THE PASSIVE VOICE
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<i>The English verb has two main voices: active, or active (the active voice), and passive, or passive (the passive voice). All verb tenses, s
which we have dealt with so far have been given in active pledge. These forms denote an action that is attributed to a person or object designated by the subject, that is
this person or object performs the action itself. With the predicate
in the passive voice, the person or object designated by the subject is not the producer of the action. Manufacturer
actions in this case can be represented by a person or an object expressed by an addition, or can be implied.
<br> The predicate form in the passive voice has the model to be
+ participle II, where participle II is a constant
(its form does not change), while the auxiliary verb
to be - variable value (it changes shape depending on
from time, person and number). Using verb tenses
in the passive voice obeys the same rules as in
active voice:
<br> Students of higher schools learn foreign languages.
<br> Here the predicate learn has the form of an active voice, which reflects a certain relationship between the subject and
predicate: the person designated by the subject, students of higher
schools performs the action expressed by the predicate:
<br> Foreign languages are learned by students of higher schools.
<br> In this transformation of the previous sentence, the predicate
used in the passive voice. This structure signals a change in the relationship between the subject and the predicate.
The subject indicated by the subject foreign languages is not the producer of the action, it is itself exposed to the action,
concluded in the meaning of the predicate. If you need to specify
the producer of the action, then its role is assumed by the addition, which in this case is used with the preposition by.
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<p> <b> Choose the correct form of the auxiliary verb to be in the predicate in the passive voice. </h2> </b> </p>
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1. Nowadays French impressionists <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> loved and admired by
both professionals and laymen.
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<span class="testanswer" >were</span>
<span class="testanswer" >have been </span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">are</span>
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2. A leap year <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> introduced by Julius Caesar and an extra
day was added to February which was the last month of the
Roman calendar.
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<span class="testanswer" >has been</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">was</span>
<span class="testanswer" >had been</span>
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3. One of the worst days of my life was when we returned from
holiday one summer to fi nd that our house <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> burgled.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had been</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has been</span>
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4. Bob’s parents said that he <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> sent any money until the
following month.
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<span class="testanswer" >will not be</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was not</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">would not be</span>
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5. The suspect <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> interviewed by Inspector Jarvis at ten o’clock
this morning.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">was being</span>
<span class="testanswer" >is being</span>
<span class="testanswer" >is</span>
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6. <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> informed about the change of plan yet?
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<span class="testanswer" >Were you being</span>
<span class="testanswer" >Are you being</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">Have you been</span>
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7. Who <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> the mobile phone invented by?
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">was</span>
<span class="testanswer" >is</span>
<span class="testanswer" >are</span>
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8. The contract <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> signed by both partners recently.
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<span class="testanswer" >was</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">has been</span>
<span class="testanswer" >had been</span>
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9. They suddenly realised that they <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> tricked
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<span class="testanswer" >were</span>
<span class="testanswer" >have been</span>
<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">had bee</span>
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10. Your help <span class="testgap testgapmiss testgapmissempty"></span> not needed any more; you may be free till
Friday.
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<span class="testanswer" data-answer="0">is</span>
<span class="testanswer" >was</span>
<span class="testanswer" >has not been</span>
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