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    THE PASSIVE

    UNIT 3
    • We form the passive voice with be + past participle. We use be in the same
    tense that we would use in the active sentence.
    Example:
    Active: Consumers buy many products online.
    Passive: Many products are bought online by consumers.

    USE: We use the passive to


    emphasize the action rather than who did the action.
    THE PASSIVE WITH BY
    • Sometimes it is posible to omit the (by + agent) from a passive sentence.

    When?
    • When the agent is unknown (we don’t know who does/did the action).
    My bag has been taken (I don’t know who took it).

    • When the agent is very obvious or not important.


    The thief was arrested. (It is obvious that it was the police/the agent).
    The exams were corrected in two hours. (it is obvious that the teacher did it)
    ACTIVE  PASSIVE CHANGES
    ACTIVE PASSIVE
    Present simple: eat/eats Is/are eaten
    Present continuous: is/are eating Is/are being eaten
    Present perfect: has/have eaten Has/have been eaten
    Past simple: ate Was/were eaten
    Past continuous: was eating Was/were being eaten
    Past perfect simple: had eaten Had been eaten
    Will: will eat Will be eaten
    Going to: is/are going to eat Is/are going to be eaten
    Modal verbs: can/must/should… eat Can/must/ should be eaten
    PASSIVE WITH 2 OBJECTS
    • When an active sentence has two objects, there are two posible passive sentences. To form the
    passive, one of the objects becomes the subject and the other remains the subject.

    • Examples:

    Subject Verb Object 1 Object 2

    Active: They gave Sophia the present.

    Passive: The present was given to Sophia.

    Passive: Sophia was given the present.


    IMPERSONAL FORM
    • News reports often use the following passive construction with the verbs: BELIEVE, THINK,
    RUMOUR and REPORT.

    It + (be) + past participle + that

    They believe that the thief got away.  It is believed that the thief got away.
    They think that sales are going up.  It is thought that sales are going up.
    They spread a rumour that the shop will close.  It is rumoured that the shop
    will close.
    They reported that the shoplifters have been arrested.  It is reported that the
    shoplifters have been arrested.
    THE INFINITIVE FORMS
    • PERFECT INFINITIVE AFTER VERBS
    A perfect infinitive is an infinitive in the form of  “to have + past participle”. It is mainly used after some verbs to emphasize
    that something happened in the past.
    She seems to be very optimistic.
    She seems to have been very optimistic.

    Examples
    • I am expecting to be given a pay-rise next month.
    • She is hoping to be elected president.
    • The carpet needs to be washed.
    • These doors should be shut at night.
    • This window may be opened but that one must stay closed.
    • Alice could be given a prize for her artwork.
    THE CAUSATIVE
    We use HAVE or GET + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE when a person does a task for us:
    • I’m going to get my car fixed tomorrow.
    • They are getting their hair cut on Friday.
    • I have my hair cut every month.

    We use HAVE + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE when a person does something bad to us.
    • I’ve had my Facebook account hacked.
    • We had our car stolen.
    • They had their house destroyed by the fire.
    ONLINE EXERCISES

    • https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/passive-voice-all-tenses/
    • https://agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-exercises.html
    • https://sites.google.com/site/meyenglishclassb2/grammar/impersonal-passive
    • https://www.grammarbank.com/passive-causative-quiz.html

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