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The Passive Voice

The document discusses the passive voice, including its uses to describe unknown actions or change sentence focus. It explains the formation of the passive voice and discusses using it with modals, adverbs, and prepositions.

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The Passive Voice

The document discusses the passive voice, including its uses to describe unknown actions or change sentence focus. It explains the formation of the passive voice and discusses using it with modals, adverbs, and prepositions.

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The Passive Voice

Uses
To describe an action that we dont know who or what carried
out the action.
Uses
To change the focus of the sentence.

Bloomsbury released Harry Potter and the


Philosophers Stone in 1997. (Focus on
Bloomsbury)

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was


released in 1997. (Focus on Harry Potter)
Sugus question....
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was released in
1997, but when was it adapted into a film?
A) 1999
B) 2000
C) 2001
D) 2002
E) 2003
Formation
Verb to be + past participle

The spaghetti hasnt been eaten/isnt being eaten/wont be


eaten.
The Passive and the continuous
We can use the passive with the Present and Past
continuous.
Hes being examined by the vet.

BUT! We dont use it with any other continuous tense e.g.


present perfect continuous
The passive and modals
The passive CAN BE USED with past and present forms of
modal verbs.
CAN, CANT, MAY, MIGHT, SHOULD, OUGHT TO, HAVE TO.

A parachute must be included.


Adverbs and the Passive
When we use adverbs and the passive, we put them
immediately before the PAST PARTICIPLE.
The Lion King was famously adapted from the Shakespeare
play Hamlet.
Adverbs and the Passive
In compound tenses (tenses that
have two verbs e.g. present
perfect) ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
go between the verb to be and the
past participle.

E.g. They have been often


embarrased by him at parties.
Adverbs and Prepositions
Some verbs have
prepositions (count on, listen
to...). In the passive they go
after the past participle.

My ankle was looked at by


the doctor.
Sugus question
According to the Guardian Newspaper, the Sagrada Familia
will be completed in......
A) 2026
B) 2027
C) 2029
D) 2030
E) 2025

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