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Passive voice tenses (3)
Transcript of Passive voice tenses (3)
Use of Passive.
2. It is not important or not known,
however, who or what is
performing the action
3. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active
voice.
1. Passive voice is used
when the focus is on the action.
Examples:.
1. Paper is made from
wood2. America
was dicovered in 1942
3. A mistake was made
the thievesWere [not] arrested by + the
police
PASSIVE VOICE
QUESTION
The thieves
were [not] chased
by + the
police
PASSIVE VOICE
A letter was [not] written by +
my sonPASSIVE VOICE
Structure of Passive
SubjectTo be
[ + / - ]
Past Participle
Third column of irregular verbs
BY + Complement
(When necessary)
PASSIVE VOICE
Examples.
Simple present
Simple past
Present perfect
Future I
Modal vebs
Present progressive
Past progressive
Past perfect
Future II
Conditionals
GAMES