The Passive Voice The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

• The Active Passive Algorithm

• Active

• NP1+Transitive Verb tense +NP2 Þ

• Passive

• NP2+Verb to be tense +Trans. Verb past participle (by NP1)

• Example

• The procedure destroyed the laboratory.

• The laboratory was destroyed by the procedure.

• The laboratory was destroyed.