Passive oefentoets

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In a passive sentence, the subject is ...

1. doing the action
2. passive-aggressive
3. counterbalancing the action
4. undergoing the action

The passive voice consists of two parts, namely ...

1. to have + past participle
2. to be + past participle
3. to go + past participle
4. to do + past partciple

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Passive - Advanced Structures

Used in formal language with believe, know, report, say, and think

It was believed by many people that tomatoes were poisonous. It is now known that they are not.

Tea is known to have originated in China. (present belief)

Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: They once believed that the earth was flat. It...

1. Passive with modals

He should have been told to stay at home. 

You might be surprised by him.

Works the same as regular passive, just add a modal

Beware: Don't forget to use the same tense in the passive as in the active sentence

You should answer the easy questions first.
Turn into a passive sentence: The easy questions......

He wants _______ ('to be' + send) home.

want is followed by a to infinitive

3. Passive reporting structure

options with reporting verbs

--> It + reporting verb in the passive  +  that

It is assumed that girls are better in maths than boys.

--> Subject +  reporting verb in the passive + to infinitive

Girls are claimed to understand maths better. 

--> There +  reporting verb in the passive + to infinitive(to have + infinitive for past events) 

There is expected to be a bonfire late at night.  

It _______ ('to be'+ believe + that) the virus is no longer in the country.

We __________('to be'+ suppose+ 'to be') living under strict rules until the virus is gone.

There ________ a lot of confusion about certain rules; which ones do we follow?

1. seems to be
2. seems to being
3. seems to have been

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