主动语态和被动语态
主动的语音和被动语音在英语语法领域中起着重要作用,因此有必要知道主动语音和被动语音之间的区别。换句话说,主动的语音和被动语态是应使用英语语法差异的两种声音,因此了解两者之间的差异非常重要。对于许多英语学习者来说,主动和被动的语音是一个非常困难的主题领域,因为为了将句子从主动的声音转变为被动的声音,必须记住的许多事实。但是,如果您从一开始就能有一个清晰的想法,那么掌握被动语态并不难。
What is Active Voice?
Active voice is used with a subjectat the beginning of a sentence. Observe the sentence given below.
Shah built that toy house.
Here, you can see that the subject Shah is used at the beginning of the sentence. If you look at the sentence structure of this sentence, you will see that the subject is followed by theverb‘built’, and that in turn is followed by the object ‘toy house.’
Unlike passive voice, active voice is generally used in direct conversations.
What is Passive Voice?
In the passive voice, the subject is used in the instrumental case. The object of the active voice is used at the beginning of the sentence. In the example mentioned above, the word ‘toy house’ is the object of the active voice. This object is used at the beginning of the passive voice. In other words, it can be said that the object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice. Look at the following example.
That toy house was built by Shah.
This is the passive voice sentence of the previously mentioned active voice sentence. Here, the object of the active voice has become the subject. Also, the verb has changed when it comes to passive voice.
被动语态是创erally used for descriptive purposes. It is interesting to note that the passive voice appears like the past tense in a different form. Look at this example as well.
Active voice: Francis gave the book to James.
Passive voice: The book was given by Francis to James.
In the example given above, you can see that Francis, who is the subject of the active voice, is used in the instrumental case while the word ‘book’, which is the object in the active voice, is used as the subject in the passive voice.
Passive voice verb is conjugated in the following manner.
be verb in the given tense, in the active voice sentence + past participle of the given verb.
If you look at the Francis example, you can see that the active sentence is in the past tense. Therefore, in the passive voice, be verb becomes was (singular third person past tense of the be verb). Then, the past participle of gave is given. In the end, as shown in the passive voice example given above, the complete passive verb is ‘was given.’
What is the difference between Active Voice and Passive Voice?
It is important to know that both active voice and passive voice are used extensively in written English, but with a difference.
• The object of the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice and the subject of the active voice is used in the instrumental case in the passive voice. This is the main difference between active voice and passive voice.
• Passive voice is generally used for descriptive purposes. On the other hand, active voice is generally used in direct conversations.
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- Passive exampleby Passive Active Voice at pppst.com
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