voices of the verb
TRANSCRIPT
VOICES OF THE VERB
Active and Passive Voices
Voices of the Verb
In grammar, the voice of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments (subject, object, etc.).
Active Voice
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that we use most of the time.
Subject + verb + object In the active voice, the object receives
the action of the verb:Subject Verb Object
Cats eat fish
Passive Voice
In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb.
The structure of the passive voice is very simple:
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
The main verb is always in its past participle form.
We use the passive when we want to make the active object more important.
Note that we always use by to introduce the passive object.
Passive Voice
SubjectAuxiliary
Verb(to be)
Main Verb(past
participle)
Water is drunk by many
100 people are employedby this
company
Activity I
Give each picture a description using the active voice then transform it to passive.