voice of the verb
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“Voice” is linked to the verb because it is considered one of the features that define it, together with “tense”, “person”, “aspect” or “mood”.
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VERB
tense
person
voice
mood
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KINDS OF VOICE
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
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Active Voice
• It is the most common, unmarked voice.
ActiveVoice
Subject Verb Object
>
The choir sings love songs.
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Passive Voice
• Passive verb phrases are less common and used for special discourse functions.
PassiveVoice
Subject Verb Object
>
Love songs
are sung by the choir.
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Compare…The choir sings love songs.
Love songs are sung by the choir.
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Normal Passives follow the three general steps to form passive sentences:
• PASSIVE SUBJECTOBJECT
•BE+PARTICIPLEVERB
• AGENT COMPLEMENTSUBJECT
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Object --- Passive Subject
To transform an active sentence into a passive one, it is commonly believed that the main verb in active should be transitive, i.e., there should be a Direct Object in the sentence. However, the English language proves that a passive sentence can also be created from the Indirect Object in the active sentence.
Therefore, this leads us to say that to form a passive sentence we need to have an Object in the active counterpart.
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Verb --- Be + Participle• ACTIVEteach / teaches
Is teachingTaught
Was teachingHave / has taught
Had taughtWill teachTo teach
• PASSIVEAm/is/are taught
Is being taughtWas/were taught
Was were being taughtHave/has been taught
Had been taughtWill be taughtTo be taught
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Subject --- Agent Complement
• When is the agent complement not necessary?
when the active subject is an indefinite pronoun or a generic noun. (i.e., some-, any-, no-&
“people”) This is called the impersonal passive.
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PRACTICE EXERCISES
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Construct active and passive sentences for the
following:
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