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The Passive

The document discusses how tenses change when converting sentences from active to passive voice. It notes that the subject and verb flip, so that the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence, and lists examples of transformations for various tenses including present simple, past simple, future simple, present continuous, past continuous, modals, and semi-modals. It also describes how sentences with two objects can be transformed into passive voice in two ways and how verbs followed by particles must keep the particle next to the verb in the passive form.

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The Passive

The document discusses how tenses change when converting sentences from active to passive voice. It notes that the subject and verb flip, so that the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence, and lists examples of transformations for various tenses including present simple, past simple, future simple, present continuous, past continuous, modals, and semi-modals. It also describes how sentences with two objects can be transformed into passive voice in two ways and how verbs followed by particles must keep the particle next to the verb in the passive form.

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CHANGES WHEN TURNING ACTIVE SENTENCES INTO PASSIVE ONES

TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE


PRESENT SIMPLE She writes reports Reports are written
PAST SIMPLE She wrote reports Reports were written
FUTURE SIMPLE Shell write reports Reports will be written
BE GOING TO Shes going to write reports Reports are going to be written
PRESENT CONTINUOUS Shes writing reports Reports are being written
PAST CONTINUOUS She was writing reports Reports were being written
FUTURE CONTINUOUS Shell be writing reports ----------------------------------------
MODALS She must write reports Reports must be written
SEMI-MODALS She has to write reports Reports have to be written
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE She has written reports Reports have been written
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS Shes been writing reports ---------------------------------------
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE She had written reports Reports had been written
MODAL PERFECT She should have written reports Reports should have been written

DOUBLE PASSIVE

Verbs like give, lend, offer, pay, promise, refuse, send, show, etc, can be followed by two objects, the indirect (person) and the direct
(thing) objects.

F.i. They gave John (I.O.) a warm welcome (D.O.)

2 passive transformations:

1. More frequent: John was given a warm welcome


2. Less frequent: A warm welcome was given TO John

VERB + PARTICLE
Verbs like listen to, ask for, think of, send for, etc must keep the particle next to the verb when turning active into passive.
F.i. Weve listened to this CD hundreds of times --------------------------------------- This CD has been listened to hundreds of times
She thinks highly of the new worker------------------------------------------------- The new worker is highly thought of
We will send for you when the boss arrives --------------------------------------- Youll be sent for when the boss arrives

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