Forms of verbs
There are two special forms for verbs called voice:
1. Active voice
2. Passive voice
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is
the voice that we use most of the
time. You are probably already familiar with the active voice. In the active voice, the object
receives the action of the verb:
Example
Active
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Subject
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Verb
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Object
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>
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Cats
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eat
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fish
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|
The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the
subject receives the action of the verb:
Example
Passive
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Subject
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Verb
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Object
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<
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||||
Fish
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Are eaten
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By cats.
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The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:
Example
Subject
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Verb
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Object
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||
active
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everybody
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drinks
|
water
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|
passive
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water
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Is
drunk
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By
Everybody.
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