ENGLISH PAGE - Active / Passive Verb Forms

ENGLISH PAGE - Active / Passive Verb

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Active / Passive Verb Forms Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. Active Form In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action] Examples: Passive Form In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing th ms e action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action] Examples: Active / Passive Overview Active Passive Simple Present Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. P

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Examples of Idioms

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Idioms are, literally ideas as expressions. They develop from older usage, where the words mean something other than their literal meaning. In some cases the meaning of the original expression has been lost, or is an archaism. Idiomatic expression is the extension of the idea of an idiom, using it as the basis of the statement. In many cases this is a more effective use of the language, because it maintains the same subject, and extrapolates its meaning.

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There are strong elements of metaphor, and in some cases literary references which shorten language usage because the meaning of the phrase is well known.

Examples of idioms and idiomatic usage

Idiom: He really went to town on that issue.
Idiomatic usage: He not only went, he apparently hasn't come back yet.

Idiom: That was a curly question.
Idiomatic usage: Yes, so curly it was a learning curve of itself.

Idiom: He's true blue.