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The Passive Voice and Advanced Text Writing Unit 13: CFG S
The Passive Voice and Advanced Text Writing Unit 13: CFG S
TEXT WRITING
UNIT
CFG13 ADMINISTRACIÓN Y FINANZAS - ASISTENCIA A LA
DIRECCIÓN
S
THE PASSIVE VOICE
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
PHRASAL VERBS
THE PASSIVE VOICE
Use of the passive
Less individualistic.
Written language
Easier and clearer to read.
Spoken language
Less direct.
The agent can appear or not
The car was stolen by a man
Word order
Verb form
Agent
ACTIVE ORDER
Can be omitted
Their homework is done by them
or
I ME
YOU YOU
HE HIM
IT IT
WE US
YOU YOU
THEY THEM
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
COHERENCE AND
COHESION
COHERENCE: logical order in the text.
Coherent order
Cohesion devices
Coherent order
Ways to organize information:
Chronological order
Spacial order
Order of importance
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
Pronouns
Synonyms
Linking words