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BRAHIM AIT HAMMOU Sidi Mohamed ben abdallah TINGHIR

BRAHIM AIT HAMMOU Sidi Mohamed ben abdallah TINGHIR. The active and the passive voice. THE ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE. 1-WHAT IS AN ACTIVE SENTENCE? An active sentence is one in which the subject is the person who does the action.Like: « In Tinghir, most people speak Tamazight. ».

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BRAHIM AIT HAMMOU Sidi Mohamed ben abdallah TINGHIR

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  1. BRAHIM AIT HAMMOUSidi Mohamed ben abdallahTINGHIR The active and the passive voice

  2. THE ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE 1-WHAT IS AN ACTIVE SENTENCE? An active sentence is one in which the subject is the person who does the action.Like: « In Tinghir, most people speak Tamazight. »

  3. 2-WHAT IS A PASSIVE SENTENCE? A passive sentence is one in which the subjectDOES NOT DO THE ACTION. But itRECIEVESthe action.Like: « Tamazight isspokenby most people in Tighir. »

  4. 3-Nowwhen do we use the passive? We generally prefer a passive sentence when: • We don’t know the doer of an action: • ‘’Ten people are killed in an explosion in Kabul’’ Who killed these people? We really don’t know! • We don’t want to show the doer of the action: • ‘’Ten Palestinians are killed today’’ Who killed them? Of course we all know!

  5. We know the doer of the action, but it’s not important to mention/say.Like: • ‘’An e-mail is sent to me today’’ I know who has sent me the e-mail.But it’s not that important to say

  6. EXAMPLES

  7. How do we form a passive then? LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES ABOVE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS CHANGE: ACTIVE** Subject + verb + object + Ω PASSIVE** Subject + to be +Agent+ Ω + verb past. part.

  8. DID YOU GET THE RULE? It means exactly the following: 1*The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive one. 2*The subject of the active sentence becomes the agent of the passive one.This means: ’’ by+ the active subject’’. 3*IMPORTANT!!! ***Add the verb’’to be’’ in the tense/form of the active verb. ***Put the main verb in the past participle.

  9. MORE ABOUT THE VERB!! ***REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULD ADD THE VERB ‘’TO BE’’ IN the tense/form of the main verb of the active sentence. LOOK: **If the main verbis in the present put ‘to be’in the present.example 1 in the chart. **If the main verbis in the pat,put ‘to be’ in the past.ex 3 in the chart. **If the main verbis in the present or past progressive ,put ‘to be’ in the progressive form ‘being’.examples 2 and 4 in the chartabove. WITH MODALS REMEMBER THAT THE MAIN VERB AFTER THE MODAL IS ALWAYS IN THE INFINITIVE.SO,IN THE PASSIVE JUST PUT « to be » in THE INFINITIVE ‘ be’ Examples 6/7 with ‘will’ and ‘must ‘ above in the chart.

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