Active
sentence and passive sentences
Active sentence (active voice) is a sentence in which
the subject is doing the work, by contrast, passive sentences (passive voice)
is the subject of his sentences which are subject to a work by the object of
the sentence.
The formula
of active sentence :
1.
Active Sentence
Subject + Verb + Object
2.
Passive Sentence
S+ auxilary
verb + verb 3 + O
Examples of
active - passive sentence :
Ø [Active] We clean the house every
week.
v [Passive] The house is cleaned by us
every week.
Ø [Active] She kicks the ball very
hard.
v [Passive] The ball is kicked by her
very hard.
Ø [Active] I called my mother
yesterday.
v [Passive] My mother was called by me
last night.
Ø [Active] She ate two hamburgers at a
time.
v [Passive] Two hamburgers were eaten by
her at a time.
Ø [Active] Sarah has made many cakes.
v [Passive] Many cakes have been made by
Sarah.
Ø [Active] Raffi had told a nice story
to me.
v [Passive] A nice story had been told
by Raffi to me.
Ø [Active] You can borrow these books.
v [Passive] The books can be borrowed by
you.
Ø [Active] We watched the Jurasic Park Movie on
the cinema yesterday.
v [Passive] The Jurasic Park Movie was watched
by us yesterday.
Ø [Active] He studied Mathematics yesterday.
v [Passive] The mathematics is studied by him
yesterday.
Ø [Active] They had won the race after had
hard work.
v [Passive] The race had been won by us after
had hard work.
Examples of passive - active sentence :
v [Passive] The letter
had been written by me to my village before I had come.
Ø [Active] I had
written the letter to my village before I had come.
v [Passive] The ball was
being played by them together at noon yesterday.
Ø [Active] They were
playing the ball together at noon yesterday.
v [Passive] I was being
driven by my father to my school yesterday in the morning.
Ø [Active] My father
was driving me to my school yesterday in the morning.
v [Passive] This plant
is watered by me every day.
Ø [Active] I always
water this plant every day.
v [Passive] Our
grandmother is visited by us every 2 months.
Ø [Active] We visit
our grandmother every 2 months.
v [Passive] The novel is
being read by him.
Ø [Active] He is
reading a novel now.
v [Passive] I have been
told by my father not to go to the beach.
Ø [Active] My father
has told me not to go to the beach.
v [Passive] The show had
been being watched by me for 2 hours.
Ø [Active] I had been
being watching the show for 2 hours.
v [Passive] Her computer
was being fixed by me when she came.
Ø [Active] I was fixing
her computer when she came.
v [Passive] John was
being punched by Denny right in his face when the teacher came.
Ø [Active] Denny was
punching John right in his face when the teacher came.
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