PASSIVE REVISION

The passive is frequently used in

scientific writing because the fr! is
impersonal and objective"
All passive fr!s are fr!ed in the
sa!e way"
The tense f the verb #t be$ changes
indicating different tenses in passive"
Subject + to be + past participle
%&' (O %E )SE PASSIVE
*
+" I, T&E A-ENT .S)/0E1T2 IS
)N3NO%N OR IRRE4EVANT
e"g" This engine was prduced befre the
%rld %ar II"
5" I, T&E A-ENT IS STRESSE( IN T&E
SENTEN1E
e"g" Each part f a gun culd be !ade by
machines.
1!plete the fllwing sentences using the
passive r active respectively6
*
+" 7any years ag all aircraft 8888888888
by pistn engines .pwer2"
*
5" Nwadays nly s!e 88888888 in
airline service" .re!ain2
*
9" Turbine engines 8888888 befre %rld
%ar II" .test2
*
:" The prpeller 8888888888 the pwer f
an engine int thrust".transfr!2
REPORTIN- %IT& PASSIVE
VER/S
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Active Passive
*
Peple say It is said
*
Peple believe It is believed
*
Peple cnsider""" It is cnsidered
*
Peple assu!e It is assu!ed
*
Peple allege"" It is alleged
*
Peple suppse It is suppsed
*
Peple e;pect It is e;pected
PRESENT IN,INITIVE.t be2 OR
PER,E1T IN,INITIVE .t have been2
Peple say that
he is a gd
!an"
It is said that
he is a gd
!an"
He is said to
be a gd !an"
Peple say that
he was a gd
!an" .Suppse
that he died""2
It is said that
he was a gd
!an"
He is said to
have been a
gd !an"
Peple say r peple said
Peple said that he was
a gd !an"
Peple believed that he
was a thief"
Peple suppsed that
she was a nice lady"
&e was said t have
been a gd !an"
&e was believed t have
been a thief"
She was suppsed t
have been a nice lady"
Rewrite the fllwing sentences beginning
with the wrds in italics6
+" It is reprted that the internal combustion
engine is the main cause of air pollution"
5" Peple believe that America without cars
is unthin<able"
9" It is suppsed that 10 million new cars
wuld rll ut fr! factries each year"
:" It was thught that standardization of
parts and assembly line were
respnsible fr !ass prductin f cars=
+"The internal c!bustin engine is reprted
t be the !ain cause f air pllutin"
5" A!erica withut cars is believed t be
unthin<able"
9"Ten !illin new cars were suppsed t
have rlled ut f factries each year"
:"Standardi>atin f parts and asse!bly line
were thught t have been respnsible fr
!ass prductin f cars"
7a<e passive using the change f
cnstructin""
*
It is cnsidered that the petrl tan< is
dangerus" The petrl tan<""
*
Peple believe that he was <illed by
terrrists"&e is believed""
*
Peple suppse that he is ar!ed"
*
Peple say s!ebdy has sht yur
uncle"
*
Peple generally cnsider hi! a nice
persn"
RE%RITE T&E RA(IO NE%S STOR' )SIN- PASSIVE
1ONSTR)1TIONS %&ERE APPROPRIATE
*
Peple have hailed a teenage girl a her after she
?u!ped int a canal t save a child@s life" 3ate 7illsA
threeA fell int the canal while strapped int her
pushchair" Severel passersBby saw the incident fr! the
twBpathA but it was the girl wh leapt int the water and
dragged the buggy t the surface" A passing fire!an
pulled 3ate and the girl fr! the water and an
a!bulance t< the! t hspital" They discharged the!
bth after a brief chec<Bup" They have nt yet identified
the girlA wh left the hspital withut revealing her na!eA
but lcals believe she is fr! utside the area"
REWRIE HE !EWS S"R# $SI!% PASSI&E '"!SR$'I"!S
WHERE APPR"PRIAE
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A heroic coc(atoo that someone (illed last month as
it tried to de)end its owner may not have died in vain.
People claim that *+ird* who its owner named a)ter
the bas(etball player ,arry +ird- may provide vital
evidence in a murder trial. When someone )atally
attac(ed +ird*s owner- .evin +utler- at his home in
e/as- the coc(atoo )ou0ht bac(. +ird mana0ed to
wound the two assailants be)ore they stabbed it to
death with a )or(. !ow people hope that 1!A they
scrape )rom +ird*s claws will help convict the
suspected (illers.
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A heric cc<at that was <illed last !nth as it tried t
defend its wner !ay nt have died in vain" It@s clai!ed
that @/ird@ wh its wner na!ed after the bas<etball
player 4arry /irdA !ay prvide vital evidence in a !urder
trial" %hen /en@s wnerA 3evin /utler was fatally
attac<ed at his h!e in Te;asA the cuc<at fught bac<"
/ird !anaged t wund the tw assailants befre being
stabbed t death with a fr<" Nw it@s hped that (NA
scraped fr! /ird@s claws will help cnvict the suspected
<illers" . NwA (NA scraped fr! /ird@s claws is hped t
help cnvict the suspected <illers2