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 what is passive voice

A comparison of the active and passive voice will help you to understand the concept clearly.

 

The voice of a verb represents the relationship between the action being described by it on the one hand and the subject and the object on the other.

Active Voice

Subject (doer of the action) + Verb (action) + Object (receiver of the action)

If the subject is the doer of the action (i.e., the subject is active), then the verb is in the active voice. This voice is used when the doer of the action is to be emphasised.

For example:

Pankaj found the treasure.

Here, ‘Pankaj’ is the subject, while ‘the treasure’ is the object. The doer of the action (‘to find’) is the subject. Hence, the verb is used in the active voice.

Passive Voice

Subject (receiver of the action) + Verb (action) + Object (doer of the action)

If the subject is the receiver of the action (i.e., the subject is passive), then the verb is in the passive voice. In other words, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice. This voice is used when the receiver of the action is to be emphasised.

For example:

The treasure was found by Pankaj.

Here, ‘the treasure’ is the subject, while ‘Pankaj’ is the object. The receiver of the action (‘to find’) is the subject. Hence, the verb is used in the passive voice.

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If the subject is the reciever of the action(i.e.the subject is passive), then the verb is in the passive voice.In other words,the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice.This voice is used when the reciever of the action is to be emphasised.

Subject (the receiver of the action) + BE (helping verb) + Verb (ation) + Object (the doer of the action)

For example: The treasure was found by Pankaj.

Here 'The treasure' is the subject while 'Pankaj' is the object.The reciever of the action (to find) is the subject.

Hence the verb is used in the passive voice.

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Passive voice is a grammatical voice common in many of the world's languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subjectexpresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed.[1] This contrasts with active voice, in which the subject has the agent role. For example, in the passive sentence "The tree was pulled down", the subject (the tree) denotes the patient rather than the agent of the action. In contrast, the sentences "Someone pulled down the tree" and "The tree is down" are active sentences

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