Grammar
- The Participle
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- Infinitives After Passives
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Grammar
The Passive Voice
The Passive Voice: grammar rules, explanations and examples.
The Formation of the Passive Voice
auxiliary verb to be + Participle II
A passive verb form is made with the auxiliary verb to be (in the different tenses) and the past participle of the main verb.
| Affirmative | Interrogative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| I am told. She is told. He is told. It is made. We are told. You are told. They are told. | Am I told? Is she told? Is he told? Is it made? Are we told? Are you told? Are they told? | I am not told. He is not told. She is not told. It is not made. We are not told. You are not told. They are not told. |
The subject of a passive verb is usually the person or thing that is affected be the action of the verb.
Compare:
I wrote this letter. (Active) → This letter was written by me. (Passive)
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- The Participle
The Forms of the Participle Active Passive Indefinite writing being written Perfect having written having been written Note : - Those are the forms of Participle I which is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the stem of the verb (to go - going,...
- Split Infinitives
The infinitive of a verb is purely its most basic form and the one that can be found in the dictionary with no subject indicated. In English it always follows the word to e.g. to do, to play, to sing etc. A split infinitive is an infinitive in which the...
- Avoid Common Mistakes In English
Some mistakes made by foreigners while speaking English are more common than other ones. I hope this might help some of you and reading it will take only a few seconds... Let’s get started.To tell and to sayWe will learn the usage of the verbs 'to...
- Infinitives After Passives
Passive verbs are sometimes followed by infinitives and occasionally by -ing forms. In this post we look at some examples. 1. Verb + object + infinitive 2. Infinitives after wh-words 3. Infinitives of purpose, etc 4. Infinitive forms 5. Passive...
- Exploring Grammar - Verb Types
A recent discussion at GrammarGirl (link below) about the active voice talked a lot about unaccusative verbs and semantic patients in its explanation. I'm not convinced of the wisdom of using these specialist linguistic terms on a website read...