In passive voice sentences the subject does not do the action of the verb. The subject receives the action of the verb.
- The man was shot.
(subject/man – receives the action/shot)
In passive voice sentences we can show the doer of the action using by.
- All the cakes were eaten by Mary.
(subject/cakes – the action was done by Mary)
Passive voice is the opposite of active voice.
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