{"id":36674,"date":"2022-05-22T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/?p=36674"},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T07:35:46","slug":"a-masterclass-in-advanced-grammar-in-use-the-passive-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/a-masterclass-in-advanced-grammar-in-use-the-passive-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"A Masterclass in Advanced Grammar in Use: The Passive Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/705380452?h=6dc3291ab9\" width=\"640\" height=\"564\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>\u2503Read in less than 7 minutes (excluding activities)<\/i><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In English, the passive voice has a bad reputation. I&#8217;ve often heard other teachers and academics say that using it is a poor writing habit and <strong>should be avoided<\/strong> unless in formal academic writing (and even then they say it can be problematic). Others say that\u00a0it <b>is needed <\/b>in formal English to talk about rules, procedures, processes, crimes, etc.\u00a0While I agree that it&#8217;s appropriate to use it in those contexts, I&#8217;m sure that the passive voice <strong>is used<\/strong> frequently in everyday communication too. I know this because I catch myself, and the native speakers around me, using it <em>all the time<\/em>. In this blog we&#8217;re going to look at ways in which you can, and should, use passive voice to improve your speaking skills, which is important for your Advanced test, as well as for real life.<\/p>\n<p>(Look at the language <strong>in bold<\/strong>. See what I did there?!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chats over a cup of coffee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36688\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-84-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at these short conversational exchanges, which include examples of the passive:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sam: You seem down. What&#8217;s wrong, Amy?<\/p>\n<p>Amy: Ug, my bike <strong>was stolen<\/strong> last night.<\/p>\n<p><em>(= a thief stole my bike)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sam: So, is your plumbing problem sorted?<\/p>\n<p>Amy: Yeah, the pipe <strong>is being fixed<\/strong>.Thank goodness!<\/p>\n<p><em>(= a plumber is fixing the pipe)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sam: You&#8217;re in a good mood today. What&#8217;s been going on?<\/p>\n<p>Amy: Well, the house <strong>has<\/strong> just <strong>been sold<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><em>(= the estate agent has sold the house)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The passive to the rescue!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36689\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Passive-to-therescue-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"276\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are often times that you&#8217;ll just <strong>need the passive<\/strong> as no other structure will be as natural or as effective in communicating what you want to say. For instance, we use it when:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the agent is unknown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My car <strong>was broken<\/strong> into last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>(= we don\u2019t know who did it)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the agent is \u2018people&#8217;, &#8216;they&#8217;, &#8216;someone&#8217; etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The viral&#8217;s gone viral! It<strong>&#8216;s being shared<\/strong> all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>(= by people in general)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the agent is obvious from context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you heard about Ed? He\u2019s <strong>has been arrested<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><em>(= obviously by the police)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the agent is not important<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My shoes <strong>were made<\/strong> in China.<\/p>\n<p><em>(= who made them is not important here)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we don\u2019t want to say who the agent is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I see the dishes still <strong>haven\u2019t been done<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(= you don&#8217;t want to blame anyone)<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/span>: We use a <b><i>reflexive pronoun<\/i><\/b> with\u00a0<b><i>get <\/i><\/b>to suggest that the person is responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro is really into parkour. \u00a0He&#8217;s going to <strong>get himself injured<\/strong> one day!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Activity one:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rewrite the sentences in the passive. The subject is &#8216;someone&#8217; or &#8216;they&#8217;. (Answers at the end of the post.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1.Someone invited me to the party, but I couldn\u2019t make it.<\/h3>\n<h3>2.They\u2019ve offered my brother a new job in Stockholm.<\/h3>\n<h3>3.Someone is sending me a lot of spam emails.<\/h3>\n<h3>4.Someone is going to contact you about it.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>The Lego blocks of the passive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Putting together a passive sentence is like assembling Lego blocks. You need to fit everything together nicely to have a solid construction in the end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36850\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/to-be-past-participle-by-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tense of the sentence changes by changing the form of the verb<strong> &#8216;to be<\/strong>&#8216;. The past participle is always the same:<\/p>\n<p>Lego <strong>is<\/strong> made in Denmark.<em> (= present simple)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lego <strong>is<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>being<\/strong> made in Denmark at the moment.<em> (= present continuous)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lego <strong>has been<\/strong> made in Denmark recently.<em> (= present perfect)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lego <strong>was<\/strong> made in Denmark last year.<em> (= past simple)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lego <strong>will be<\/strong> made in Denmark the future.<em> (= future simple)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And so on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NOTE!<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>We avoid using the passive of the perfect continuous tenses.<\/p>\n<p>OK: By December, <strong>they will have been doing<\/strong> repairs for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>NOT OK: By December, repairs\u00a0<strong>will have been\u00a0being done<\/strong>\u00a0for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t you say it aloud? See,\u00a0<em>it just sounds weird<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, passive sentences <strong>always need an object<\/strong>, so they can only be made with <strong>transitive verbs<\/strong> (i.e. verbs with a direct object).\u00a0&#8216;To make&#8217; is a transitive verb (because you make something) e.g. <em>a Lego house, a cup of tea, a decision<\/em>. &#8216;To sit&#8217;, on the other hand, is intransitive because it doesn&#8217;t take an object, e.g. <em>Tommy is sitting\u00a0and making a Lego castle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at two more examples:<\/p>\n<h3>His package <strong>has been delivered<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p><em>(\u2018to deliver\u2019 is <u>transitive<\/u>)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Jamal\u2019s package <strong>has<\/strong> <strong>arrived<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p><em>(\u2018to arrive\u2019 is <u>intransitive<\/u>: <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">The package has been arrived.