Question

Change the Active Constructions into Passive ones. 1) We received this letter aft er his departure. 2) Have the dogs ever attacked you? 3) Th e man is selling chocolate and ice-cream. 4) Bees gather honey from fl owers. 5) Th ey have told Steve about this. 6) Th ey brought the piano into the room. 7) You see, the storm is driving the ship against the rock. 8) Th e little boy will show you the way. 9) He teaches pupils many useful things. 10) Who discovered the circulation of blood? 11) I ca

Answer 1

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PASSIVE VOICE

Change the active constructions into passive ones.

Treceţi construcţiile aflate la diateza activă în cele la diateza pasivă.

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Rezolvarea exerciţiului:

1) We received this letter after his departure.

This letter was received by us after his departure.

2) Have the dogs ever attacked you?

Have you ever been attacked by the dogs?

3) The man is selling chocolate and ice-cream.

Chocolate and ice-cream are being sold by the man.

4) Bees gather honey from flowers.

Honey is gathered by bees from flowers.

5) They have told Steve about this.

Steve has been told about this.

6) They brought the piano into the room.

The piano was brought by them into the room.

7) You see, the storm is driving the ship against the rock.

You see, the ship is being driven by the storm against the rock.

8) The little boy will show you the way.

The way will be shown to you by the little boy.

9) He teaches pupils many useful things.

Pupils are taught many useful things by him.

10) Who discovered the circulation of blood?

Who was the circulation of blood discovered by?

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Observaţii:

Diateza pasivă se foloseşte pentru a arăta interesul faţă de persoana sau obiectul care este supus/supusă acţiunii şi nu faţă de cine a făcut acţiunea.

We ate all the cookies.

Noi am mâncat toate prăjiturile.

All the cookies were eaten by us.

Toate prăjiturile au fost mâncate de noi.

Diateza pasivă în limba engleză se formează din două elemente:

• forma verbului "to be" ("a fi") la timpul impus de indicii de timp
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• participiul trecut al verbului de conjugat

Exemple:

This car is driven every day. (Present Simple)

This car is being driven right now. (Present Continuous)

This car was driven yesterday. (Past Simple)

This car has been driven for about 10 days. (Present Perfect Simple)

This car will be driven tomorrow. (Future Simple)