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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in English grammar. It provides examples of sentences using active and passive voice in different tenses, such as "My mom makes spaghetti every weekend" in the active simple present tense versus "Spaghetti is made by my mom every weekend" in the passive simple present tense. It also includes a table showing how the active and passive forms correspond across tenses. Finally, it notes that the passive voice is used when the object/recipient of the action is more important or known than the subject performing the action.

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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in English grammar. It provides examples of sentences using active and passive voice in different tenses, such as "My mom makes spaghetti every weekend" in the active simple present tense versus "Spaghetti is made by my mom every weekend" in the passive simple present tense. It also includes a table showing how the active and passive forms correspond across tenses. Finally, it notes that the passive voice is used when the object/recipient of the action is more important or known than the subject performing the action.

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    The document discusses the active and passive voice in English grammar. It provides examples of sentences using active and passive voice in different tenses, such as "My mom makes spaghetti every weekend" in the active simple present tense versus "Spaghetti is made by my mom every weekend" in the passive simple present tense. It also includes a table showing how the active and passive forms correspond across tenses. Finally, it notes that the passive voice is used when the object/recipient of the action is more important or known than the subject performing the action.

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    Active Voice:

    Subject + verb + object

    Simple Present: My mom makes spaghetti every weekend.

    Passive Voice:

    Object + passive form of to be + verb in past participle (+ by + agent).

    Simple Present: Spaghetti is made by my mom every weekend.

    Tense Active Passive


    Simple present makes / make is / are + made
    Present continuous is / are + making is / are + being + made
    Simple past made was / were + made
    Past continuous was / were + making was / were + being + made
    Present perfect has / have + made has / have + been + made
    Can can + make can + be + made
    Future - Will will + make will + be + made
    Future – going to am/is/are + going + to + make am/is/are + going + to + be + made
    Future Perfect will + have + made will + have + been + made

    Uses for Passive voice (pg 141)

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