PassiveVoiceofthePresentSystem.pptVIP

Passive Voice of the Present System Chapter 18 What is the passive voice? So far, all the verbs that we have been working with have been used in the active voice. In the active voice, the subject performs the action. In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is the recipient of the action of the verb. Therefore, only transitive verbs (i.e. ones that take a direct object) can be used in the passive voice. The boy reads the book. The book is read by the boy. What is the passive voice? In English, we form the passive voice by combining an inflected form of the verb “to be” with a pas