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    The passive voice is used to emphasize the recipient of an action over the performer of the action. It is formed using a form of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb. Examples are given of forming the passive voice in the present, past, and continuous tenses. Common uses include "My wallet has been stolen" and "The room will be cleaned while we are out."

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    The passive voice is used to emphasize the recipient of an action over the performer of the action. It is formed using a form of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb. Examples are given of forming the passive voice in the present, past, and continuous tenses. Common uses include "My wallet has been stolen" and "The room will be cleaned while we are out."

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    PASSIVE VOICE

    Vicky Jimenez.
    PASSIVE VOICE

    What is? How to use? Examples

    The passive voice is


    used when you want to The passive voice My wallet has been stolen.
    express an action is formed by the
    putting more emphasis verb TO BE + verb The room will be cleaned
    on the object that the participle. while we are out
    person performing the
    action.
    WHAT IS THE PASSIVE VOICE?
     The passive voice is used when you want to express an action putting more
    emphasis on the object that the person performing the action. For example: 

     You boil the water for two minutes. 


    Boil water for two minutes.

     This sentence indicates that someone boiling water for two minutes. 
    In the next sentence, however, it expressed the same thing but no matter who takes
    that action.

     The water is boiled for two minutes. 


    The water is boiled for two minutes.
     To form the passive voice, the verb is taken in question and
    makes the past participle. Then add the verb to be in
    conjugation and time corresponding to the new subject. For
    example:

     The police rescued the boy. 


    The boy was rescued by the police.

     The first sentence is in the active voice. The second, in the


    passive voice.

     The object of the first sentence (the boy) to be the subject in


    the sentence in the passive voice.
    FORMATION OF PASSIVE
    VOICE
     In English, the passive voice is composed of two elements: 
    the appropriate form of the verb "to be" + "past participle“
    AFFIRMATIVE
    • The house was built in 1998
    • These houses were built in 1998

    NEGATIVE
    • The house wasn’t built in 1998
    • These houses weren’t built in 1998
    INTERROGATIVE

    • Was the houses built in 1998?


    • Were these houses built in 1998?
     Present Simple

    1. The cookies are made by my mother.


    2. The dress is torn by the dog. 
    3. I am woken by the alarm clock.

    Present Continuos 

    4. The plants are being watered by the gardener. 


    5. My friend is being forgiven by his wife. 
    6. The ring is being bought by my boyfriend. 
    Examples of passive voice in all time
     Past Simple

    1. The cake was eaten by them.


    2. My homework was made by a friend. 
    3. The cat was killed by a car. 

    Past Continuos

    4. The letter was being written by my sister. 


    5. My cousin was being educated in Europe. 
    6. The car was being fixed by a good man. 

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