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Functions of the passive voice, , The passive voice is used to show interest in the, person or object that experiences an action rather, than the person or object that performs the action., In other words, the most important thing or person, becomes the subject of the sentence., , Examples, , ¢ The passive voice is used frequently. (=, we are interested in the passive voice,, not in who uses it.), , e The house was built in 1654. (= we are, , interested in the house, not in who built, it.), , e The road is being repaired. (= we are, interested in the road, not in the people, who are doing the repairs.), , Sometimes we use the passive voice because we, don't know or do not want to express who, performed the action.

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Examples, , e | noticed that a window had been left, , open., , 2, , e Every year thousands of people are, , killed on our roads., , e All the cookies have been eaten., , e My car has been stolen!, , The passive voice is often used in formal texts., , Switching to the active voice will make your writing, , clearer and easier to read., , Passive, , A great deal of, meaning is, conveyed by a, few well-chosen, words., , Our planet is, wrapped ina, mass of gases., , Waste materials, are disposed of, in a variety of, ways., , Active, , A few wellchosen words, convey a great, deal of, , meaning., , A mass of, gases wrap, around our, , planet., , The city, disposes of, waste

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Waste materials, are disposed of, in a variety of, ways., , The city, disposes of, waste, materials in a, variety of ways., , If we want to say who or what performs the action, , while using the passive voice, we use the, , preposition by. When we know who performed the, , action and are interested in him, it is always better, , to switch to the active voice instead., , Passive, , "A Hard Day's, Night" was, written by the, Beatles., , The movie ET, was directed by, Spielberg., , This house was, built by my, father., , Active, , The Beatles, wrote "A Hard, Day's Night"., , Spielberg, directed the, movie ET., , My father built, this house., , Read more about the passive voice and active, , equivalents for all English verb tenses.

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Forming the passive voice, , The passive voice in English is composed of two, , elements:, , the appropriate form of the verb ‘to be' + past, , participle, , Affirmative Negative Interrogative, , The house The Was the, was built in house house built in, 1899, wasn't 1899?, , built in, , 1899., These These Were these, houses houses houses built, were built weren't in 1899?, in 1899. built in, , 1899., , To clean, passive voice, , Subject +tobe + past, (conjugated) participle, , Simple present, , Negativ, interroc, , Wasn't t, house b, 1899?, , Weren't, houses |, in 1899%, , + resto, sentenc

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Subject +tobe, (conjugated), , Simple present, , The is, house, , Present continuous, , The is being, house, , Simple past, , The was, house, , Past continuous, , The was being, house, , Present perfect, , The has been, house, , Past perfect, , The had been, house, , + past, , participle, , cleaned, , cleaned, , cleaned, , cleaned, , cleaned, , cleaned, , +resto, sentenc, , 5, , every dé, , at the, moment, , yesterde, , last wee, , since yo, left., , before, they, arrived.