Use of passive in Sentences. 29 Examples
The examples include passive at the start of sentence, passive at the end of sentence and passive in the middle of sentence
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passive at the start of sentence
- Passive smoking can be deadly too.
passive at the end of sentence
- In spite of my efforts, the boy remained passive.
- In the sentence 'He was seen there', 'was seen' is in the passive.
- This construction should not be confused with the regular passive.
- My father won't let me go out tonight. Let is not used in the passive.
passive in the middle of sentence
- He has a passive disposition.
- He's very passive in the relationship.
- He had a passive expression on his face.
- He has a passive expression on his face.
- Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
- He played a passive role in the relationship.
- His passive attitude made things easier for me.
- They want less passive ways of filling their time.
- Women are reduced to merely playing a passive role.
- Campaigners handed out leaflets on passive smoking.
- We should translate this sentence in passive voice.
- The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.
- They tried to achieve their aims by passive resistance.
- Doctors say passive smoking has caused his lung cancer.
- She acted in passive obedience to her boss's directions.
- Kathy seems to take a very passive role in the relationship.
- You find a greater use of the passive in scientific writing.
- We are passive recipients of information from the world around us.
- It's a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of passive smoking.
- She wore a passive expression on her face as if she didn't care what happened.
- If we lag behind other nations in economy, we will be thrown into a passive position.
- Blind children tend to be more passive in this area of motor development than sighted children.
- When changed into the passive, 'The dog chased the cat' becomes 'The cat was chased by the dog'.
- The Mahatma instigated several campaigns of passive resistance against the British government in India.
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