Complete the rules Rules of Passive voice Passive Voice 'by me^ prime The window is cleaned (by me). I clean the window object common subject There are two voices in the English language: active and passive. In the active voice there's the order. word We put the subject (somebody or something that performs the action) in the first place. Then, we put the verb. And then goes the (something or someone that receives the action of the verb). For example: Here the word ^ prime prime 1^ prime prime is the subject, and "window" is the object. In the passive voice, something or somebody that
receives the action becomes the
the sentence. Now it goes to the first place. And the "doer" of the action is placed in the prepositional phrase or left out.
For example:
In this sentence the word "window" is the subject and is the prepositional phrase.
We use the passive
1 when the object is more important than the subject;
2 when the "doer" of the action is unknown, not important or obvious;
3 in formal or scientific writing.