I05-Unit2-Passi

Passive Voice : 

Passive Voice

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To make the object of the active verb more important America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus When the description of the agent is very long A charity record has been made by many famous names in the world of pop music. When do we use it?

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Structure of the verb

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to BE gives us the tense of the action the principal verb is always in Past Participle THE PASSIVE VERB to BE (in the active tense) + Past Participle (main verb)

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The passive sentence ACTIVE VOICE Active Subject Active Verb Direct Object Robert gave a coin by Passive Verb Passive Subject Agent PASSIVE VOICE was given by

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1/ They built this house in 1466 2/ This house was built in 1466 1/ People in Barcelona speak Catalan 2/ Catalan is spoken by people in Barcelona 1/ This book changed my life 2/ My life was changed by this book Examples

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1/ They launched their new product yesterday. 2/ Their new product was launched yesterday. 1/ Susan wrote an e-mail to him 2/ An e-mail was written by Susan 1/ ICPNA gave teachers a bonus check 2/ Teachers were given a bonus check. Examples

Present Continuous Passive : 

Present Continuous Passive A house Let’s look at how the passive works in other tenses. Here is a sentence in the present continuous: They are building a house next door. Now let’s change it to the passive voice: is being built next door We don’t often use ‘to BE’ in the present continuous tense so this may look unfamiliar! To make the passive, use the 3rd form or past participle of the main verb. ‘by them’ doesn’t tell us much (who are they?) so leave it out. (by them)

Past Simple Passive : 

Past Simple Passive Money Here is a sentence in the past simple: Someone stole money from my wallet. Now let’s change it to the passive voice: was stolen from my wallet ‘to BE’ in the past simple tense is ‘was’ (singular) or ‘were’ (plural) To make the passive, use the 3rd form or past participle of the main verb. ‘by someone’ doesn’t tell us much (who was it?) so leave it out. (by someone)

Present Perfect Passive : 

Present Perfect Passive You Here is a sentence in the present perfect. They have forgiven you. Now let’s change it to the passive voice: have been forgiven. ‘to BE’ in the present perfect tense is ‘has been’ (singular) or ‘have been’ (plural) To make the passive, use the 3rd form or past participle of the main verb.

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ACTIVE: They speak English. PASSIVE: English is spoken. ACTIVE: They are speaking English. PASSIVE: English is being spoken. ACTIVE: They spoke English. PASSIVE: English was spoken. ACTIVE: They have spoken English. PASSIVE: English has been spoken. ACTIVE: They will speak English. PASSIVE: English will be spoken. speak is spoken are speaking is being spoken spoke was spoken have spoken has been spoken will speak will be spoken

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