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(Unit 8, page 88)

GRAMMAR. The passive voice

Look at these sentences in the active voice and the passive voice.

Active voice:

Picasso painted Guernica in 1937.

Passive voice: Guernica was painted by Picasso in 1937.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these grammar rules. Circle the correct answers.
1. The active voice focuses on the ____ of the action.
a. performer (subject)
b. receiver (object)
2. The passive voice focuses on the ____ of the action.
a. performer (subject)
b. receiver (object)
3. Use a by phrase when it is ____ to identify the performer of the action.
a. important
b. not important

Look at these other examples.

These vases are made in Korea.
The Mona Lisa has been kept at the Louvre Museum since 1797.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete this grammar rule. Circle the correct answers.
Form the passive voice with a form of (be / have / do) and the (present / past) participle
of a verb.

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Unit 8