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PASSIVE VOICE & CAUSATIVES

Passive Voice & Causatives

CONTENT
1. The Structure of Passive Voice

2. The Use of Passive Voice
3. Passive Gerund
4. Passive Infinitive
5. Reporting Verbs in Passive Voice
6. Stative Passive

7. Causatives

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:

• The structure of passive voice
Those houses were built in 2000 after the new zoning plan had been approved.

• The use of passive voice
By the beginning of the 21 century, millions of trees in the rainforest had been destroyed.
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• Passive gerund
Do you remember his being chosen as the most valuable player of the tournament?
• Passive infinitive

In health and education, certain entitlements to service are to be guaranteed by the government.
• Reporting verbs in passive voice
Vitamin C is known to prevent the common cold.
• Stative passive
When I entered the classroom yesterday, the window was broken.
• Causatives
It would be better if we had an interior designer decorate the house.

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