Writing with Tenses / Active & Passive Voice
LESSON 130 OF 261 · 7 MIN READ

What Is Passive Voice?

The receiver becomes the grammatical subject. It no longer performs the action. The original doer may appear after by. Passive voice uses a form of BE and V3.

Understand the idea

The receiver becomes the grammatical subject. It no longer performs the action. The original doer may appear after by. Passive voice uses a form of BE and V3.

Look closely

Active: Subject + Verb + Object

Passive: Receiver + correct BE + V3 + (by + doer)

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