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Passive Voice
Laura Galindo. Adapted from New English File Upper-‐Intermediate. Oxford.
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Use: We use the passive voice when you want to talk about an action but you are not so interested in saying who or what does the action. The house has been redecorated. If you want to mention the person or thing that did the action (the agent), use by. Prison sentences are decided by judges.
Passive Voice
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Form:
The passive of the verb is formed by the verb to be in whichever tense + the past participle.
To be + past participle
Passive Voice
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Present Simple:
Murderers are usually sentenced to life imprisonment.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Present Continuous:
The trial is being held at the moment.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Present Perfect:
My car has been stolen.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Past Simple:
Jim was arrested last month.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Past Continuous:
The cinema was being rebuilt when it was set on fire.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Past Perfect:
We saw that one of the windows had been broken.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Future Simple:
The prisoner will be released next month.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Future with “going to”:
The verdict is going to be given tomorrow.
Passive Voice
BE GOING TO + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Infinitive with to:
People used to be imprisoned for stealing bread.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Infinitive without to:
You can be fined for parking on a yellow line.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Gerund:
He paid a fine to avoid being sent to jail.
Passive Voice
TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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It is said that… It is thought to
Use:
This formal structure it used specially in news reports and on TV with the verbs know, tell, understand, report, expect, say and think.
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It is said that… It is thought to
Form:
You can use:
• It is said / believed, etc. + that + clause it is said that the company may close.
• He / the man (a subject of the clause) + is said, believed, etc. + to + infinitive The man is said to be in his forties.