PASSIVE
VOICE Forming the
passive voice
uss es
Passive
voice
functions.
Passive
voice with
infinitives.
th e pa ssiv e voice, in a sen tence we
ob viou sly have a tr ue s ubje ct. when
it com es a fter is t he p assi ve
So me ti mes w e use t he pa ss ive
vo ic e bec au se we d o not k now
or d o not w ant t o expre ss wh o
ca rr ie d o ut the ac tion.
is u se d t o show in teres t in th e
pe rs on or o bject e xperi en cin g
an a ct ion
th e mo st im porta nt thin g or th e
pe rs on be co mes t he subj ec t o f
th e se nte nc e.
in st ea d o f the p er son o r
ob je ct th at perf or ms th e
ac ti on .
Th e pa ssi ve voic e in
En gl is h i s made up of
tw o el eme nt s:
th e ap pro pr iate fo rm
of t he ve rb 'to be ' +
pa st p art ic iple
Th e pa ssi ve voic e is
of te n use d in fo rm al
te xt s.
Pa ssi ve voic e
wi th gerunds
Th e i nfi nitive pass ive vo ice
is us ed after the m oda l
ve rbs an d other ver bs mor e
co mmo nly followed b y a n
in fin iti ve.
Ge ru nd s a re used a fter
pr ep os iti on s and v erbs no rma ll y
fo ll ow ed by a ge ru nd.
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