This Everyday Grammar is all about the passive voice. The passive is a verb form in which the subjectreceives the action of the verb. For example, "I wasborn on a Saturday."
Most sentences in English follow the subject-verb-object pattern known as the active voice. For example, "I love you." In this example the subject is "I," the verbis "love" and the object is "you." The subject performsche action of the verb.