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Sonu_horti Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Garmmar

How can learn active and Passive Please clrify
  

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Active: The subject of the sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb: The boy kicks the ball. Subject = boy; verb = kicks (active); object = ball Mary cooks the fish. Subject = Mary; verb = cooks (active); objec t = fish Passive: The subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.

  • Active: The subject of the sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb: The boy kicks the ball.
  • Subject = boy; verb = kicks (active); object = ball Mary cooks the fish.
  • Subject = Mary; verb = cooks (active); objec t = fish Passive: The subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.
  • The person or thing that performs the action is in a prepositional phrase with "by".
  • The ball is kicked by the boy.
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Active:
The subject of the sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb:
The boy kicks the ball. Subject = boy; verb = kicks (active); object = ball

Mary cooks the fish. Subject = Mary; verb = cooks (active); object = fish
Passive: The subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb. The

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