Passive voice
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Passive voice is often used in newspapers, where the action is more important than the person performing the action. It is commonly used in headlines and throughout news articles to describe processes. Passive voice is also frequently used in reporting news, scientific writing, and other types of writing where events and processes are more important than who performed the action. The passive voice is formed with the verb "to be" and the past participle of a transitive verb, and can be used in all tenses except the present perfect continuous and future continuous.
Passive voice
- 1. PassiveVoice
- 2. Passivevoiceisoften in newspapersAs headlines.Throughthetext of newspapersTotalkaboutprocesses*Thisisbecausetheactionis more importantthanthepersonwhoisdoingtheaction.
- 3. ExamplesDog comes tomansrescueLosttreasurefound in gardenyesterdayChampionshipto be held in Japan
- 4. Whentheactionis more importantthanthepersondoingitForexample:The film isloadedintothe camera automatically.
- 5. Whenwe do notknowwhodidsomethingForexample:The camera wasputtogether in a factory.
- 6. Veryfrequently, in reportingnews, scientificwriting and otherkinds of writingwherewe are more interested in events and processesthan in thepersondoingtheaction.
- 7. ExampleA factorywas set alightduringtheweekend and twomillionpoundsworth of damagewascaused.
- 8. Formation of thepassivevoiceIsformedwiththeverbto be and thepastparticiple of a transitiveverb.Get can sometimes be usedinformallyinstead of be.Itisusedwithall tenses exceptforthepresentperfectcontinous and thefuturecontinous.
- 9. Howtoconstructpassivevoice?1.-Simple present2.-Simple past3.-Simple future1.-am/are/is+pastparticiple.2.-Was/were+pastparticiple.3.-Will be+pastparticiple.
- 10. ExamplesSimple presentThe local camera shop issupposedto be verygood.
- 11. Simple pastI wasinformed of myboss decisionyesterday.
- 12. FutureThedocumentwill be senttomorrowfirstthing in themorning.
- 13. ReferenceCapel & Sharp. 2006. Cambridge ObjectiveFirstCertificate. Cambridge. Cambridge UniverstityPress.