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•In the last unit, we talked about the passive voice.
•Do you remember what passive voice is?
•Bingo! Passive voice is formed by making the
object of the sentence into the subject of the
sentence.
•John broke the window.
•The window was broken by John.
Do you remember the function of the passive voice?
1. focusing on the person or the things affected by the
action. In the following dialogue:
Uncle Bill comes to visit Mum.
Mum: Bill, I’m going to show you a beautiful vase. It was
given to me by my grandpa. (Mum is looking for
it) Susan, have you seen my vase?
Susan: Sorry. It was broken by me yesterday.
In the above situation, the vase is the focus/ the topic
of the dialogue. Therefore, the two underlying
sentences are written in passive voice to make the
object that being affected by the action be the subject
of the sentence.
2. we don’t k now who did the action.
• My wallet was stolen.
• Mr. Smith was murdered.
• The cak e has been eaten.
In the above sentences, the speaker does not
know who did the actions. So they use passive
voice to avoid mentioning the subject, instead
of using “someone” or “somebody” to stand
for an unknown person.
Forms of PASSIVE:
verb to be
+
action verb (past participle)
Present Tense: is / am / are + killed / hurt
Past Tense: was / were + broken / stolen
Future Tense: will be + built / done
Present Perfect Tense: has / have been given
Verbs with modals: can be done/ should be followed
The MTR’s Tseung Kwan O line connects
Tseung Kwan O to Po Lam.
Tseung Kwan O is connected to Po Lam by the
MTR’s Tseung Kwan O line.
The government will build a swimming pool in
our neighbourhood.
A swimming pool will be built in our
neighbourhood by the government.
The government built an air-conditioned
market in our neighbourhood last year.
An air-conditioned market was built in our
neighbourhood by the government last year.
The developer will build a new theme park in
this area.
A new theme park will be built in this area by
the developer.
The developer built a new shopping mall in
Kwun Tong last year.
A new shopping mall was built by the developer
last year.
The government built Hong Kong Central
Library in 2001.
Hong Kong Central Library was built by the
government in 2001.
The club house provides laundry services.
Laundry services are provided by the club house
The housing estate provides shuttle bus services.
Shuttle bus services are provided by the housing
estate.
Nancy has booked the badminton court.
The badminton court has been booked by
Nancy.
Uncle Bill has bought this beautiful villa.
This beautiful villa has been bought by Uncle
Bill.