The Passive Voice

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The Passive Voice

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• Действие совершается
не субъектом, а по
отношению к нему.
• Не книга что-то
написала, а, наоборот,
она сама была написана
неким автором.

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Образование
to be + Participle II (3-я форма гл.)
• The letter was written by my
mother. (Past Simple Passive)
• The letter will be written by my
mother. (Future Simple Passive)

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Если в предложении указано
лицо, совершающее действие,
то оно присоединяется к
сказуемому предлогом by.
• The work was done by my brother

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Перед словом, обозначающим
инструмент, материал,
вещество, стоит предлог with.
• The ground was covered with
snow.

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В Passive Voice употребляются
глаголы не только переходные,
но и глаголы, требующие
косвенного дополнения
to give, to show, to offer, to tell
и предложного
to speak of, to listen to, to look at,
to look for, to send for

9.

• Подлежащее в Passive
Voice всегда выражено
именительным падежом
(he, she, it, we, you, they).

10.

Fill in the correct passive tense of the
verb in the brackets.
• It… (build) thousands of years ago.
• The Great Pyramid of Giza … (visit) by
millions of people through the ages.
• Something… (must/do) soon.
• My question (answer) yesterday.
• Lost time never (find) again.

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Fill in the correct passive tense of the
verb in the brackets. 2.0
• It was built thousands of years ago.
• The Great Pyramid of Giza is visited by
millions of people over the centuries.
• Something needs to be done soon.
• My question was answered yesterday.
• The lost time will never be found again.