Dialogue 1 Jamet: Hi, Dodit. Where are you going? (Hai, Dodit. Kamu hendak kemana?) Dodit: Hi, Jamet. I'm going to UCUP company. (Hai, Jamet. Saya hendak pergi ke perusahan UCUP.) The formula: [subject]+ [some form of the verb to be ]+ [past participle of a transitive verb]+ [optional prepositional phrase] The ball was kicked by Chester. That last little bit—"by Chester"—is a prepositional phrase that tells you who the performer of the action is. Contents: What Is Passive Voice? The Opposite of Passive Voice Is Active Voice How Can You Spot Passive Voice in Your Writing? Does ProWritingAid Detect Passive Voice? Active and Passive Voice Examples How Do You Fix Passive Voice in Your Writing? Times Where Passive Voice Works What Is Passive Voice? We sometimes use the verb get with a past participle to form the passive: Be careful with that glass. It might get broken. Peter got hurt in a crash. We can use the indirect object as the subject of a passive verb: Active. Passive. I gave him a book for his birthday. He was given a book for his birthday. Passive Voice Examples . Though many style guides discourage the use of the passive voice, the construction can be quite effective, especially when the performer of an action is unknown or unimportant. Passive constructions can also enhance cohesion. Here are some good examples: For example, in the sentence "The cake was eaten by the teacher," the subject (the cake) receives the action of the verb, "was eaten." Thus, the sentence is in the passive voice. If it was written in active voice, it would be "The teacher ate the cake." There are two types of passive voice: short passive and long passive. For example, "The ant was helped by the human." is passive voice because the subject (ant) receives an action (help). The active voice of this sentence is, "The human helped the ant." Typically, passive voice is seen as weak when writing a book and in most cases, this is true. However, passive voice can serve its own purpose in writing. pRmBXt.