Passive Voice

Definition

Passive voice refers to a grammatical construction in which the subject receives the action rather than performing it. It places emphasis on what happened rather than who did it.

Related terms

Active Voice: Active voice refers to a grammatical construction in which the subject performs the action expressed by the verb.

Subject: The subject is typically a noun or pronoun that indicates who or what receives an action in a sentence.

Verb: A verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being within a sentence.