Angielski Gramatyka opracowania Passive voice what is it


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What is the Passive voice?

There are 2 'voices' or forms for verbs:

In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb:

active

subject

verb

object

 

------------------------->

Cats

eat

fish.

In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:

passive

subject

verb

object

<-------------------------

 

Fish

is eaten

by cats.

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:

 

subject

verb

object

active

Everybody

drinks

water.

passive

Water

is drunk

by everybody.

 

How do we make the Passive?

We make the Passive with [auxiliary verb BE] + [main verb V3].

The main verb is the past participle:

 

V1

V2

V3

regular

wash

washed

washed

irregular

sing

sang

sung

Look at these examples:

subject

auxiliary verb BE

main verb V3
PAST PARTICIPLE

object etc

Water

is

drunk

by everyone.

100 people

are

employed

by this company.

I

am

paid

in euro.

We

are

not paid

in dollars.

Are

they

paid

in yen?

 

When do we use the Passive?

We use the passive when: