active and passive revision

8/11/2019 Active and Passive Revision

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PASSIVE REVISION

The passive is frequently used in

scientific writing because the fr! isimpersonal and objective"

All passive fr!s are fr!ed in thesa!e way"

The tense f the verb #t be$ changesindicating different tenses in passive"

Subject + to be + past participle


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%&' (O %E )SE PASSIVE

* +" I, T&E A-ENT .S)/0E1T2 IS

)N3NO%N OR IRRE4EVANT

e"g" This engine was prduced befre the%rld %ar II"

5" I, T&E A-ENT IS STRESSE( IN T&E

SENTEN1E

e"g" Each part f a gun culd be !ade by

machines.


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1!plete the fllwing sentences using the

passive r active respectively6

* +" 7any years ag all aircraft 8888888888

by pistn engines .pwer2"

* 5" Nwadays nly s!e 88888888 inairline service" .re!ain2

* 9" Turbine engines 8888888 befre %rld

%ar II" .test2* :" The prpeller 8888888888 the pwer f

an engine int thrust".transfr!2


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REPORTIN- %IT& PASSIVE

VER/S

* Active Passive

* Peple say It is said

* Peple believe It is believed

* Peple cnsider""" It is cnsidered

* Peple assu!e It is assu!ed

* Peple allege"" It is alleged

* Peple suppse It is suppsed

* Peple e;pect It is e;pected


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PRESENT IN,INITIVE.t be2 OR

PER,E1T IN,INITIVE .t have been2

Peple say thathe isa gd!an"

It is saidthathe isa gd!an"

He is said tobea gd !an"

Peple saythathewas a gd

!an" .Suppsethat he died""2

It is saidthathe wasa gd

!an"

He is said tohave beena

gd !an"


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Peple say r peple said

Peple said that he wasa gd !an"

Peple believed that hewas a thief"

Peple suppsed thatshe was a nice lady"

&e was said t havebeen a gd !an"

&e was believed t havebeen a thief"

She was suppsed thave been a nice lady"


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Rewrite the fllwing sentences beginning

with the wrds in italics6

+" It is reprted that the internal combustionengine is the main cause of air pollution"

5" Peple believe thatAmerica without cars

is unthin


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+"The internal c!bustin engine is reprtedt be the !ain cause f air pllutin"

5" A!erica withut cars is believed t be

unthinatin f parts and asse!bly linewere thught t have been respnsible fr!ass prductin f cars"


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RE%RITE T&E RA(IO NE%S STOR' )SIN- PASSIVE

1ONSTR)1TIONS %&ERE APPROPRIATE

* Peple have hailed a teenage girl a her after she?u!ped int a canal t save a child@s life" 3ate 7illsthree fell int the canal while strapped int herpushchair" Severel passersBby saw the incident fr! the

twBpath but it was the girl wh leapt int the water anddragged the buggy t the surface" A passing fire!anpulled 3ate and the girl fr! the water and ana!bulance t< the! t hspital" They discharged the!bth after a brief chec


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REWRIE HE !EWS S"R# $SI!% PASSI&E '"!SR$'I"!S

WHERE APPR"PRIAE

* A heroic coc(atoo that someone (illed last month asit tried to de)end its owner may not have died in vain.People claim that *ird* who its owner named a)terthe bas(etball player ,arry ird- may provide vital

evidence in a murder trial. When someone )atallyattac(ed ird*s owner- evin utler- at his home ine/as- the coc(atoo )ou0ht bac(. ird mana0ed towound the two assailants be)ore they stabbed it todeath with a )or(. !ow people hope that 1!A they

scrape )rom ird*s claws will help convict thesuspected (illers.


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