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Taken to a personal level, the active is what you do. The passive is what is done to you. Usually, the passive is signified (at least in English) by putting some conjugation of "to be" in front of the declined verb.

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In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb. For example, "The book was read by Mary." In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action. For example, "Mary read the book." To identify passive voice, look for forms of the verb "to be" (such as "is," "are," "was," "were") followed by a past participle.

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English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?

== == "English grammer active and passive voice change from active to passive .


What is passive is to change as active is to?

Passive is to change as active is to affect.


How do you change active to passive and passive to active?

To change an active sentence to passive, identify the object in the active sentence and make it the subject in the passive sentence. Move the subject of the active sentence to the phrase with "by" and change the verb to its past participle form. To change a passive sentence to active, identify the subject in the passive sentence and make it the subject in the active sentence. Use an appropriate active verb to describe the subject's action and add the original object of the passive sentence as the direct object in the active sentence.


Is the verb of this sentence active or passive Were you given a second helping active passive?

The verb "given" in the sentence "Were you given a second helping" is in the passive voice.


How do you change passive voice into active voice?

To change passive voice to active voice, identify the object of the passive sentence and make it the subject of the active sentence. Then, identify the subject of the passive sentence and make it the object of the active sentence. Finally, rewrite the sentence using the active verb form. For example, "The book was read by John" (passive) can be changed to "John read the book" (active).

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English grammar active and passive voice change from active to passive he would have kept the present can you change it into passive?

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The passive voice must have the verb 'to be' in the correct tense plus the past participle of the main verb. Here are some examples: I do (active)/it is done (passive) I did (active)/it was done (passive) I am doing (active)/it is being done (passive) I was doing (active)/it was being done (passive) and so on So to change protect into the passive would be I protect (active)/ It is protected (passive)


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