Active and Passive Voice

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The active voice shows the subject as the doer.

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The passive voice shows the subject as the receiver.

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Passive voice can be used in some instances such as:

• when the speaker is more interested in the thing that is done than in the person who does it.

  • The 17th President of the Philippines was announced.

• when the doer of the action is vague or unknown.

  • My bag was stolen.

• for general, impersonal statements.

  • Pineapples are grown in Bukidnon.

• ​when the writer wants to sound objective.

  • It is said that the parents regretted their decision.

• ate -> was/were eaten

  Ken ate my lunch.

  My lunch was eaten by Ken.

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• will eat -> ​ will be eaten

  Ken will eat my lunch.

  My lunch will be eaten by Ken.​

• is eating -> is/are being eaten

  Ken is eating my lunch.

  My lunch is being eaten by Ken.

• eats -> is eaten

• Ken eats my lunch every day.

• My lunch is eaten by Ken every day.