Passive Voice

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Passive Voice
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Passive Voice

• This will affect you if the problem continues.
• You will be affected (by this) if the problem
  continues.

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• In the active voice, the object receives the
  action of the verb
• This problem is affecting gtgt you.
• In the passive voice, the subject receives the
  action of the verb
• You ltlt are being affected by this problem.

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Use the passive when

• the agent (the person or thing doing the action)
  is unknown or not important.
• The magazine was founded in 1922.
• (I dont know who founded it.)
• the identity of the agent is clear from the
  context.
• The magazine is sold in newsagents.
• (We can assume that the people who work in the
  newsagents sell it. We dont need to mention
  them.)
• you want to avoid mentioning the agent.
• Some mistakes were made in that article.
• (I know who made the mistakes but I dont want
  to blame the person who made them.)

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Passive Voice - STEPS

• They will serve snacks and drinks.
• 1. Move the direct object to the subject of the
  sentence.
• Snacks and drinks
• 2. Check the verb tense use the verb "be" in the
  same tense.
• Snacks and drinks will be
• 3. Change the verb into a past participle put
  this verb after the form of be.
• Snacks and drinks will be served (by them).

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Present Progressive Passive

• He isnt doing his homework.
• 1. Move the direct object to the subject of the
  sentence.
• His homework
• 2. Check the verb tense use the verb "be" in the
  same tense.
• His homework isnt being
• 3. Change the verb into a past participle put
  this verb after the form of be.
• His homework isnt being done (by him).

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Present Perfect Passive
He has bought red flowers. 1. Red flowers 2.
have been 3. bought 4. (by him) Red
flowers have been bought (by him).
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Future Passive

• The boy will finish the picture tomorrow.
• 1. The picture
• 2. will be
• 3. finished
• 4. (by the boy)
• 5. tomorrow.
• The picture will be finished by the boy tomorrow.

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The Raven was written by Edgar Alla Poe.
The man cant leave the island. He is being
watched by a shark.
When should the AGENT be mentioned?
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• Mention the agent when
• you introduce necessary new information about the
  agent.

John is a great computer programmer. He has just
been hired by Microsoft. (The name of Johns
employer is necessary New information.)

• you want to give credit to someone who created
  something.
• The software was developed by John.
• the agent is surprising or interesting.
• The elephant is being delivered
• by a stork.

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• Developed by Kátia Martins Pereira