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Read the following signs :. Batteries are sold separately. PASSIVE VOICE. Passive voice emphasizes the result of an action , rather than the agent who does the action . To form the passive voice we need : to be + verb in past participle. the truck ( agent ). I
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Readthefollowingsigns: Batteries are soldseparately
PASSIVE VOICE • Passivevoiceemphasizestheresult of anaction, ratherthantheagentwhodoestheaction. • Toformthepassivevoiceweneed: tobe + verb in pastparticiple
thetruck (agent) I (Subject) by PASSIVE VOICE WAS CRASHED (tobe + pastpart) CRASHED (Verb) ACTIVE VOICE THE CAR (object) (subject)
Simple present: am / is / are + pastparticiple Bananas are grown in warmclimates. English istaught in DUI. Simple Past: was / were+ pastparticiple Computerswereinvented in the 1940’s. Thisbookwaspublished in the UK.