[Grammar] parsing the passive voice sentences

[Nuckri]

Could you show me any examples of parsing of the passive voice sentence ?

 

[Tarheel]

This looks like homework to me. Also, you can probably find discussions of the passive voice if you take the trouble to look.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I advise the OP to read the 'Similar Threads' below.

This looks like homework to me.

The OP's 'Member Type' is 'English Teacher'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That's even worse.

 

[MikeNewYork]

That's an opinion. In my opinion a teacher should know about the passive voice or at the very least how to find information about it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

There are many web sites available.

 

[emsr2d2]

True but, on that basis, why do we answer questions at all? We might as well tell all learners/teachers to go and look at other websites to find answers to their questions.

 

[MikeNewYork]

We often do that, at least at the first pass. How many times have we referred learners to dictionaries or web sites. But this is a teacher.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Some time ago, emsr2d2 said the following to me. I wonder whether the 'learners' below include people like the OP, a teacher.

That's true but those links you provided might well have simply given away the answer. We expect learners to do their own research, find their own material and give it a try first. Only after that do we generally start helping in that way.

 

[Polyester]

That's what this Georgian teacher of English who came to us for help was told.

I agree with you. If the learner don't know how to find a answer or the answer is wrong, the teacher here should give the learner helps or guideline the learner to find a better answer. It seems that you are encourage learner to post their question here and can get a answer from native speakers here. I support you.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Nuckri:

I think that the most important thing to remember about the passive is that one must use a form of the verb "be" and the past participle of the verb.

I have made up these examples. If you have any questions, please do ask (in a new thread), and many members will be delighted to help you.

1. I love broccoli. / Broccoli is loved by me.

2. Mona saw a movie. / A movie was seen by Mona.

3. They will visit a doctor. / A doctor will be visited by them.

4. Raul is typing an answer. / An answer is being typed by Raul.

5. We have already eaten breakfast. / Breakfast has already been eaten by us.

Well, I'm sure that you get the idea. As you know, in many cases it is not necessary to include "by ___." And, as you will have guessed, an active sentence needs an object (such as "broccoli" or "movie") in order to change it to the passive.


Have a nice day!

 

[Matthew Wai]

The following comment might be worth the OP's reference.

You have to bear in mind that the teachers and native speakers on this site are quite disapproving of all these "Turn this perfectly acceptable active sentence into a totally unnatural passive sentence" exercises. They teach students how to construct sentences they will never need.

 

[Matthew Wai]

to turn a perfectly acceptable sentence innto the passive.

Was TheParser doing it in his above post?

 

[Rover_KE]

It has meandered far enough for me.

 

[Tdol]

It has, though I would just add that non-native teachers may have gaps in their knowledge that they come here to fix.