Active Passive Voices

  Active and Passive Voices  Passive Voice  The passive voice emphasizes the action being performed rather than the person doing the action  The passive voice has two main uses:  To present ideas objectively  (Showing that the results are more important than the person doing the work)  “The surveys were tabulated”  To avoid using names or assigning blame  “An unortunate error has occurred”  !onstruction o passive voice sentences"  They begin with a thing rather than a person  They use a two-word verb  “is” or “was” ollowed by a past#tense verb  They sometimes end with a phrase starting with “by” that identifies the doer of the action  All epenses were approved by the !% Starts with a thing   Two-word verbCan be left out