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Passive Voice - Basic Notions
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- 1PASSIVE VOICEWe use it when the ACTION is more important than the AGENT or when we don't know him/ her
- 2STRUCTUREBE + PAST PARTICIPLE
"The police arrested one protester"
"One protester was arrested" - 3PRESENT SIMPLE"We build hundreds of houses every year"
"Hundreds of houses are built every year" - 4PRESENT CONTINUOUS"The authorities are questioning two men"
"Two men are being questioned by the authorities" - 5PAST SIMPLE"That waiter served the meal"
"the meal was served by that waiter" - 6PAST CONTINUOUS"They were building a new shopping center"
"A new shopping center was being built" - 7PRESENT PERFECT"We have chosen Helen as the new president"
"Helen has been chosen as the new president" - 8PAST PERFECT"John had taken the pictures before his camera broke"
"The pictures had been taken by John before his camera broke" - 9FUTURE "WILL""They will play the match tomorrow"
"The match will be played tomorrow" - 10AGENT "BY"To identify WHO did the action
"Stones were thrown by angry fooball fans" - 11INSTRUMENT "WITH"What was used to perform and action.
"The windows were broken with a baseball bat" - 12WITHOUT THE AGENT- when it's not known
- when it's obvious
- when it's not necessary / unimportant - 13VERBS WITH TWO OBJECTS: buy, give, lend, offer, promise, sell, take, promise, send, etc.ACTIVE > "Peter gave Karen a present"
PASSIVE 1 > "Karen was given a present by Peter"
PASSIVE 2 > "A present was given TO Karen by Peter"
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