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PassiveVoice
Cris-naMoreno
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✔ When the agent is unknown – Spanish "SE" :
Se venden pisos: Flats are sold
– Spanish "Ellos/as" omitted : Le dieron un beso a Pepita: Pepita was given a kiss
Whendoweuseit?
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✔ Tomaketheobjectoftheac-veverbmoreimportantAmericawasdiscoveredin1492byChristopherColumbus
✔ Whenthedescrip-onoftheagentisverylong
Acharityrecordhasbeenmadebymanyfamousnamesintheworldofpopmusic.
Whendoweuseit?
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✔ Subject:Personorobjectthatsuffered/enjoyedtheresultsofanac-on.
✔ Theverb"tobe"inthetensetheac-onocurred.✔ ThePastPar-cipleoftheverbthatrepresentstheac-onitself.
✔ Whatevercomplementsthatverbneeds.✔ Inafewspecialcaseswecanalsouseby+theagent.
Structureofthesentence
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StructureoftheverbTENSES EXAMPLES
PresentSimple Pigsareo/enusedtofindtruffles
PresentCon5nuous Myhouseisbeingredecoratedatthemoment
PresentPerfect Ihaveneverbeengivenflowersonmybirthday
PastSimple ThispicturewaspaintedbyPicasso
PastCon5nuous WhenIsawhimhewasbeingfollowedbythepolice
PastPerfect Shewasangrybecauseshehadalreadybeentoldthree5mes
FutureSimple Whenyougetthereeverythingwillbefinished
Goingto-Future Theyarenotgoingtobeeasilyconvinced
Condi5onalSimple Youwouldbepunishediftheyfoundout
Condi5onalPerfect Ifyouhadn’ttoldthemwouldIhavebeeninvited?
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toBEgivesusthetenseoftheac-on
theprincipalverbisalwaysinPastPar-ciple
THEPASSIVEVERBtoBE(intheac-vetense)+PastPar-ciple(mainverb)
ACTIVE
PASSIVE
Shewantsanice-cream
Anice-creamiswanted
HesentaleUer
AleUerwassent
Wewillbuyanewcarnextweek
Anewcarwillbebought
TheyhavebeencuWngthegrass
Thegrasshasbeenbeingcut
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ThepassivesentenceACTIVEVOICE
Ac-veSubject
Ac-veVerb
DirectObject
Robert gave acoin
byPassiveVerb
PassiveSubject
Agent
PASSIVEVOICEwasgiven by
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ThepassivesentenceACTIVEVOICE
Ac-veSubject
Ac-veVerb
DirectObject
IndirectObject
Robert gave acoin Tomto
byDirectObject
PassiveVerb
PassiveSubject
Agent
PASSIVEVOICEwasgiven by
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1/Theybuiltthishousein14662/Thishousewasbuiltin14661/ChannelislandersspeakFrench&English2/French&EnglishisspokenbyChannel
islanders1/Thisbookwillchangeyourlife2/Yourlifewillbechangedbythisbook
Examples
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1/Theyhavecutthegrass2/Thegrasshasbeencut1/Mymotherisgoingtogivemeapresent2/Iamgoingtobegivenapresentbymy
mother1/Susanwroteane-mailtohim1/HewaswriUenane-mailbySusan
Examples
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1/Theycan’tansweryourques-on2/Yourques-oncan’tbeanswered
1/Someonehadtotakehertohospitalacerthis2/Shehadtobetakentohospitalacerthecrash
1/Theyshouldn’tallowthechildrentodothesethings2/Thechildrenshouldn’tbeallowedtodothesethings
1/Someonemusttellhimifwewanthimtoknow2/Hemustbetoldifwewanthimtoknow
Moreexamples
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✔ GETisusedinsteadofBEwithpassivemeaning.InformalEnglish.
Igotstuckinatrafficjam SheisgeCngmarried
✔ AcerNEED/WANTthe-ingformcanbeusedwithpassivemeaning Thisjobneedsdoing Thatroomwantscleaning
Morepassivestuff
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✔ HAVE/GETsomethingdone:Arrangingfororpayingforsomebodytodosomethingforyou.(Getismoreinformal).
HehadhishaircutShegothercarpetcleanedWehavehadourcarmendedTheyhadgottheirbooktranslated
Morepassivestuff
HAVE+Object+PastPar-ciple
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✔ Verbslike:Believe,Think,Consider,Say,Report,Know,Expect,Feel,Understand,Find1. IntroductoryITisused
ItissaidthathestartedthefireItisthoughtthatshedoesn'tliveinLondonItwasknownthattheKingiscomingtomorrow
Morepassivestuff
IT+passiveverb+completesubordinatesentencewithoutchanges
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✔ Verbslike:Believe,Think,Consider,Say,Report,Know,Expect,Feel,Understand,Find
Itissaidthathestartedthefire(ac5oninthePast)Heissaidtohavestartedthefire(Infini5vePerfect)Itisthoughtthatshedoesn'tliveinLondon(Present)SheisthoughttoliveinLondon(Infini5vePresent)
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Subordinate subject + verb passive + subordinate active verb in INFINITIVE.