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Passive Voice

 Definition of Passive Voice The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is. Passive voice is a grammatical construction (grammatical form) in which the subject sentence does not take action, but instead receives action (as a receiver of action ). The action is followed up by another agent (as a doer of action ) who can be mentioned or not. In contrast to the active voice , the subject is directly related to the verb by acting as the actor of the action. Active sentences may be changed to passive, especially active sentences that use a transitive verb (need to be followed by a direct object ). Passive Voice function In English lessons, passive voice is a sentence whose function is often underestimated. In fact, there are several functions of the passive voice that are crucial and ...

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    What is the  zero conditional ? We use the  zero conditional  when we want to talk about facts or things that are generally true. It is important to remember that this condition is not realated to the past, present or future - it only applies to things which are ALWAYS true. We can make a zero conditional sentence with two  present simple  verbs (one in the 'if clause' and one in the 'main clause'): If + present simple, .... present simple. This conditional is used when the result will always happen. So, if water reaches 100 degrees, it always boils. It's a fact. I'm talking in general, not about one particular situation. The result of the 'if clause' is always the main clause. The 'if' in this conditional can usually be replaced by 'when' without changing the meaning. For example: If water  reaches  100 degrees, it  boils . (It is always true, there can't be a different result sometimes). If I  eat peanuts, I  am  sic...