- The plane was refueled and took off for Mexico.
- A lot of crimes never get solved.
Only transitive verbs, those that take one or more objects, can be made passive
- No trace of Cooper has been found. (passive)
Intransitive verbs (verbs which do not take objects) cannot be made passive.
- The plane procceded to Mexico. (cannot be made a passive)
2. In writing and speaking, there are three instances in which the passive voice is recommended.
a. Whe we don't know or don't care who perfomed the action
- Then the plane was refueled and took off for Mexico.
b. When we want to avoid mentioning who performed the action.
- Have knowledgeable people been prevented from discussing the case?
c. When we want to focus on the receiver instead of the performer of the action
- Miguel had to have benn killed by the conbination fo the weather coditions and the impact of his fall.
3. Most commonly, the direct object in an active sentence becomes the subject in a passive sentence.
- Miguel hijacked the plane.(active)
- The plane was hijacked by Miguel.(passive)
However, it si common for a indirect object to be hte subject of a passive sentence.
- Miguel handed a note to the attendeant.
- The attendant was handed a note by Miguel.
4. The passive with get is mor informal than the passive with be. It si conversational and is charateristic of informal writing.
- If Pedro survived, will he ever get caught?
The get-passive sometimes is used to emphasize action and to focus on what happens to someone or something
- Did Torres get killed when he jumped from the plane?
5. Get and have are used to form the passive acusative. Use the passive causative to talk about services that people arrrage for someoneelse to do.
- Perhaps Torres got his hair dyed befor the hijacking to disguise himself.
Saby Chachi
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