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Advanced Passive Forms

The document discusses various forms of the passive voice in English including: 1) The present and past passive forms with modal verbs. 2) Passive forms with verbs that take two objects, where either the direct or indirect object can become the subject. 3) Passive infinitive and -ing forms using "to be" or "being" plus the past participle. 4) The passive form of "make someone do something" using the to-infinitive.

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Advanced Passive Forms

The document discusses various forms of the passive voice in English including: 1) The present and past passive forms with modal verbs. 2) Passive forms with verbs that take two objects, where either the direct or indirect object can become the subject. 3) Passive infinitive and -ing forms using "to be" or "being" plus the past participle. 4) The passive form of "make someone do something" using the to-infinitive.

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PASSIVE WITH MODALS

PRESENT PAST
modal verb + be + past participle modal verb + have been + past
participle

The project must be completed by The competition should have been


tomorrow. cancelled after the accident.
Mobile phones may be used as directed Her Facebook profile must have been
by the staff. removed because I can’t find it.

PASSIVE FORMS WITH VERBS THAT TAKE TWO OBJECTS


Some verbs, e.g. ask, bring, buy, give, hand, offer, pay, promise, sell, send, show, teach, tell, etc.
can take a direct and an indirect object:
 The general manager promised John (indirect object) a pay rise. (direct object)
 The pupils gave the teacher (indirect object) a bunch of flowers. (direct object)
Depending on what we want to emphasise, we can begin with either the direct or the indirect
object:
 A pay rise was promised to John by the general manager. (direct object becomes the
subject, with emphasis on a pay rise)
 John was promised a pay rise by the general manager. (indirect object becomes the
subject, with emphasis on John)
 A bunch of flowers was given to the teacher by the pupils. (direct object becomes the
subject, with emphasis on a bunch of flowers)
 The teacher was given a bunch of flowers by the pupils. (indirect object becomes the
subject, with emphasis on the teacher)

PASSIVE INFINITIVE AND -ING FORMS


After verbs and phrases followed by a to- After verbs/phrases followed by an -ing
infinitive we form the passive infinitive with form we form the passive -ing form with
to be + past participle: being + past participle:

EXAMPLES
can’t afford, choose, decide, hope, need, be interested in, can’t stand, don’t mind,
prefer, pretend, refuse, want, would like enjoy, get tired of, hate, like/dislike, love,
miss
 Millions of people hope to be cured
 My teacher doesn’t mind being
of the disease.
asked millions of questions.
 At some point your son will need to
 I got tired of being criticised for my
be told the truth.
ideas.

THE PASSIVE OF MAKE SB DO STH


In the Passive we use the to-infinitive after make:
My mum made me clean my room. (Active)
 I was made to clean my room (by my mum). (Passive)

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