09/01/2019 Unit 2: Ethics in Business Sequence 2: Read & consider

Grammar Explorer 2 p56: Passive and active voice

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. The causer of the action, however, is not important or not
known. (In contrast, active voice focusses on the causer of an action.)
Form of Passive
Active Passive
Simple Present Counterfeiters imitate Products of all Products of all sorts are imitated by
sorts counterfeiters
Present continuous Counterfeiters are imitating Products of Products of all sorts are being imitated by
all sorts counterfeiters
Simple Past Counterfeiters imitated Products of all Products of all sorts were imitated by
sorts counterfeiters
Present Perfect Counterfeiters have imitated Products of Products of all sorts have been imitated by
all sorts counterfeiters
Past Perfect Counterfeiters had imitated Products of Products of all sorts had been imitated by
all sorts counterfeiters
Future Counterfeiters will imitate Products of all Products of all sorts will be imitated by
sorts counterfeiters
Modals Counterfeiters must not imitate Products Products of all sorts must not be imitated by
of all sorts counterfeiters
Task : Rewrite sentence A so that it means the same as B in the following:
a) Fake medicines cause diseases.
b) ……………………………………………
a) Consumers must purchase genuine products.
b) …………………………………………………………………..
a) Unethical business has damaged the society
b) ………………………………………………………….
a) The government is fighting Fraud and corruption
b) ………………………………………………………………..
a) Governments are spending public funds.

b) ………………………………………………………………. Prepared by: Miss Cherrak 