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What is the active & passive voice for these quotes ..? thx!
1) Active Voice : The pen has broken
Passive Voice : ??
2) Active Voice : ??
Passive Voice : The pen got broken
10 nov 2012 15:38
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The first example would have to be:
The pen has broken <something>
THAT sentence is active voice, since the pen is breaking something else.
However, I honestly don't see that sentence being used much.
The pen got broken
This is passive. A better way to put it is:
The pen has been broken
OR
The pen was broken
There is some confusion here, because you could be saying the the pen was broken (in a broken state) in the past. Some context would be needed.
10 novembre 2012
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The pen has been broken.
The pen broke.
10 novembre 2012
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Mr Hahn
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Cinese (taiwanese), Inglese
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