Active Voice, Passive Voice
There are two special forms for verbs called voice:
- Active voice
- Passive voice
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice
that we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with the active
voice. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the
verb:
| active |
subject |
verb |
object |
| |
>>> |
| Cats |
eat |
fish. |
The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the
subject receives the action of the verb:
| passive |
subject |
verb |
object |
| <<< |
|
| Fish |
are eaten |
by cats. |
The object of the active verb becomes the subject of
the passive verb:
| |
subject |
verb |
object |
| active |
Everybody |
drinks |
water. |
| passive |
Water |
is drunk |
by everybody. |
Now we'll look at the passive
voice in more detail >> |