<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Activity two:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Decide if these sentences can be passive. [HINT: Ask yourself if the underlined verbs are transitive or intransitive]. (Answers at the end of the post.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1. My cat just won&#8217;t stop <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sneezing<\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3>2.I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remember<\/span> someone asking me about that.<\/h3>\n<h3>3.She <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">caught<\/span> her boyfriend going through her phone.<\/h3>\n<h3>4.He usually\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">relaxes<\/span>\u00a0on Sunday mornings.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to know if a sentence can be turned into the passive, always look for the <strong>object of the verb<\/strong> first!<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Working with &#8216;mood&#8217;-al verbs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36780\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-6-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Modal verbs are like emojis<\/strong> &#8211; they can completely change the mood of a sentence, and the passive is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Compare:<\/p>\n<h3>1- The lock\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>might<\/strong><\/span> have been changed.<\/h3>\n<p>(= I can&#8217;t open the door but there could be another reason for it)<\/p>\n<h3>2- The lock\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>must<\/strong><\/span> have been changed.<\/h3>\n<p>(= I can&#8217;t open the door and I&#8217;m sure this is the reason for it)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the first sentence, we&#8217;re speculating about the possibility of lock being changed, but it&#8217;s also possible that something else happened. Simply, we&#8217;re not sure. While in the second sentence, we&#8217;re certain. We know for a fact that she got lost and there is no doubt about it. So, two different modal verbs create two very different meanings i<em>n the same sentence<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The construction of these sentences in the passive is simple. Just add the modal verb to the existing structure.<\/p>\n<p>In the present it looks like this:\u00a0<strong>modal verb\u00a0+ be + past participle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Active: Candidates <strong>must write<\/strong> all the answers in pencil.<\/h3>\n<h3>Passive: All the answers <strong>must be written<\/strong> in pencil.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the past, it looks like this: <strong>modal\u00a0verb + have been + past participle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Active: I <strong>might have\u00a0lost<\/strong>\u00a0my passport on the walking tour.<\/h3>\n<h3>Passive: My passport\u00a0<strong>might have been lost\u00a0<\/strong>on the walking tour.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Activity three:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rewrite the sentences in the passive using the underlined modal verbs. (Answers at the end of the post.)<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>1.I\u2019m afraid the film <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might<\/span> disappoint you.<\/h3>\n<h3>2.We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can<\/span> bring forward the meeting to 9am.<\/h3>\n<h3>3.They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> have told you about the changes.<\/h3>\n<h3>4.You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could<\/span> have sold your car if you\u2019d tried.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Passive <em>-ing<\/em> forms and infinitives<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We can use the passive with either the <strong>infinitive<\/strong> or \u00a0<em>&#8211;<strong>ing<\/strong><\/em> form of the verb &#8216;to be&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36782\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.homestudies.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-18-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"276\" \/>\u00a0<em>This is Tessa aka the world&#8217;s cutest kitty.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Compare:<\/p>\n<h3>1- My cat loves\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>being<\/strong> <strong>stroked<\/strong><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<p>(= <em>-ing<\/em> form for the passive)<\/p>\n<h3>2- My cat expects\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>to be stroked<\/strong><\/span> all the time!<\/h3>\n<p>(= infinitive for the passive)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">But why do we use <em><strong>being<\/strong><\/em> in the first sentence and <em><strong>to be<\/strong><\/em> in the second? Well, that&#8217;s because of <strong>verb patterns<\/strong>. Some verbs take the &#8211;<em>ing<\/em> form, while others take the infinitive. There&#8217;s also a small group of verbs that take both, depending on the meaning. This is beyond the scope of this blog, but it&#8217;s worth learning as it pops up in every Cambridge exam in Speaking, Writing and Use of English. Watch the video and follow the link to get our <strong>free practice pack<\/strong> to help you with this.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Activity four:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Complete the sentences using the correct passive form of the verb in brackets. (Answers at the end of the post.)<\/p>\n<h3>1. I remember ____ ____ by a dog as a child. (bite)<\/h3>\n<h3>2. I hoped ____ ____ for the basketball team. (select)<\/h3>\n<h3>3. I resented ____ ____ so many chores. (give)<\/h3>\n<h3>4. I hated ____ ____ by other kids on the playground. (tease)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>And now, over to you!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Try to pay active attention to the passive voice being used around you. Listen out for it in real life and on TV too. What examples can you hear? Let us know in the comment section.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">If you&#8217;d like to learn more about the passive, then watch the video at the top of the blog. And, if you&#8217;d like custom-made grammar lessons, then book a course with homestudies. We&#8217;re here to help \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Answers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Activity one: <strong>1- I was invited, 2- My brother&#8217;s been offered, 3- I&#8217;m being sent, 4-You&#8217;re going to be contacted<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Activity two: <\/em><strong><em>1<\/em><em>&#8211; no passive, 2- remember being asked, 3- was caught, 4- no passive<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Activity three: <\/em><strong><em>1- might be disappointed, 2- can be brought, 3- should have been told, 4- could have been sold<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Activity four: <\/em><strong><em>1- being bitten, 2- to be selected, 3- being given, 4- being spoiled<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2503Read in less than 7 minutes (excluding activities) &nbsp; In English, the passive voice has a bad reputation. 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