What is the definition for Passive Voice?
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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 he killed them ).
"the second sentence is in the passive voice"
"the second sentence is in the passive voice"
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In the active voice, the subject of the sentence DOES the action :
John painted the house last week .
Subject / verb / object .
In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence RECEIVES the action.
The house was painted last week.
Subject / verb .
Notice : that the object of the active sentence (house) became the subject of the passive sentence.
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