Can you remember how to form the passive? Check below
the highlighted passive forms in these two sentences:
Japan has a large number of volcanoes, sixty-seven of which
are considered active.
Since the 1960s Japan has been one of the leading industrial nations: steel,
ships, cars, cameras, electronic equipment, plastics, chemicals, etc.
are produced.
The passive form of the verb is made with the verb to
be, in the appropriate tense, followed by the past
participle:
Traditional products
have been replaced by industrial
ones.
European trade with Japan was begun in 1542.
Japan was being ruled by a
dictator when the Portuguese
came in 1542.
Japanese working methods will be studied by foreign
businessmen.
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SENTENCES
The object of an active verb becomes the subject of a passive verb:
ACTIVE:
Industrial products have replaced
traditional ones.
PASSIVE:
Traditional products have been replaced
by industrial ones.
In sentences like Japan was being ruled by
a dictator, the part of the sentence
introduced by by is called the agent.
IMPORTANT: The agent in a passive sentence is the
same person or thing as the subject of an active sentence: A dictator was ruling
Japan.
In many passive sentences there is no agent, because in these sentences it is
usually not important to say who or what something is done by:
Sixty-seven
volcanoes in Japan are considered active.
ACTIVITY 81:
Match each sentence (1-10) with an appropriate
passive ending (a-j). Then check the
correct answers.
1
The
heatwave
A
was first reached in 1953.
2
Before it rains, the grapes
B
will be flooded.
3
By 1980 large areas of rainforest
C
is going to be provided with fresh water.
4
If the rain continues, the low-lying villages
D
expected to continue for several weeks.
5
A new map of the highland areas
E
is being drawn.
6
It's
the first time a woman
F
must be picked.
7
The summit of Mount Everest
G
were being counted
8
This week's earthquake victims
H
has been elected president there.
9
The candidates looked nervous when the votes
I
had already been destroyed.
10
Next year the
desert region
J
have been given temporary accommodation.
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