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8.

Present and Past Simple


passive
When do we use the passive?
We use the passive when we think what happens is more
important than who does it, or when we don’t know who
does it.

The museum is visited by four million people each


year.
The museum was opened in 1890, but the
paintings weren’t given to the museum until
1975.
When were the paintings
stolen?

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How many examples can you find in this text of:
a) Present Simple passive, b) Past Simple
passive?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was written by
Swedish author Stieg Larsson and is the first of
a successful series of crime novels. The series
is sold in over fifty countries. Larsson died
suddenly in 2004, so the series wasn’t
completed by its original author. But after
many years, new books in the series were
published. They weren’t written by Larsson,
but they are based on his ideas.

There are two examples of Present Simple


There are four examples of Past Simple passive.
passive.

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How do we make the passive?
The passive
Present Simple I am often punished at school for my naughty behaviour.
passive
The performance is based on Agatha Christie’s novel.
The tickets for the performance aren’t sold To say who
online. performed an action,
Are shoplifters always caught by the police?
use by.
Past Simple passive The witness was interviewed yesterday.
The criminals were arrested on Monday.
By comes at the
He wasn’t found guilty. end of a
Who were the robbers punished by? question.

We use the passive when we We form the passive with


think what happens is more the correct form of the verb
important than who does it, or to be and the past
when we don’t know who does participle.
it.

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Practice Time
Complete the second sentence so that it
means the same as the first sentence.

1. Someone damaged the school gate last The school gate was damaged last night
night. ____________________________________.

aren’t used just for fun


2. Nobody uses CCTV cameras just for fun. CCTV cameras
_____________________________________.
wasn’t seen in Hyde Park on Sunday
3. Nobody saw the suspect in Hyde Park on
Sunday. The suspect
the robbers chased by the police
________________________________________.

4. Did the police chase the robbers?


Were fingerprints found on food as well
______________________________________________ ?
5. Do people find fingerprints on food as well?
was stolen
Are
6. Someone stole my aunt’s bag. ________________________________________________
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