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PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE VOICE

Kristina Malevanova

Created on August 8, 2023

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PASSIVES ARE FORMED WHEN THE DOER SWITCHES PLACES WITH THE RECEIVER OF THE ACTION

We make the passive voice with:

to be

past particple

WHEN:

you don't know who did the action The rubbish is collected.

We use the passive voice

you're interested in the action, rather than the person who did it The road was repaired.

To sound impersonal in formal writing (e.g. news reports, scientific papers, etc.).

When we want to show who or what did the action we use by.

Specific

His sandwich was stolen by a squirrel.

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