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In the active voice, the subject of the sentence DOES the action:

Jake wrote a letter.
subject / verb / object

In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon:

A letter was written (by Jake).
subject / verb

Notice that the object of the active sentence (letter) became the subject of the passive sentence. If we want, we can include “by Jake” to say who did the action.

This is a free sample lesson from the Advanced English Grammar Course.

Episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/passive-voice-in-english/

09 - Passive Voice in English

This is a story about the daily life of New York Nate, who lives in the United States; and London Laura, who lives in England. As you can see, they have very similar lives… but the vocabulary words they use are very different!

Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/british-english-vs-american-english-vocabulary/

16 - British English vs. American English Vocabulary

There are two ways to talk about the future in English: will/won't and going to.

Use going to for plans/arrangements

Use will for promises, offers, and decisions made in the moment

Use either will or going to for predictions

Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/grammar-in-use-willwont-vs-going-to/

17 - Will or Going To?

Todd talks about the three countries he has lived in overseas and how he ended up in Japan.

1406 A Teacher's Journey

Todd talks about his house in Japan which is also the headquarters of elllo.org, or the place where he does all the recordings.

1420 The Home of ELLLO

Hana talks about her plans for the weekend.

09 - Passive Voice in English

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