Question

You are visiting farm.Rewrite the questions more formally in the passive.

How often do they collect the eggs ?
How often are the eggs collected ?

How often do they milk the cows?
Do they make any cheese on the farm?
Why did you sell the horses?
Did you grow any potatoes last year?
Do you sell fruit locally, or do you export it?
When did they build the new barn?
What do they use it for?

Answer 1

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You are visiting a farm. Rewrite the questions more formally in the passive.

Tocmai vizitați o fermă. Rescrieți întrebările în mod mai formal, la diateza pasivă.

Exemplu:

• How often do they collect the eggs?
• How often are the eggs collected?

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Rezolvare:

1. Where do you keep the hens?

• Where are the hens kept?

2. How many eggs did you produce last year?

• How many eggs were produced last year?

3. How often do they milk the cows?

• How often are the cows milked?

4. Do they make any cheese on the farm?

• Is any cheese made at farm?

5. Why did you sell the horses?

• Why were the horses sold?

6. Did you grow any potatoes last year?

• Were any potatoes grown last year?

7. Do you sell fruit locally, or do you export it?

• Are your fruit sold locally or are they exported?

8. When did they build the new barn?

• When was the new barn built?

9. What do they use it for?

• What is it used for?

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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 cleaned the table.

Noi am șters masa.

The table was cleaned by us.

Masa a fost ștearsă de noi.

Diateza pasivă în limba engleză se formează din două elemente:

a.  forma verbului "to be" ("a fi") la timpul impus de indicii de timp

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b. participiul trecut al verbului de conjugat

Exemple:

This truck is driven every day. (Present Simple)

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

This truck was driven yesterday. (Past Simple)

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

This truck will be driven tomorrow. (Future Simple)