Active and Passive Voice - Pearson
wps.pearsoned.com › Active_and_passive_voicepassive voice. Active voice Passive voice The caretaker locks the door. The doors are locked by the caretaker. The waiter carries the trays. The trays are carried by the waiter. • For the simple past tense, use was or were with a past participle to form the passive voice. Active voice Passive voice Dad drove us home. We were driven home by Dad.
Active Voice and Passive Voice
www.fgcu.edu › 23_FGCU_Active_vs_Passive_VoiceActive Voice and Passive Voice Note: These reference guides do not take the place of assignment guidelines A common misconception is that active and passive voice refers to whether a sentence is in the present tense (happening now) or the past tense (happened already). Rather than verb tenses, tZ Z ^ ] À À}] _v ^ ]À