PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE

• THE MEANING OF THE • THE MEANING OF THE

VERB IS RECEIVED BY VERB IS PRODUCED BY
THE GRAMMATICAL THE GRAMMATICAL
PERSON WHOM IT PERSON TO WHOM IT
RELATES ARE RELATES ARE
• Structure: • Structure:

Person+ verb+… + object

object +to be+ verb+…+ person

EXAMPLES:
• “ROMEO AND JULIET” WAS
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WRITTEN BY WILLIAM
WROTE “ROMERO AND SHAKESPEARE
JULIET” • MEDICINE IS STUDIED BY ME
• I STUDY MEDICINE • CHAPULTEPEC WAS VISITED
• ARTUR AND HIS WIFE VISITED FOR ARTUR AND HIS WIFE.
CHAPULTEPEC. • THE LETTER WAS BEING
• LUIS WAS WRITING A LETTER. WRITTEN BY LUIS.
•