THE PASSIVE VOICE - created from Mind Map

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FUNCTION

SENTENCES

STRUCTURE

Emphasize the recipient of an action

We use the voice passive to describe a series of process

The passiv voice is used more in writing that in speking

Not the person or thing who does

EXAMPLE

This house was built by my father

To form sentences you must use

Verb To Be

Verb in past participle

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

FUTURE PASSIVE

FUTURE PASSIVE

Subject

am/are/is

Subject

am/are/is

Verb past Pple

am/are/is

not

Verb in past Pple

Subject

Verb in past Pple

Subject

was/were

Subject

was/were

Verb pas Pple

Subject

Verb in pas Pple

was/were

not

Verb in pas Pple

WILL

Subject

Will

Subject

Will be

Verb past Pple

Subject

Be

Verb past Pple

Will be

not

Verb in past Pple

BE GOING TO

Subject

am/is/are

Subject

am/is/are going to be

Verb past Pple

Subject

going to be

Verb past Pple

am/is/are going to be

not

Verb in past Pple