PASSIVE

PASSIVE

1. Personal passive

   • They build houses > Houses are built

2. Impersonal passive

   • He says > It is said
   • With verbs of perception (think, say, know...)

3. A letter was written to me (by R.)

   • I was written a letter (by R.)
     • They say that woman live longer than men
       • Women are said to live longer than men (Personal passive)
         • It is said that women live longer than men (Impersonal passive)