Grammar time

THE PASSIVE
MS. Niki
 ALL FORMS
-We use the passive when we aren't interesed in who or what does/did the
action.

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Killers are sentenced to prison.
Raquel was arrested last month
He was killed by his son.

-STRUCTURE: Verb to be + past participle.

 CAUSATIVE
-We use the causative to refer to something that is done to us.

I've had my bank account hacked

I had my ear pierced

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-STRUCTURE: HAVE + OBJECT+PARTICIPLE.
 REPORTED PASSIVE
To make the information more impersonal we use the following structure.
Main verbs: tell, know, believe, understand, report, say,think

It is believed that the theft went away

The man is said to be in his 50

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-STRUCTURE: VERB TO BE +PARTICIPLE.