man fixing a dishwasher in a kitchen

Our broken dishwasher is finally being fixed.

Passive Use

In grammar, the person or thing that does the action is called the agent of the verb:

playing the guitar

The man is playing the guitar.

  • verb = play
  • agent = The man
birds

Birds fly in the sky.

  • verb = fly
  • agent = Birds
shoes

Those shoes cost a lot of money.

  • verb = cost
  • agent = Those shoes 

In grammar, when we put the agent in the position of the subject of the sentence, this is called the Active Voice.


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