📅 Created: 13 Nov, 2024
🔄 Updated: 06 Dec, 2025

What is the opposite voice of 'Barry got invited to the party yesterday'? ?

Explanation

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ “get-passive” āϰ⧂āĻĒāϕ⧇ “be-passive” āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āχ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ voice āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ:
“Barry got invited to the party yesterday.”

ā§§) āϕ⧇āύ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ get-passive?
- āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “get” + past participle (“invited”) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ passive voice āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, Barry āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋ, āϕ⧇āύāύāĻž āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤

⧍) be-passive (was invited) āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϕ⧀?
- āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ passive voice āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ:
subject + was/were + past participle + (by + agent)
- āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ “was” āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤ agent (āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ•) āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
- āϏ⧁āϤāϰāĻžāĻ‚: “Barry was invited to the party yesterday.”

ā§Š) āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ āϭ⧁āϞ?
- “The party invited Barry yesterday.”
āĻāϟāĻž active voice, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ “party” āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ (subject) āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ Barry āϕ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ Barry āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύāχ original subject āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- “Someone invited Barry to the party yesterday.”
āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• active voice, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ get-passive-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ be-passive (was invitedâ€Ļ) āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĨ¤
- “The party got Barry invited yesterday.”
āĻāϟāĻž āĻ“āĻ˛ā§āϟ-āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟ āϰ⧂āĻĒ â€œparty” āϕ⧇ again āĻŦ⧇āĻŽāϤāϞāĻŦ subject āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ “got â€Ļ invited” āĻāϰ after āϝ⧇ agent āύ⧇āχ, āϤāĻž grammatically Sound āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

ā§Ē) āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ:
- get-passive āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ be-passive-āĻ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ get → was/wereāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ“ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤

Summary:
āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ get-passive (Barry got invited) āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāϞ get āϕ⧇ was (āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϚāύ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•) āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ replace āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĢāϞ⧇ “Barry was invited to the party yesterday” āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• be-passive, āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ voice āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĨ¤