CV 4 - Passive Voice

Hi to all my CV 4 students^^

Wow....time really flies and here we are at the end of the term again. I'm wishing you luck on your promotion test, OK ! Don't forget to review the exercises in your work book ^^ Alright, let's get on with it....we were talking about Passive Voice, here's some more information about it to make it easier for you in understanding, recognizing and using the passive Voice :

Understanding :

You could create a Passive Sentence by making the object of an action into the subject of a sentence. So, whoever or whatever is performing the action is not the subject of the sentence. 

Example :

Active Voice :

  

Passive Voice

To create Passive Voice, you have to use this formula :

form of "to be" + past participle = passive voice

Recognizing :

Now that you know the formula, passive voice are easy to recognize. Just look for a form of "to be" [is, are, am , was, were, has been, have been, had been, will be, will have been, being] followed by a past participle.

Using : 

1. To emphasize an object.

Twenty performers are needed for the drama

This sentence emphasize the number of performers needed. The Active Voice of this sentence [ The drama needs twenty actors ] puts the emphasis on the drama.

2. To de-emphasize an unknown subject/actor.

Many kinds of costumes have been made for school festival.

If you don't know who the actor is [ if you don't actually know who made the costumes], you can write in the passive voice. If you do know the actor, and it's important to let every one know who it is,  then use an active voice [Miss Barley made many kinds of costumes for the school festival].

3. If your readers don't need to know who's responsible for the action.

Baby Sophia was delivered at 3:30 a.m. yesterday.
 

To the family, this is an important announcement....they are happy to hear that the baby has been born. Usually the family is not interested to know who delivered the baby.But for a hospital report, it's important to know who was responsible for the action [Dr. Susan Jones delivered baby Sophia at 3:30 a.m. yesterday]. 

 

Lets look at this :

What do you think ? He he he...
tell me the answer in class, OK !!

Good luck on your examinations !!

Errr...emmm...oh dear !

Source : 
writingcenter.unc.edu and luizotaviobarros.com.