{"id":253,"date":"2019-07-25T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2019-08-19T07:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T07:49:31","slug":"passive-voice-10-minute-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/25\/passive-voice-10-minute-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Voice – 10 Minute Grammar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sentence formation of Simple Present Tense follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1st<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n I give = I am given\n <\/td>\n We give = We are given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2nd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n You give = You are given\n <\/td>\n You give = You are given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>\n He gives = He is given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 3rd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n She gives = She is given\n <\/td>\n They give = They are given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  \n <\/td>\n It gives = It is given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The sentence formation of Simple Past Tense Follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1st<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n I gave = I was given\n <\/td>\n We gave = We were given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2nd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n You gave = You were given\n <\/td>\n You gave = You were given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>\n He gave = He was given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 3rd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n She gave = She was given\n <\/td>\n They gave = They were\n given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  \n <\/td>\n It gave = It was given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The sentence formation of Simple Future Tense Follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  \n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Active and Passive<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 1st<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n I shall give = I shall be\n given\n <\/td> We shall give = We shall be given <\/td><\/tr>
\n 2nd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n You will give = You will\n be given\n <\/td>\n You will give = You will\n be given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>\n He will give = He will be\n given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n 3rd<\/sup> Person<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n She will give = She will\n be given\n <\/td>\n They will give = They will\n be given\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  \n <\/td>\n It will give = It will be\n given\n <\/td>\n  \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The postman\nbrings letters. (Active Voice)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letters are\nbrought by the postman. (Passive Voice)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uses of Passive Voice:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passive voice is not much used in our native languages, such as Hindi,\nGujarati, Punjabi or any other as it looks awkward when it is translated\nliterally. However, it is a usual practice in the English language to use\npassive voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the IELTS Academic test, passive voice plays an essential role in Task\n1 because of its peculiarity in the usage. It is widely used in it because the\ndoer (agent) becomes inconsequential in the sentence construction. In another\nway, in most sentences in task one and also in our life, we are not inclined to\nuse the doer (agent) over and over again. For example, my car has been\nmoved!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, it does\nnot matter who moved it, or I have no idea who did it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It is used in\ncolloquial speech. \u2018Get\u2019 is sometimes used instead of \u2018Be\u2019: <\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The bottle got (= was) broken. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You will get (= be) demoralized if you keep on watching sad news on TV.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There was a brawl at the party last night, but fortunately, nobody got\n(= was) hurt. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some exceptions: get married, get divorced, get\ndressed, get changed (these expressions are not in the passive voice)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Some verbs have two\nobjects. For example, give:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Somebody gave her a rottweiler. (Active Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      She was given a rottweiler. A rottweiler was given to her. (Passive\nVoice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Somebody gave the cops a tip-off about the raid. (Active Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The cops were given a tip-off about the raid. A tip-off about the raid\nwas given to the cops (Passive Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • In some sentences, the\ndoer is unimportant, so it is not necessary to mention them:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        The rubbish has not been collected from the last two days. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The streets are washed every night, wasting away precious drinking\nwater. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        You will be ten printed when you apply for the US visa. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • In some sentences, the\ndoer is unknown, or you do not know exactly or have forgotten who did this\nparticular action:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          The prime minister was assassinated (= by someone, but we have no idea\nwho exactly did this).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The report on my table was taken (= by some team member)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          • Sentences using\n\u2018People\u2019 as a doer in active verbs:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            She was suspected of having a hand in glove in this corruption case.\n(People suspected her of\u2026).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            The Gandhi family was believed to be a family of saints, but the reports\nshow otherwise. (People believed the Gandhi family\u2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • When we use the\nindefinite pronoun \u2018one\u2019 in the active sentence:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              One believes (that) this sort of counseling is as unacceptable. (Active\nVoice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              This sort of counseling is believed as unacceptable. (Passive Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              You can see the advert of Coco-Cola everywhere. (Active Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              The advert of Coco-Cola is seen everywhere. (Passive Voice)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              • In some cases, we tend\nto be more interested in the action than the person who does it:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                The office next door has been bought (by a Mr. Patel).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                If we happen to know Mr. Patel, we will use the active form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Mr. Patel has bought the office next door.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                • It is used to avoid an\nungrammatical or awkward sentence. We generally do not change the subject:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Before I reached home, my neighbor took Jericho (dog) to a vet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  would be better expressed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Before I reached home, Jericho was taken to a vet by my neighbor<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  • It is used to disclaim\nresponsibility for disagreeable announcements. It is preferred for\npsychological reasons:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    The bonus on top of your remuneration is being cancelled\/will have to be\ncancelled this year as the company did not meet the revenue target. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    The sentence formation of Simple Present Tense follows:   Active and Passive Active and Passive 1st Person I give = I am given We give = We are given 2nd Person You give = You are given You give = You are given   He gives = He is given   3rd Person She gives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77,58,78,55,61,60,63,75,74,62,56,71,76,67,72,73,59,1,57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vinodgambtoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}