PASSIVE-ACTIVE VOICE
Terminology Subject(S): the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. To find it, ask: Who 'verbs‘or 'verbed'?
Terminology Verb(V): it describes an action or indicates a state of being. To find it, ask: What is the action?
Terminology Direct Object(DO): it is the direct receiver of the action of a verb. To find it, ask: Who/what ‘the subject’‘verbs’?
Terminology Active Voice(AV) Passive Voice(PV) Auxiliary(AUX) Past Participle(PP)
Formula ACTIVE VOICE: Subject + verb + DO PASSIVE VOICE: DO + AUX be + PP + by + subject Conjugated to the TENSE of the AV verb Past Participle of the AV verb
Nathan Peters eats a delicious burger. Tagging - Active Voice Nathan Peters eats a delicious burger. S V DO Simple Present
Tagging - Passive Voice AUX Be-Simple Present A delicious burger is eaten by Nathan Peters. DO PP by S of ‘eat’
Pronouns Active Voice They hired me. Passive Voice I was hired by them. S DO Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun DO S Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun