Passive Voice

Hello everyone. Today I will explain a little about the material Passive Voice.

-Definition

Passive voice is a form of sentence where the subject of the sentence takes action, not takes action. Unlike active voice which focuses on the party doing the action (doer of action), this form focuses more on the party or object that receives the result of an action (receiver of action).

The passive voice is commonly used in writing such as scientific writing, technical reports, and newspaper articles and is rarely used in everyday speech.

 

Active	My parents plant some flowers (Actor)
Passive	Some flowers are planted by my parents (Receiver of action)

-Passive Voice Formulas

To form a passive sentence, the following simple formula is usually used but still has to be adjusted to the tense of the sentence.

Subject + to be (am/is/are) + past participle (pp)
Tense	formulas Passive Voice	example of Passive Voice
Simple Present	am/is/are + pp	is created
Present Continuous	am/is/are being + pp	is being created
Simple Past	was/were + pp	was created
Past Continuous	was/were being + pp	was being created
Present Perfect	has/have been + pp	has been created
Past Perfect	had been + pp	had been created
Simple Future	will be + pp	will be created
Future Continuous	am/is/are going to be + pp	is going to be created
Future Perfect	will have been + pp	will have been created

 

-Passive Voice with Get

The word get can also be used in passive sentences to replace to be (am / is / are). Usually, passive sentences with the word get are used in informal conversations. Just like when using to be (am / is / are), the get form used must also be adjusted to the tense of the sentence.

Subject + to be + past participle (pp)
Tense	Formula Passive Voice	example of Passive Voice
Simple Present	get/gets + pp	get treated
Present Continuous	am/is/are getting + pp	is getting treated
Simple Past	got + pp	got treated
Past Continuous	was/were getting + pp	was getting treated
Present Perfect	has/have gotten + pp	has gotten treated
Past Perfect	had gotten + pp	had gotten treated
Simple Future	will get + pp	will get treated
Future Continuous	am/is/are going to get + pp	is going to get treated
Future Perfect	will have gotten + pp	will have gotten treated

Example of Passive Voice:

-And I've been so caught up in my job

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