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PASSIVE VOICE 2

Events may be related in the active or the passive voice. In the passive, the person or thing receiving the action becomes the grammatical subject.

For example (the entity receiving the action is in boldface):


    One forms the passive by conjugating the verb "to be" before the past participle of the principal verb. the tense of the verb "to be" will determine the tense of action. When an agent of the action (that is, the person or entity performing the action) must be described, one does so by using the preposition "by":

    English uses the passive voice frequently, although it is best to avoid it when possible. An option is to use an impersonal subject, such as "one" or "someone"

    The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action, e.g.

    In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.

    Sometimes we use the passive voice because we don't know or cannot express who or what performed the action:

    If we want to say who or what performs the action, we use the preposition by:

    The passive voice is often used in formal or scientific texts:

Infinitive form: infinitive of 'to be' + past participle: (to) be cleaned

    This form is used after modal verbs and other verbs normally followed by an infinitive, e.g.

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John might
be promoted next year.
She wants to
be invited to the party.

Gerund or -ing form: being + past participle: being cleaned

    This form is used after prepositions and verbs normally followed by a gerund

Examples:

a. Most film stars hate being interviewed.
b. I remember
being taught to drive.
c. The children are excited about
being taken to the zoo.

NOTE: Sometimes the passive is formed using the verb to get instead of the verb to be:

a. He got arrested for dangerous driving.
b.
They're getting married later this year.
c. I'm not sure how the window
got broken.

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