Grammar : Chapter 22
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- A verb is in the active voice when...
- it's subject performs the action
- A verb has 4 principle parts...
- present, present participle, past, and past participle
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show the different principle parts of talk.
present; present participle; past; past participle - talk; (am)talking; talked; (have) talked
- the past and past participle of a regular verb are formed by...
- adding -ed or -d to the present form
- with an irregular verb the past and past participle are not formed by
- adding -ed or -d to the present form.
- tense
- a form of a verb that shows time of action or state being
- conjugation
- a list of the singular and plural forms of a verb in a particular tense
- to conjugate the progressive forms of a verb...
- add the present participle of the verb to a conjugation of the basic forms of "be"
- voice
- a verb form that shows whether or not the subject is performing the action
- a verb is in the passive voice when...
- it's subject does not perform the action
- passive verb
- is always a verb phrase made from a form of "be" plus a past participle
- use the active voice
- whenever possible
- use the passive voice to...
- emphasize the receiver of an action rather than the performer of the action
- Use the passive voice to point out...
- the receiver of an action when the performer is unknown or unimportant and is not named in the sentance