
an active sentence is the object of by in the “by-phrase” in a passive
sentence.
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B.
Usage and Tense Forms Of Passive Voice.
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S + Auxiliary
Verb + Past Participle
(V3)
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Auxiliary Verb
is helping verb. It helps to form a tense or an expression, hence the name. The auxiliaries combine with
present or past participles or with infinitives to form the tense of ordinary
verbs.
Auxiliary singular (am, is, was, has
been, had been, will be, will have been, is being, was being).
Auxiliary plural (are, were, will
be, have been, had been, will have been,
are being, were being).
Tense
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Subject
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Auxiliary
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Past Participle
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Singular
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Plural
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Present
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The car / cars
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Is
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Are w
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Designed
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Past
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The car / cars
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Was
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Were
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Designed
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Future
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The car / cars
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Will be
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Will be
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Designed
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Present Perfect
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The car / cars
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Has been
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Have been
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Designed
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Past Perfect
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The car / cars
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Had been
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Had been
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Designed
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Future Perfect
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The car / cars
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Will have been
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Will have been
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Designed
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Present Continuous
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The car / cars
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Is being
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Are being
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Designed
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Past Continuous
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The car / cars
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Was being
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Were being
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Designed
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Example
TENSE
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ACTIVE
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PASSIVE
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Simple present
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The news surprises
me
The news surprises
Ali
The news surprises
us
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I am
surprised by the news
Ali is
surprised by the news
We are
surprised by the news
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Simple past
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The news surprises
me
The news surprises
us
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I was
surprised by the news
We were
surprised by the news
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Future
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Ali will
mail the letter
Ali is going to mail the letter
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The letter will
be mailed by Ali
The letter is going to be mailed by Ali
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