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DLS Language Series
FundamentalsOf English Grammar Part 2
The Passive Voice
By DjRay
DLanguage STUDIO
Langkawi
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Fundamentals of English (Part2, pg1)Passive Voice
1.1 Basic Structure of a passive sentence :
When we speak or write, each sentence should be based on the following structure
Eg : It is found in Langkawi
SUBJECT must always match with the VERB (ie Singular Subject with Singular Verb or Plural Subject withPlural Verb)
VERB must always match with Time, which determines PRESENT, PAST orFUTURE Actions
1.2 What is SUBJECT ?
Subject is either a Noun or Pronoun Subject Noun - Singular Alex, My brother, Mr John Subject Pronoun - SingularHe, She, It Subject Pronoun - Plural They, You, We, I
Subject Perfect Verb ObjectMatching
verb
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Fundamentals of English (Part2, pg2)Passive Voice
1.3 What is Object ?
Object consists of nouns, object pronouns (eg him), verb infinitives (eg to see), adjectives (egsmall), adverbs (eg quickly), time (eg yesterday) etc.. It is not always important to determineSingular or Plural noun in Object area, except for sentences using There is, There are etc..
1.4 What is Perfect VERB ? There are 3 types of Verbs in English, ie Simple Verbs, Continuous Verb and Perfect Verb
Study the 3 verbs below Note: Be sure to differentiate between Simple Past Verbs and Perfect Verbs. (Some of them
have the same spelling, but only perfect verbs are used in Passive Voice
Plural Singular Past
take takes tookeat eats atewrite writes wrotebreak breaks brokebuy buys boughtopen opens opened
takingeatingwritingbreakingbuyingopening
takeneatenwrittenbrokenboughtopened
Continuous Verb Simple Verb Perfect Verb
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Construct a SentencePresent Actions Passive Voice
Subject amisare
being Perfect Verb Object It is being written
Subjectamisare
Perfect Verb Object It is written
Plural Singular Pastwrite writes wrotebreak breaks brokebuy buys boughtopen opens opened
writingbreakingbuyingopening
writtenbrokenboughtopened
Continuous Verb Simple Verb Perfect Verb
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Construct a QuestionPresent Actions Passive Voice
Subjectamisare
being Perfect Verb Object Is it being written?
Subjectamisare
Perfect Verb Object Is it written?W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
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Construct a SentencePast Actions Passive Voice
Subject being Perfect Verb Object It was being written
Subjectwaswere
Perfect Verb Object It was written
waswere
Subjecthas
have
been Perfect Verb Object It has been written
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Construct a QuestionPast Actions Passive Voice
Subject being Perfect Verb Object Was it being written?
Subjectwaswere
Perfect Verb Object Was it written?
waswere
Subjecthas
have
been Perfect Verb Object Has it been written?
W
W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
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Construct a SentenceFuture Actions Passive Voice
going
to be
*Futureverb
Perfect Verb ObjectIt is going to be
written
amisare
Subject be
Subject
Perfect Verb Object It will be written
*Future Verb = will, can, must, may, might, should, could, etc
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Construct a SentenceFuture Actions Passive Voice
going
to be
*Futureverb
Perfect Verb ObjectIs it going to bewritten?
amisare
Subject be
Subject
Perfect Verb Object Will it be written?
*Future Verb = will, can, must, may, might, should, could, etc
W
W
W = What, Where, Why, Who, When, How, How many, which, whose etc..
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EndEnglish Fundamentals Part 2
The Passive Voice
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