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40 . The Simple Stuff . . . or Those Boring Basics
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Get Wise! Mastering Grammar Skills
VOICE AND MOOD
Okay, am I missing something? Verbs are
just words, right? How can they have a
voice and a mood? That's just what I
need, a moody verb! Although . . . that
sounds kind of cool.
Voice and mood are easy concepts to master, even though they
sound somewhat strange.
There are two kinds of voice:
Æ
active voice
Æ
passive voice
And there are three kinds of mood:
Æ
indicative
Æ
imperative
Æ
subjunctive
Active and Passive Voice
The active voice of a verb indicates an act that the subject performs.
Jackie
purc
purc
purc
purc
purchased
hased
hased
hased
hased
squeeze cheese.
In the sentence above, Jackie is performing the action of
purchasing. The active voice of a verb is usually preferable in
writing
it is the most direct way of saying stuff.
The passive voice of a verb is used when something is done to
the subject, as opposed to the subject performing the action.
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