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Grammar/Unit 1: Passive Voice Basics

Vocabulary

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Passive

/pas-iv/

"Not active."

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Agent

/ay-jent/

"Doer (by...)"

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Focus

/foh-kus/

"Center."

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Object

/ob-jekt/

"Receiver."

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Anonymous

/uh-non-i-mus/

"Unknown name."

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Transformation

/trans-for-may-shun/

"Change."

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Emphasis

/em-fuh-sis/

"Importance."

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Victim

/vik-tim/

"Sufferer."

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Scientific

/sy-en-tif-ik/

"Fact based."

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Formal

/for-mal/

"Serious."

Article

Who cares who did it? 🤷

In Active Voice, the Subject does the action.

  • "John (S) ate (V) the cake (O)." (Focus on John).

In Passive Voice, the Object becomes the focus. We don't care (or know) who did it.

  • "The cake (S) was eaten (V)."

Structure: Target + Be (in correct tense) + V3 (+ by Agent).

Practice

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1.

Active: Someone stole my car. Passive: My car ___.

2.

They make cars in Japan. Passive: Cars ___ in Japan.

3.

Passive structure: Be + ___

4.

I ___ (invite) to the party (Past).

5.

The book ___ (write) by JK Rowling.

6.

Use Passive when...

7.

Identify Passive: 'The window is broken.'

8.

Identify Active: 'He broke the window.'

9.

English is ___ (speak) here.

10.

We can add the doer with...

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