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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in sentences. In the active voice, the subject performs the action on the object. In the passive voice, the object receives the action and the subject that performs the action is either mentioned later in the sentence or unknown. The passive voice is used to focus on the object or when the subject performing the action is unknown or unimportant.

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    An explanation of the grammatical form and usage of the passive tense.

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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in sentences. In the active voice, the subject performs the action on the object. In the passive voice, the object receives the action and the subject that performs the action is either mentioned later in the sentence or unknown. The passive voice is used to focus on the object or when the subject performing the action is unknown or unimportant.

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    Explanations of The Passive Tense

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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in sentences. In the active voice, the subject performs the action on the object. In the passive voice, the object receives the action and the subject that performs the action is either mentioned later in the sentence or unknown. The passive voice is used to focus on the object or when the subject performing the action is unknown or unimportant.

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    Active:

    Positive
    [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [Thing receiving action]
    Matt and James cleaned the car yesterday.
    Sarah didn't win the Oscar.
    Does your father write these books?

    Passive:
    [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing
    doing action]
    The car was cleaned by Matt and James yesterday.
    The Oscar wasn't won by Sarah.
    Are these books written by your father?
    We use the passive:
    a) to focus on the subject/object
    ex: The King was killed by his people.
    This song was performed by the Doors.
    b) when we know/don't know the subject
    ex: The bank was robbed (by someone).
    The plane was shot down (by someone).

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