Today’s topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here’s a question from Brian in Iowa. He writes, “It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and to stay away from passive voice?” Wel...
English has now been an essential part of every competitive exam and grammar is its core. In this blog, we will talk about Active and Passive Voice. In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes subject performing an action while in Passive Voice sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the ...
The term voice refers to the form of a verb indicating whether the subject performs an action ( active voice) or receives the action ( passive voice).
“Itdrivesmecrazywhenpeoplewritein passivevoice.HowcanIteachpeoplehowtotellthedifferencebetweenpassiveandactive voiceandtostayawayfrompassivevoice?” Well,Brianisright,thefirststepistohelppeopleunderstandthedifferencebetweenactive andpassivevoice,becausemanypeoplebelievetheyshouldavoidthepassivevoice,but fewerpeople...
教材原文课文翻译Passive voice in the simple present andpast tensesWe use the active voice when it is important to know当知道谁执行了动作很重要时,我们使用主动语态。who performs the action.Volunteer doctors do operations on the plane.志愿者医生在飞机上做手术。We use the passive voice when我们使用...
【题目】Passive voice in the simple present and past tensesWe use the active voice when it is important to knowwho performs the action.Volunteer doctors do operations on the plane.We use the passive voice when it is obvious who performs the action.The plane is used as a training centre. ...
1) Discuss the title of the lesson and gather ideas on its possible meanings, i.e., a method of learning that is not only about listening to lectures and trying to remember what the teacher has said. Point out that the opposite method is “passive learning” and invite lear...
Verbal Ability - Active & Passive Voice - In Active Voice, the one doing the action is mentioned as the subject and is given more importance, whereas the other one just participating in the action is mentioned as an object and given lesser importance.
We use the active voice when it is importan to know who performs the action. Volunteer doctors do operation on the plane. We use the passive voice when · it is obvious who performs the action. The plane is used as a training centre。
Passive voice in the simple present and past tensesWe use the active voice when it is important to knowwho performs the action.Volunteer doctors do operations on the plane.We use the passive voice when it is obvious who performs the action.The plane is used as a training centre. we do ...