2020-02-25 Grammar: passive questions and answers

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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passive = [be] + past participle
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active: A thief stole my car.
passive: My car was stolen (by a thief).
active: Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
passive: The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

Why to use passive?
- I don’t know who did the action.
- The important thing is what received the action (my car / the Mona Lisa).
	(The painting doesn’t do any actions, it only receives actions other people do.)
- The agent (who did the action) is unimportant or obvious.
	(Soccer is played all over the world. Paper was invented in China.)
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Passive question forms:
simple past:
y/n	Was she given a ticket? / Were you driven to school this morning?
					Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
info-	How were you driven? / Where was this invented? / What were you given for Christmas?
present perfect:
y/n	Have you been hurt in a car accident?
	Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
info-	Where has he been seen?
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the passive form (“be” and the verb) goes at the end of the verb phrase; perfect and continuous auxiliary verbs come first
active: He had already written the book before we met.
passive: The book had already been written before we met.
active: They were building the house when I visited.
passive: The house was being built when I visited.
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https://www.teach-this.com/downloads/1137-passive-question-time/file
Walk around and ask your classmates yes/no questions to find people who’ve had these things happen to them. If your partner answers “yes”, find out more information.