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Passive Voice - Coggle Diagram
Passive Voice
Choosing
passive
over
active
voice
Obvious agent
Focus onto a certain receiver
Not focus on the agent
Diplomatic/academic/technical/scientific tone
Unknown agent
When to include the agent (+ by phrase)
Information about it is too important
It is surprising or unexpected
It adds new information
Using
get
Emphasizes the action, not the state
Informal/spoken English
More common with animate objects
Passive
vs
Active
Voice
Subject performs action =
active
voice
Subject receives action =
passive
voice
Contructing
the passive voice
May be used in different tenses
Be + past participle + (by phrase)
Used to focus on the
result
and/or the
receiver
of a certain action