Today, we looked at the Passive from p.82, 83 and 84 Some examples of passive sentences........ Medications are produced in Sligo. Potatoes are grown in Ireland. Champagne is made in France. William Roentgen discovered X-rays. X-rays were discovered by William Roentgen. The first sentence is an Active sentence - it has the normal word order - subject + verb + object The second sentence is a Passive sentence - the object comes first, as we consider it the most important part of the sentence. To make the passive, we need To be (am, is, are, was, were, have been, has been....) + past participle (3rd part of the verb) In the Present tense.....(am/are/is + past participle) Active: Doctors use X-rays in medicine. Passive: X-rays are used in medicine. In the Past tense......(was/were + past participle) Active: Someone stole my money last night. Passive: My money was stolen last night. In the Present Perfect......(have been/has...
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