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grammar!
                     passivevoice
                      passivevoice

















                   active sentence


                             B o b   m a i l e d   t h e   p a c k a g e .




                  passive sentence


                       T h e   p a c k a g e   w a s   m a i l e d   b y   B o b .










                         The  object  of  an  active  sentence  becomes

                         the subject of a passive sentence.




                         The  subject  of  an  active  sentence  is  the


                         object of by  in  the  "by-phrase"  in  a  passive

                         sentence.









                      Form of all passive verbs:



                      be (am/is/are/was/etc.) + past participle


















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