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ACTIVE PASSIVE
They clean the streets every day. The streets are cleaned
every day.
The new and important information is how often the streets are cleaned.
We can use in Active the empty subjects people, you, one and someone
ACTIVE PASSIVE
You/One should check the details. The details should be checked
Someone took my purse. My purse was taken
Passive Voice
Structure
Active Passive
• I walk the dogs • The dogs are walked
everyday. everyday.
Active Passive
• I am walking the dogs. • The dogs are being
walked.
• Millions of people are • The Super Bowl is being
watching the Super watched by millions of
Bowl.
people.
Active Passive
• I walked the dogs. • The dogs were walked.
Active Passive
• I’ve walked the dogs • The dogs have been
already. walked already.