Using Passive Voice
10th Grade · ELA · 60 min
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Learning Objective
I can use passive voice to talk about how things are made or done
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In the passive voice, the object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
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The passive voice is often used in formal writing to focus on actions rather than the person doing them, or when the actor is unknown.
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To form the passive voice, use the verb 'be' in the appropriate tense plus the past participle of the main verb.
