Zusammenfassung der Ressource
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
- ACTIVE VOICE
- USES
- When the subject acts, the verb is active.
- TENSES AND EXAMPLES
- SIMPLE PRESENT
- Louis writes a letter
- PAST SIMPLE
- Sue changed the flat tire
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- We are going to watch a movie tonight
- PAST CONTINUOUS
- Mary was reding a novel last month
- PRESENT PERFECT
- Ann has visited Paris
- PAST PERFECT
- We had already bought the tickets
- FUTURE
- Richard wil prepare pasta for dinner
- The active voice is more direct and vigorous than the passive.
- PASSIVE VOICE
- USES
- Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action
- TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
- FORMULA
- TENSES AND EXAMPLES
- SIMPLE PRESENT
- A letter is written by Louis
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- A movie is going to be watched by us tonight
- PAST SIMPLE
- The flat tire was changed by Sue
- PAST CONTINUOUS
- A novel was being read by Mary last month
- PRESETN PERFECT
- Paris has been visited by Ann
- PAST PERFECT
- The tickets had alredy been bought by us
- FUTURE
- Pasta will be prepared for dinner by Richard
- Sentences can be active or passive
- The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence