For a sentence to be in the passive voice, the subject must be acted upon by the verb: The pumpkin seed was eaten by Lina. The subject of the sentence is the pumpkin seed, but it is not actively doing anything. Instead, it is passively being eaten by Lina. In passive voice sentences, some other agent who is not the subject of the sentence performs the action. In our example, Lina is the agent. The agent is sometimes omitted altogether: The pumpkin seed was eaten.
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