2. Your Logo
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Both are sentences and each has a specific function
for the subject.
The subject
performs actions
The subject
receives actions
Liz calls the
teacher.
Carla is embraced by her
mother.
subjec
t
predicate
subjec
t
predicate
3. Your Logo
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These are sentences in which the subject performs
actions..
Liz calls the
teacher.
Who are we
talking
about?
What is
said about
the
subject?
subjec
t
predicate
ver
b
objec
t
subjec
t
verb objec
t
The cat scratched my aunt.
The boss shouts at his
4. Your Logo
We use it when we care who is the author of
the action, when you want to highlight the
subject.
Jose de San Martin declared the Independence of
Perú.
subjec
t
predicate
ver
b
objec
t
5. Your Logo
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You can make sentences in the active voice that
contain only the subject and the verb without
mentioning its object.
The cat meows.
subjec
t
verb
My father works.
6. Your Logo
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Subjects may be implied in the active
voice.
verb object
Close the door.
Open your book.
7. Your Logo
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You can use the active voice in any
tense.
Liz calls the teacher. Liz called the teacher.
Liz will call the teacher.
Liz has called the
teacher.
8. Your Logo
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They are the sentences in which the subject receives
actions.
Carla is embraced by her
mother.
Who are we
talking
about?
What is
said about
the
subject?
subjec
t
predicate
subjec
t
verb to
be
who performs
the action
Maria is supported by her
family.
verb in
part.
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We use it when the most important thing is
the action that is received.
My brother was
hit.
subje
ct
verb to
be
verb in
part.
who
performs
I will be promoted.
The cup was
broken.
by my
boss.
10. Your Logo
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We use it when we write academic and
scientific texts.
Excellent results were
obtained.
The questionnaires were
applied.
11. Your Logo
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You can use the passive voice in any tense..
My brother is called by Liz.
subje
ct
verb to
be
verb in
part.
who
performs
My brother was called by
Liz. My brother will be called by
Liz.
My brother will have been
called by Liz.
12. Your Logo
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A sentence in ACTIVE VOICE can become PASSIVE
VOICE
subjec
t
verb objec
t
My boyfriend wrote a
letter.
subje
ct
verb to
be
verb in
part.
who
performs
A letter was written by my
boyfriend.
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A sentence in the PASSIVE VOICE can become the
ACTIVE VOICE.
subjec
t
verb objec
t
My boyfriend wrote a
letter.
subje
ct
verb to
be
verb in
part.
who performs
A letter was written by my
boyfriend.
