![]() ![]() I've been teaching EFL since 2004 and today I encountered a form of passive voice like "was been spent" during an after-exam chat with a student. Hi all and thank you in advance for your time and help (really needed), GapFillTyping_MTY0MjU= Liens transversaux de livre pour Active and passive voice GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY0MjQ= Active and passive voice 7 The meeting is scheduled to start at seven. John has been asked to make a speech at the meeting. Some verbs which are very frequently used in the passive are followed by the to-infinitive: be supposed to ReorderingHorizontal_MTY0MjI= Active and passive voice 5 We can use phrasal verbs in the passive: active She was sent a cheque for a thousand euros. Someone sent her a cheque for a thousand euros. We can use the indirect object as the subject of a passive verb: active We sometimes use the verb get with a past participle to form the passive:īe careful with that glass. The doors are going to be locked at ten o'clock. The passive infinitive is made up of to be with a past participle: ![]() GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY0MTk= Active and passive voice 3 GapFillDragAndDrop_MTY0MTg= Active and passive voice 2 If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by: Passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle: Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms: active
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