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Is had gone active or passive?
Passive because it doesn't tell us who lost the pencil. Jack had lost the pencil -- is an active sentence The pencil had been lost by Jack -- is a passive sentence. You don't have to have the agent (by Jack)
What is the passive voice of The mechanic will repair the car?
The passive equivalent is "The car will be repaired by the mechanic."
Hey everyone! I am from Russia and I have a little problem with my English homework. Could you help me make sentences in the passive voice with different tenses and irregular verbs Thanks?
Passive voice is when the subject has the action done to them. Hold on... that doesn't make too much sense. Here's an example. Passive voice: "The car is being cleaned by the volunteers." Active voice: "The volunteers clean the car." Passive voice is when the subject receives the action. Active voice is the subject doing the action.
Why do writers often strive to write using more active-voice verbs and fewer passive-voice vers?
Writers often prefer to use active-voice because it makes the sentence more engaging for the reader. It describes someone or something doing something, as opposed to something just being done. Active voice is occasionally the only way a sentence may be constructed. Also, passive voice often makes sentences abnormally difficult to construct and read. For example: active: Fish live in the sea. passive: no passive voice version because there is no subject. Fish live + (preposition)... you can't construct a passive equivalency. active: I drove my car today! passive: My car was driven by me today! The passive voice makes the sentence very unwieldy, requiring a helping verb (was) not required in the active voice sentence. It adds extra words, and focuses on the object being acted upon, rather than whoever is performing the action.
How do you teach passive voice in grammar?
Passive voice is basically taking the emphasis off the actor in a sentence and putting the emphasis on whatever or whoever was acted upon. For instance, in active voice you would say I smashed the car. In passive voice (like if you were telling your dad), you could say The car was smashed. ... no mention of you at all. Your dad has to ask follow up questions, because you used passive voice. You could also say The car was smashed by me. Still passive voice, still identifying the actor, but placing the emphasis on the car rather than you. Here is an excellent handout on the subject: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/passivevoice.html
Active to Passive?
john has sold car
What is the active voice in the sentence the car was washed?
[Some one] washed the car. You need an active subject to use active voice. Who did the washing? That person should be the actor in the sentence.
What if your car rental insurance coverage does not cover large SUVs is a passive voice example?
NO
What is the present continuous in passive voice?
The council is rebuilding the library. - active sentence.The library is being rebuilt (by the council ) - passive sentence.In passive sentences the agent (the council in above example) can be added but is not necessary.other examples:My car is being repainted.My family's portrait is being painted by a famous artist.Many people are being conned over the internet.
Change this into passive voice he has bought a Fiat car?
A Fiat car has been bought. You can add the agent (him) if you want. -- A Fiat car has been bought by him.
How you can use verb to have in passive voice?
Yes but I think only as an axillary verb not as a main verb. If have is the main verb it will change to had in the passive egThe have a new car - passive = The new car is hadby them = not good.Or as an auxiliary verb:They have bought the books.passive = The books have been bought by them.We have eaten the all the apples.passive = All the apples have been eaten.Notice that you have to have a plural object in the active sentence to keep have in the passive sentence. If you have a singular object then in the passive sentence have will change to has.We have eaten the cake.passive = The cake has been eaten.
Which of the following is a reason to use the passive voice in writing?
One reason to use the passive voice in writing is when the doer of the action is unknown or irrelevant. For example, "The car was stolen" does not identify who stole the car, but still communicates the action that took place. Additionally, the passive voice can be used to emphasize the object or receiver of the action, rather than the doer.
