Question

what is passive voice
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Answer 1

Answer:

a form or set of forms of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form

Answer 2

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A verb is in passive voice when its form shows that something is done to the person or thing denoted by the subject.

The passive voice is a grammatical construction. The easiest way to explain it is by contrasting it with the active voice. The active voice is the standard English sentence structure. The simplest possible sentences feature an actor (the subject), who does (the verb) something to either a person, animal or thing (the receiver).

Example with Explaination:

$\sf\underline\pink{Chester\: kicked \:the\: ball.}$

• In a passive voice construction, the grammatical subject of the clause receives the action of the verb. So, the ball from the above sentence, which is receiving the action, becomes the subject. The formula: [subject]+[some form of the verb to be]+[past participle of a transitive verb]+[optional prepositional phrase]

$\sf\underline\purple{The\:ball\:was\: kicked\:by\: Chester}$

• That last little bit—“by Chester”—is a prepositional phrase that tells you who the performer of the action is. But even though Chester is the one doing the kicking, he’s no longer the grammatical subject. A passive voice construction can even drop him from the sentence entirely:

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