About passive voice Passive voice summed up The passive voice isn’t a grammatical error; it’s a matter of style. Use the active voice if it makes your sentence sound clearer and more natural. Forming passive voice requires the verb to beanda past participle. The passive voice is your friend when the thing receiving an. 1 passive meaning 2 This handout will explain the difference between active and passive voice in writing. It gives examples of both, and shows how to turn a passive sentence into an active one. Also, it explains how to decide when to choose passive voice instead of active. 3 passive voice examples 4 The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is. My laptop was stolen. 5 A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. [1] In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed. [2]. 6 Examples of Passive Voice: Start with active voice. Austin bought clothes. “Austin” is subject; “clothes” is object Austin bought clothes. “Austin” is subject; “clothes” is object The object becomes the subject. The clothes The clothes Add “to be” and past participle The clothes were bought. The. 7 active voice 8 We use the passive voice. 9 The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. 10 A passive voice construction is a grammatical voice construction that is found in many languages. In a clause with passive voice, the grammatical subject expresses the theme or patient of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed. 11