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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about the passive versus the active voice.

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Let's get started now in sentences written in the active voice.

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The subject performs the action and in sentences written in the passive voice subject receives the action

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having a look at the example.

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Over here I wrote a book.

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Now this sentence is in the active voice.

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And note that the subject eye performs the action wrote a book and in the sentence that book was written

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by me.

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Now this sentence is in the passive voice and note that the subject me receives the action was written

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the passive form is made up of the first to be and the past participle.

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Now depending on the tense note that the form of the verb to be can change have a look at the examples

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over here.

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The dinner is being cooked.

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Now this sentence is in the present continuous being the dinner was cooked past simple was the dinner

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has been cooked present perfect husband now the passive voice is usually used a to emphasize the action

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rather than the person or thing performing it happened Look the example over here the decision has been

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made be to avoid mentioning the person or thing performing the action.

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Have a look the example below.

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The rumors have been spreading at the office now.

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In this sentence either you know who spread the rumors or you are not sure who does that see to describe

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a situation where the subject is not important.

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Have a look at the example over here up to 7 billion trees are being cut down every year deed to give

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instructions set rules etc..

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Have a look at the examples below.

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Smoking is prohibited anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed in any bar.