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Passive Voice

• Forming Passive
• When to use Passive
• Using the “by” agent
• “It” and “There” in Passive
• Passive in Gerund
• Passive Infinitive
• Reporting Verbs in Passive Voice
• Stative Passive
• Causatives

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:

• How to form passive
- Those houses were built in 2000 after the new zoning plan had been approved.
• When to use passive
- By the beginning of the 21 century, millions of trees in the rainforest had been destroyed.
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• The “by” agent
- The old city was restored by a construction and restoration company.
• “It” and “there” in passive
- It was completed by the team.
- There are thought to be too many barriers to peace.
• 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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