PASSIVE VOICE Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is perfoming the action Example : My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. Sometime a statement in passive is more polite that active, as the following example shows : Example A mistake was made In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone TABLE OF PASSIVE VOICE TIME PATTERN SIMPLE CONTINUOUS PERFECT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PRESENT ACTIVE (V1 (s, es, es)) do/does Is / am / are + Ving Has/ have + V3 Has/have been + Ving PASSIVE Is / am / are + V3 Is / am / are being + V3 Has/ have been + V3 Has/have been being + V3 PAST ACTIVE V2 (did) Was/were + Ving ...
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