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[suniljain]

Hello, suniljain.
It's not in the passive, unfortunately.

Do you know how to form the passive?
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/active-and-passive-voice

Yes, I know little bit about passive voice.

I thought active is: Working here is a wonderful experience.

 

[tzfujimino]

It has been a wonderful experience of working here.​

Then is it present perfect tence?

Yes, it's the present perfect tense.
(It's "tense", not "tence")
You should delete "of" in that sentence.

 

[tzfujimino]

I thought active is: Working here is a wonderful experience.

Well, I don't think it's in the active voice.
http://www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm

 

[Matthew Wai]

I don't think it's in the active voice.

In my humble opinion, 'is' is a finite verb in the OP's sentence, so could the sentence be active?

Not a teacher.

 

[Tdol]

It has been a wonderful experience of working here.

Is the above sentence in passive voice?

It is/was/has been/will be a wonderful experience working here are all active.

 

[tzfujimino]

In my humble opinion, 'is' is a finite verb in the OP's sentence, so could the sentence be active?

Not a teacher.

Well, in my view, for a sentence to be in the active voice, it needs to have an "action verb". The verb "be" is a "linking verb", not an "action verb".

Not a grammarian

 

[Matthew Wai]

Well, in my view, for a sentence to be in the active voice, it needs to have an "action verb".

In my humble opinion, there is no action verb in 'I own a car'. Do you think it is not an active sentence?

Not a teacher.

 

[tzfujimino]

In my humble opinion, there is no action verb in 'I own a car'. Do you think it is not an active sentence?

Not a teacher.

Hello, Matthew. I think it is in the active voice.
Well, as you pointed out, stative verbs are also used in the active voice.
I apologize for the inappropriate expression that I used above. As I said, I'm not a grammarian.

However, I do not consider "It is a car", for instance, to be in the active.
Do you?

 

[tzfujimino]

The active mood of a verb is not connected with 'action'.

He is being tortured is passive mood.
I am sleeping is active mood.

Hello, Piscean.

I'm not familiar with those terminologies.
May I ask what "active mood" and "passive mood" are?

 

[Matthew Wai]

However, I do not consider "It is a car", for instance, to be in the active.
Do you?

I do, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Matthew Wai]

It seems to me that tzfujimino cannot accept the fact that a sentence where the verb 'to be' is followed by a noun or an adjective is in the active, but I am not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

However, I do not consider "It is a car", for instance, to be in the active.
Do you?

Yes, it is absolutely active voice.

 

[Barb_D]

The passive requires that you have someone or something "doing" something to someone/something else and the "someone/something else" is the grammatical subject of the sentence.

Active: I broke the vase.
Passive: The vase was broken.

Active: A drunk driver struck my friend Maria.
Passive: My friend Maria was struck by a drunk driver.

I have never considered whether a sentence without a transitive verb (no action being performed on another person/thing) can be active.
I have a car.
I am tired.

You certainly cannot make it passive.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I have never considered whether a sentence without a transitive verb (no action being performed on another person/thing) can be active.

I think there is no transitive verb in 'Peter is looking at John', which seems to be active, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Barb_D]

HAVE is transitive, but is used only in the active in its stave senses.

Terrible example. "I feel happy" is a better one. Or "I worked as a secretary."

 

[tzfujimino]

If "all English sentences are either in the active or in the passive" were true, I'd accept the fact that "I feel happy", "it is a car" and "I worked as a secretary" are all in the active.

 

[Barb_D]

Right I got that. It was a terrible choice on my part to use "have."