Monday-Wednesday 27-29/04

Hello

This week we started some new grammar - Active and Passive Voice.

We use Passive:
1. If the action is more important then the agent. 
A demonstration has been held. This theatre was built in 1868. The important thing is what happened, not who did it. 

2. If the agent is not known/evident. 
He was offered a job. (someone offered him the job). The robber was arrested.

We form Passive:

To be + Past Participle (to be is the main verb which takes the tenses):

Passive Present simple 
The car is repaired.
Present continuous 
The car is being repaired. 
Past simple 
The car was repaired. 
Past continuous 
The car was being repaired. 
Present perfect 
The car has just been repaired. 
Past perfect 
The car had been repaired. 
Future simple 
The car will be repaired. 
Present conditional 
The car would be repaired. 
Perfect conditional 
The car would have been repaired. 

Exercises to practise:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3