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Is The boy picked up the ball is it passive voice or active voice?
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∙ 7y ago
the ball was easily caught by the captain OR (not passive but sounds better) the ball was an easy c atch for the captain
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∙ 11y ago
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the ball was caught by the boy
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What is passive voice use?
In a passive voice sentence, the verb acts upon the subject (as opposed to active voice when the subject performs the action).To form the passive voice, one needs any form of the "to be" verb + a past participle.An example of an active voice sentence:Bobby threw the ball. (Subject-Verb-Direct Object)In the passive voice, the object and the subject switch positions and the verb is a form of "to be" + a past participle.The ball was thrown by Bobby.The subject can be left out of the sentence, as well. This is usually done when the subject is unknown or unimportant.The ball was thrown.
The dog caught the ball it is passive or active?
Active because The subject (the dog) caught the object (the ball). The passive term would be, the ball was caught by the dog.
What are the passive case of nouns?
Nouns have only three cases:nominative case (subject)objective casepossessive caseVerbs have active and passive cases:In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb: John hit the ball.In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb: The ball was hit by John.
How do you change a voice to passive voice?
"I threw the ball" is a sentence in the active voice. "The ball was thrown by me" is in the passive voice. In Political language, you will often encounter the passive voice. Rather than saying "I made a mistake," you might hear the politician say "Mistakes were made."Passive is formed with - be verb + past participle. If you want to say who does the action of a passive verb add by + noun phrase at the end of the sentence. This is called the agent.For example:present simple active = eat / asks. passive = is eaten / is askedWe eat bread at lunch time = Bread is eaten at lunch time (by us)past simple active = ate /asked. passive = was eaten / was askedWe ate bread at lunch time. Bread was eaten at lunch time.Passive is often used to describe a process where it is not important who or what does the action for example:The tea leaves are picked in the morning and they are taken to the drying sheds. After it is processed the tea is stored in large warehouses.
What is the formula to convert an active sentence to a passive sentence?
There's no formula, really. Just make sure the Subject (actor) is doing the Acting (verb). Watch out for verb forms of "to be"-- is, are, was, were, has, had, have, etc. If your sentence includes "by", it is likely passive voice. And passive sentences are longer than active sentences. You may need to substitute synonyms for some words. If you have leftover words when making an active sentence, they are likely unneeded. She was walking to the store. She walked to the store. The ball was picked up by the boy. The boy picked up the ball. She is good at singing. She sings well. I have a sweater given to me by my grandmother. My grandmother gave me a sweater.
Which one of the following sentences is written in active voice?
I finished my research paper two days early.
What are the two key ingredients to passive voice?
Ingredients: A form of be (am, is, are, was, were, been) A past participle (usually a transitive verb) A typical active voice sentence is a subject+a verb+object (Jake threw the ball). To create that sentence in the passive voice, make the object the subject, add a form of be and a past participle, make the subject the object (optional). The ball was thrown. The ball was thrown by Jake. Voilà! Two passive voice sentences.
Is danced an action verb or a passive verb?
The classes of verbs are not "action and passive".The classes are "action" (doing) verbs and linking verbs (is, seemed, became).The voices of verbs are activevoice and passive voice - in active voice, the subject does the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action, as the object of the verb.Active : He threw the ball.Passive: The ball was thrown by him.Danced is the past tense of dance, which is an action verb. To use a passive voice, you would have to have an object.Active voice : The performers danced the minuet.Passive Voice: The minuet was danced by the performers.
What is the defition of passive?
lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredithpeacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance"passive voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
What is the passive verb in the sentence the ball was grabbed by the little girl who was better?
was grabbed is the passive verb.The passive is: be verb + past participleThe sentence above is a past simple passive sentence. The corresponding active sentence isThe little girl, who was better, grabbed the ball
How to use the word 'the' instead of 'i'?
For example instead of "I threw the ball," use "the ball was thrown" For more information, google passive voice
Bob hit the ball yesterday - what is the answer in passive voice?
The ball was hit by Bob yesterday. Yesterday the ball was hit by Bob. You can put yesterday at the beginning or end of the sentence.
