Passive Voice Sentences

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Forming Passive Sentences

Object + A Form of 'Be' + V3 The letters + were + delivered.

The top student + was + rewarded.

Use of Passive Voice

• When you don't know the person who performed the action.
  
      The bank was robbed.



• When it is not important who performed the action.
  
       Harvard University was founded in 1636.



• When the performer is not a specific person.
  
      English is spoken in many countries around the world.



• When you prefer not to mention the name of the performer.
  
      I was told that you didn't go to work today.



• Used with a performer: by + performer
  
      The cake was made by my cousin.

Note:

In a passive sentence, If we want to mention what caused or who did the action, we use the agent (by...........)

Active: Charles Dickens wrote many novels.
Passive: Many novels were written by Charles Dickens.

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