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    Voice refers to whether the subject of a sentence performs an action (active voice) or is acted upon (passive voice). In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. There are transformations that occur when changing a sentence from active to passive voice, including: the tense of the verb does not change but its form does; the subject and direct object positions are interchanged; and the doer of the action is sometimes omitted.

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    Voice refers to whether the subject of a sentence performs an action (active voice) or is acted upon (passive voice). In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. There are transformations that occur when changing a sentence from active to passive voice, including: the tense of the verb does not change but its form does; the subject and direct object positions are interchanged; and the doer of the action is sometimes omitted.

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    Voice refers to whether the subject of a sentence performs an action (active voice) or is acted upon (passive voice). In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject. There are transformations that occur when changing a sentence from active to passive voice, including: the tense of the verb does not change but its form does; the subject and direct object positions are interchanged; and the doer of the action is sometimes omitted.

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    VOICE OF THE VERB

    Another property of the verb is voice. “It is a special verb form arranged in
    certain positions with noun/pronoun to indicate whether the grammatical subject of a
    sentence is performing an action or is itself being acted upon. In other words, voice
    shows whether the subject of your sentence is acting or being acted upon” (Avalos and
    Avalos, 2007).
    Examples:
    Linda passed the biscuits. → The biscuits were passed by Linda.
    Active Passive
    simple present is/are + p.p.
    o deliver/s o is/are delivered
    present progressive is/are + being + p.p.
    o is/are delivering o is/are being delivered
    present perfect has/have + been + p.p.
    o has/have delivered o has/have been delivered
    simple past was/were + p.p.
    o delivered o was/were delivered
    past progressive was/were + being + p.p.
    o was/were delivering o was/were being delivered
    past perfect had + been + delivered
    o had delivered o had been delivered
    simple future will/shall + be + p.p.
    o will/shall deliver o will/shall be delivered
    future perfect will/shall + have + been + p.p.
    o will/shall have delivered o will/shall have been delivered

    TRANSFORMATION CHANGES (Avalos and Avalos, 2007)


    1. The tense of the predicate verb does not change but its form does.
    o I corrected the error. → The error was corrected by me.
    o I will correct the error. → The error will be corrected by me.
    2. Regarding pronouns as subject, the case changes in the transformation.
    o I grow vegetables. → Vegetables are grown by me.
    o She checked the error. → The error was checked by her.
    o They checked the error. → The error was checked by them.
    3. The positions of the subject and direct objects are interchanged. In the passive
    voice, the subject becomes the object of the by-phrase; the direct object becomes the
    subject.
    o I did it. → It was done by me.
    o We claimed our prize. → Our prize was claimed by us.
    o She reprimanded us. → We were reprimanded by her.
    4. There are instances that the doer of the action in the passive voice is not so
    important so that you don’t have to mention it.
    o The new highway will be completed next before the election.
    o Corn is grown in Masbate.
    o Women are trivialized, marginalized, and stereotyped in all male-authored texts.

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