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70-2015 Changing imperative sentences into the passive -Grammar short lesson
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70-2015 Changing imperative sentences into the passive -Grammar short lesson

An imperative sentence does not normally have a subject. It is used to express a command or request.
 
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31-2015 Active and passive voice exercise - Grammar short lesson
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31-2015 Active and passive voice exercise - Grammar short lesson

Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice.

Exercise with answers.
 
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Active or Passive Voice ( Exercices & Answers ) - grammar short lesson
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Active or Passive Voice ( Exercices & Answers ) - grammar short lesson

The active voice is used when the agent (i.e, the doer of the action) is to be made prominent. The passive voice is used when the person or thing acted upon is to be made prominent…
 
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Active and Passive Verb Forms - Grammar short lesson-
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Active and Passive Verb Forms - Grammar short lesson-

Read the following sentences:

He is writing a letter. (Active)
A letter is being written by him. (Passive)

You will have noticed that the verb changes its form when the sentence is changed from the active voice to the passive voice. ..
 
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Deconstructing the English Passive
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Deconstructing the English PassiveDeconstructing the English Passive presents an analysis of the form and function of the passive construction in English. The book examines the structural ingredients of the passive and emphasizes the notion of an implicit argument, which sets the passive apart from other constructions with non-agentive subjects. The theoretical analysis is supported with corpus data, including a case study of the passive in academic writing.
 
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