Apuntes b1
Apuntes b1
Apuntes b1
Aurora
wrote
didn't write
ACTIVE
was written
wasn't written
by Shakespeare
PASSIVE
by Aurora
USE :
- If we want to focus on the subject we use the ACTIVE.
- If we want to focus on the object, we use the PASSIVE.
- To be more formal / impersonal.
- To describe processes ( Instructions, Scientific process,..).
- When the person who does the action is :
1) Not mentioned.
2) Unknown.
3) Obvious.
4) Unimportant.
EX) They are restoring the cathedral
The catedral
is being restored
by them
STRUCTURE:
BE ( ALL FORMS) +
gave
my sister
a present
by the boy