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Get

passive
The active voice
We use the active voice when the subject of a sentence performs
the verb’s action. Sentences in the active voice have a strong,
direct, and clear tone.
The
Be passivepassive
The passive voice is when the subject is acted on by the verb ( receives the action of the
verb). The passive voice is constructed with a conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past

voice
participle.
Get
passive
In the get-passive, the verb get replaces be.
• The verb tense of get changes based on whether you're talking about the present,
past or future.
• Get is often used in an informal way or when the action occurs quickly and suddenly.
• We are not interested in who does the action, but if we want to know the subject in a
passive sentence, we can put the preposition by.
• the get-passive is used with action verbs.

My favorite cup got broken.


His brother got married last year.
He got yield by his mom.
He will get awarded for his job.

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