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A passive noun is a recipient of action.
Yes, both transitive active and passive verbs have a subject or object as the action receiver. The only difference is that transitive passive has a subject receiving action while the transitive active has an object receiving action.
The classes of verbs are not "action and passive".The classes are "action" (doing) verbs and linking verbs (is, seemed, became).The voices of verbs are activevoice and passive voice - in active voice, the subject does the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action, as the object of the verb.Active : He threw the ball.Passive: The ball was thrown by him.Danced is the past tense of dance, which is an action verb. To use a passive voice, you would have to have an object.Active voice : The performers danced the minuet.Passive Voice: The minuet was danced by the performers.
Active: She hits the table. 'She' is the subject and is doing the action. Passive: The table is hit by her. 'She' (or 'her' in this case) is doing the action but is not the subject.
Yes.
dependent
All verb can be passive. It depends on how they are used in a sentence. A passive verb is one that does not assign its action to a subject. Not a passive sentence. John loved Alice A passive sentence. Alice was loved.
Active voice is when the subject of a sentence does the action. Passive voice is when the subject of a sentence receives the action. A sentence that has passive voice usually has the word by in it and the verb has a form of be in it and is in the past tense.
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In a active sentence we can see who or what does the action of the verb:The dog chased the cat. -- The dog does the action of chase.In a passive sentence we don't have to know who or what does the action of the verb:The cat was chased.If you want to add who or what does the action (the agent) in a passive sentence then you use by + noun or noun phrase.The cat was chased by the dog.The verb form for passive sentences is be + past participle.The sugar is kept in the cupboard.The house is being built next year.
In a active sentence we can see who or what does the action of the verb:The dog chased the cat. -- The dog does the action of chase.In a passive sentence we don't have to know who or what does the action of the verb:The cat was chased.If you want to add who or what does the action (the agent) in a passive sentence then you use by + noun or noun phrase.The cat was chased by the dog.The verb form for passive sentences is be + past participle.The sugar is kept in the cupboard.The house is being built next year.
In the active voice the subject of the sentence is the 'doer' of the action of the verb. In the passive voice the subject of the sentence is the 'recipient' of the action of the verb. 'The girl drank the lemonade' (active). 'The lemonade was drunk by the girl' (passive).