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    The document discusses the passive voice in English grammar. It explains that in the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. It provides examples of active and passive sentences. The document also discusses when the passive voice is commonly used, such as when the agent is unknown, unnecessary to mention, or a general term like "people". It concludes by providing examples of how to change active sentences into passive voice.

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    The document discusses the passive voice in English grammar. It explains that in the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. It provides examples of active and passive sentences. The document also discusses when the passive voice is commonly used, such as when the agent is unknown, unnecessary to mention, or a general term like "people". It concludes by providing examples of how to change active sentences into passive voice.

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    MEETING 2

    PASSIVE
    In the passive, the object of an active sentence becomes the
    subject of an passive sentence.

    Example :
    active : Marry helped the boy.
    passive : the boy was helped by Marry.

    “the boy” in the active sentence becomes the subject of passive


    sentence. Both of those sentences have the same meaning.
    Only transitive verbs (verbs that are followed by an object) are
    used in the passive. It is impossible to use verb such as happen,
    sleep, come, seem (intransitive verbs) in the passive.

    Example:

    Active : an accident happened.


    Passive : none
    Some examples of active and passive sentences:

    1. ACTIVE : They opens the door.


    PASSIVE : The door is opened by Them

    2. ACTIVE : They are opening the door.

    PASSIVE : The door are being opened by them.

    3. ACTIVE : They opened the door.

    PASSIVE : The door was opened by them.


    4. ACTIVE : They were opening the door.
    PASSIVE : The door were being opened by them.

    5. ACTIVE : They have opened the door.


    PASSIVE : The door have been opened by them.

    6. ACTIVE : They had opened the door.


    PASSIVE : The door had been opened by them.

    7. ACTIVE : They will open the door.


    PASSIVE : The door will be opened by them
    8. ACTIVE : They are going to open the door.
    PASSIVE : The door is going to be opened by them.

    9. ACTIVE : They will have opened the door.


    PASSIVE : The door will have been opened by them.
    The use of passive sentence

    1.Passive voice is often used when the agent (the doer of an action;
    the subject of an active verb) is obvious, unknown, or
    unnecessary:
    Examples:
    a. Oranges are grown in California.
    b.Toyotas are made in Japan.
    c.Her purse was stolen.

    2. Passive voice is often used when the agent is known, but the
    speaker/writer doesn’t want to mention it:
    Examples:
    a. She was given bad advice.
    b. A mistake has been made.
    3. Passive voice is often used when the agent is very general
    such as people or somebody.
    Examples:
    English is spoken here.
    The door should be locked.

    4. Passive voice is often used when the speaker/writer wants to


    emphasize a result:
    Example:
    Several thousand people were killed by the earthquake.
    5. Passive voice is often used when the speaker/writer wants to
    keep the same subject for two or more verbs but this would
    not be possible if both verbs were the same voice (active or
    passive).

    For example, in a conversation about George, a speaker


    would probably use sentence a below rather than sentence b
    (both sentences are correct).

    a. George had several interviews before he was hired by a


    software company.

    b. George had several interviews before a software


    company hired him.
    Change these active sentences into passive:

    1. The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30.

    2. The doorway was blocked by Sheba, the dog.

    3. The telephone call confused Joanne.

    4. The police captured the burglar.

    5. The teacher helps me


    6. Somebody calls the president every day.

    7. John is calling the other members.

    8. Martha was delivering the documents to the department.

    9. The other members have repealed the amendment.

    10. The delegates had received the information before the recess.

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