We were made to think.
Given that the passive form has no subject of the verb.
The agent in the passive (subject in the active) can be added using by+noun phrase.
We were made to think by her.
He told it to us. = active sentence.It was told to us by him. = passive sentence.
To write in passive voice, you put the actor (subject) second. Active - Sammy made tea. Passive - The tea was made by Sammy. Passive voice often has the word by before the actor. Note: Instead of I made tea, you would need to write, "The tea was made by me." About how to make tea, think about the precise steps to make tea. Put these in chronological order. Write about each step, but in passive voice.
What is the passive sentence of performance delivered by the children enthralled us
Passive because it doesn't tell us who lost the pencil. Jack had lost the pencil -- is an active sentence The pencil had been lost by Jack -- is a passive sentence. You don't have to have the agent (by Jack)
The form of passive verb phrases is - be + past participle.The past participle of wake is woken. So some examples of passive verbs phrases are:is woken, are woken, are being woken.We are wokenat 6:am every morning. - passive sentence.Jack wakes us at 6:00am every morning. - active sentence
let us play music (make passive)
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The form of passive is be + past participleeg - been eaten, being eaten, was cooked, is cooked,The passive allows us to leave the 'doer' of the verb out of the sentence. This is useful if the 'doer' is not important. egThe Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century.If you want to say who does the action of a passive verb add by + pronoun / noun phrase at the end of the sentence. This is called the agent.The dinner was eaten by Fred.This is useful if you want to emphasis the agent egThe painting is very valuable. It was painted by Van Gogh.
Waiting was imposed on us by her
"Is going" is passive. Forms of the verb "be", which are "is, are, was, were, has, have, had" are helping passive verbs. Instead, use strong active verbs.The boss plans to give us a pay raise.The boss intends to give us a pay raise.The boss decided to give us a pay raise.
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Passive tense allows us to put someone or something that is not the actor first in a sentence - in the position of subject.The cat was chased. (by the dog) - passiveThe dog chased the cat - active.We use the passive tense without the actor if the actor is not important or not known.The Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century.Help! The post office has been robbed!The passive allows us to leave the actor until the end of the sentence, if the actor is important.The painting is very valuable, it was painted by Van Gogh.To form a passive sentence:be +past particle. eg is used/was eaten / is being askedThe road is being built this year.