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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Passive Active Voice Sentence

Hi guys,
A friend and I are disagreeing over a sentence and whether or not it is active voice.

"It was great"

Is this sentence passive or active voice...

I say passive!

Any help would be great!!!
Thanks.
  

Top answer

sarab123 "It was great" It is active voice. "Be" is intransitive. Intransitive verbs take no object, so there is no way to form the passive voice.

  • sarab123 "It was great" It is active voice.
  • "Be" is intransitive.
  • Intransitive verbs take no object, so there is no way to form the passive voice.
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sarab123"It was great"
It is active voice.
"Be" is intransitive. Intransitive verbs take no object, so there is no way to form the passive voice.
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Thanks! So if I said "it is really great", would that still be active ?
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Yes.

The tense does not matter.

Here are some passive voice sentences:

The "Harry Potter" book series was written by J. K. Rawling.
Speeding cars are usually being driven by drunk drivers.
The last tiger in the wild will be killed by an illegal hunter.
He had been badly beaten by the people who robbed him.
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sarab123"It was great"
Any sentence with this pattern is active.

Subject + am/is/are/was/were + adjective

It was great.
It is fine.
They are good.
Those are cold.
That is hot.
Jack is young.
We were happy.
The restaurant is open.
The glass
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AlpheccaStars sarab123"It was great"It is active voice. "Be" is intransitive. Intransitive verbs take no object, so there is no way to form the passive voice.
That doesn't make any sense. You've used the verb 'to be' in constructing your passive voice sentences below.
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BokehYou've used the verb 'to be' in constructing your passive voice sentences
Emotion: tongue tied You can
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Thanks for the help guys.I now agree that this is an active voice sentence.
I understand this a lot better,
Thanks again!!

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