ACTIVE SENTENCE:
The film comoanv released Star Wars in 1977.
PASSIVE SENTENCE:
Star Wars was released in 1977.
Who released the film is unim portant and irrelevant to the message.
To avoid saying who is doing the action
ACTIVE SENTENCE:
In The Bank Robber. H arrv Flint stole $2bn dollars from a bank.
PASSIVE SENTENCE:
In The Bank Robber. $2bn d ollars are stolen from a bank.
Here, if the active subject is used [Harry Flint), we w ill reveal the plot of the film .
Forming the passive
Only verbs w ith an object can be turned into the passive.
An active sentence:
The film producers invested $20 million in the promotion of the film.
= a subject [The film producers)
+
a verb [invested)
+
an object [$20million)
The subject does the action and the object receives the action.
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