Voice in english. Active and passive voices

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Active voice definition Generally native speakers tend to use the active

Active voice definition

Generally native speakers tend to use the active

voice.
When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb
Examples: I visited my uncle last weak
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Passive voice In the passive voice the object of the active

Passive voice

In the passive voice the object of the active

voice becomes the subject of a sentence.
The passive voice is formed with the appropriate tense of the verb to be + V3
Example: My uncle was visited by me
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Examples of active and passive voice for different tenses in English

Examples of active and passive voice for different tenses in English

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Passive voice usage When the person who does the action is

Passive voice usage

When the person who does the action is unknown,

unimportant or obvious from the context
Jane was shot (We don’t know who shot her)
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Usage To make more polite or formal statements The trees haven’t

Usage

To make more polite or formal statements
The trees haven’t been

watered (more polite)
You haven’t watered the trees (less polite)
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Passive voice quiz Harry Potter _______by J.K. Rowling A. was written B. written C. Wrote

Passive voice quiz

Harry Potter _______by J.K. Rowling
A. was written
B.

written
C. Wrote
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Passive voice quiz The judge ______Smith to five years in prison A. Sentenced B. Was sentenced

Passive voice quiz

The judge ______Smith to five years in prison


A. Sentenced
B. Was sentenced
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Passive voice Smith _________to five years in prison A. Was sentenced B. Sentenced

Passive voice

Smith _________to five years in prison
A. Was sentenced
B.

Sentenced
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Passive voice quiz Over a million dollars in cash _____from a

Passive voice quiz

Over a million dollars in cash _____from a

bank in Los Angeles
A. Has stolen
Has been stolen
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Grammar. ОГЭ 2020 Many languages are in danger today. Chinese ____have

Grammar. ОГЭ 2020

Many languages are in danger today. Chinese ____have taken

steps to protect the Chinese language…

AUTHORITY
Сказуемое have taken требует подлежащего во множественном числе

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Grammar. ОГЭ 2020 With economic and social development foreign languages ____

Grammar. ОГЭ 2020

With economic and social development foreign languages ____ more

often in all types of publications

USE
Are used
Иностранные языки используются. Present simple Passive

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Wordbuilding ОГЭ 2020 Aesop lived in the 6th century BC. He

Wordbuilding ОГЭ 2020

Aesop lived in the 6th century BC. He was

a ___ Greek author

FAME
Перед существительным author может стоять только прилагательное