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Active and Passive Voice - Ingles, Notas de estudo de Língua Inglesa

Active and Passive Voice

Tipologia: Notas de estudo

2013

Compartilhado em 28/04/2013

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Active and Passive Voice
Transition between agent and object:
a brief introduction
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Active and Passive Voice

Transition between agent and object: a brief introduction

The vet medicates the cat

The cat is medicated by the vet

The player will wear the helmet

The helmet will be worn by the player

Function

  • (^) To highlight the agent and the subject of a sentence.
  • (^) Agent (doctor, directors and players)
  • (^) Subject (cat, contract and helmet)
  • (^) In the passive voice they change the position because in this case the agent is less important than the subject.

The preposition by or with

  • (^) When we want to mention the agent of the action we can use the preposition BY or WITH, depending on the case.
  • (^) He was hit with a baseball bat.
  • (^) The machine was fixed by the engineer.
  • (^) The area is cleaned by the cleaning staff.
  • (^) The chair was made with recycled materials.

Exceptions

  • (^) Transitive verbs like become, get, have, let, resemble, fit, lack, suit and like CAN NOT be used in the passive.
  • (^) The party was liked. (wrong)
  • (^) A house is had by us. (wrong)
  • (^) Intransitive verbs are not followed by objects.
  • (^) It rains. (right)
  • (^) It rains something. (wrong)