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grammar!







                     passivevoice
                     passivevoice




                               voice


 assive                       voice
 assive

                                                                                      passive
                                                                                       passive


                      Passive Voice is when the emphasis is on the

                        action (verb) and the object of a sentence


                            rather than the subject of a sentence.




                                               It means that:
                      *
             voice
                           Action is more important than the subject.
 ve          voice
 ve

                      *
                            Subject is unknown.



                                                                                      passive
                                                                                       passive
                      *     When the subject is known it is put at the end.





                  Examples


                        A lot of water is trapped in dry areas.

                        Flooding that is caused by the effects of


                        human activities often occurs in urban areas.

                        Each urban area is designed with a drainage
                      voice

                        system.
                                                                                       passive
 sive                voice                                                            passive
 sive








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