the passive

BASIC THEORY AND PRACTICE.

1. https://www.studyandexam.com/active-passive-voice.html 

2. https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive.htm 


Press here for theory and practice. https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

Press here for further practice: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/causative-form-esl3.html

The passive on TV shows. Press here or copy and paste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzeI93MszMk

The passive in songs. Press here or copy and paste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj2Fgrhi4Kk


The Causative Passive. What is it? How does it word?

Theory and practice, press here.

More proficiency type activities on the causative in the following link. Good luck!



SUMMARY

AUXILIARIES _______, ____________, ____________

DOUBLE OBJECT PASSIVE 

IMPERSONAL PASSIVE.

CAUSATIVE


Passive Sentences with Two Objects 

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

Rita wrote a letter to me.

I ....

A letter ....

Personal and Impersonal Passive

Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive.

Example: They build houses. – Houses are built.

Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive sentence (as there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence). If you want to use an intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal construction – therefore this passive is called Impersonal Passive.

Example: he says – it is said

Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g. German, Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think, know).

Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live longer than men.