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What is the passive voice of the men are building the house?
Answer: The house is being built by them.
What is the passive voice of do this work?
Answer: this work should be done by you now.
Is building passive voice?
The given sentence is House is building. This cannot be changed into Passive Voice because there is no object in the sentence. If one has to change a sentence into Passive Voice, it should have a Subject, Verb(s) and an Object, where sometimes subject can be hidden.
Is “the house was built by her” a passive voice?
To begin with, houses do not build. People build. Ants built, birds build, beavers build. Houses do not. You might say, “She built the house.” To make that passive voice, you would say, “The house was built by her.” It IS a passive voice. The English progressive (continuous) aspect came from the gerund.
Are all the verbs in the passage in the passive voice?
No, all the verbs in passage are not in passive voice. Some are in the active voice. 1 infer from this that active voice is used when emphasis is on the subject. Passive voice is used when action is emphasised. 2. Underline the passive constructions in the passage and comment on why the passive is more appropriate than the active in these.
What is the difference between passive and active construction?
The passive is more appropriate than the active as the doer or subject of the action is obvious or understood. Secondly, in these sentences, the action or result is more important. Therefore, passive construction is used.
When is the passive more appropriate than the active in writing?
Underline the passive constructions in the passage and comment on why the passive is more appropriate than the active in these. The passive is more appropriate than the active as the doer or subject of the action is obvious or understood. Secondly, in these sentences, the action or result is more important.
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