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1 PASSIVE-ACTIVE VOICE  

2 Terminology Subject(S): the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. To find it, ask: Who 'verbs‘or 'verbed'?

3 Terminology Verb(V): it describes an action or indicates a state of being. To find it, ask: What is the action?

4 Terminology Direct Object(DO): it is the direct receiver of the
action of a verb. To find it, ask: Who/what ‘the subject’‘verbs’?

5 Terminology Active Voice(AV) Passive Voice(PV) Auxiliary(AUX) Past Participle(PP)

6 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

7 Nathan Peters eats a delicious burger.
Tagging - Active Voice Nathan Peters eats a delicious burger. S V DO Simple Present

8 Tagging - Passive Voice
AUX Be-Simple Present A delicious burger is eaten by Nathan Peters. DO PP by S of ‘eat’

9 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


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