Grammar
The Group of Tenses of the Passive Voice
In the passive voice construction with to be and past participle, the focus is on the action being done to the subject, rather than the subject performing the action.
This construction emphasizes the result or effect of the action, rather than who is doing the action.
For example, in the sentence The cake was baked by the chef, the focus is on the cake and the fact that it was baked, rather than the chef who did the baking.
This construction is useful when the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or when the speaker wants to emphasize the result of the action rather than who performed it.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Transitive verbs are action verbs that require a direct object to complete their meaning.
The direct object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.Intransitive verbs, on the other hand, do not require a direct object to complete their meaning.
They simply describe an action or state of being.
Intransitive verbs can be followed by adverbs, prepositions, or phrases that provide additional information, but they do not take a direct object.
