Passives
Simple Present Passive
SUBJECT AM/IS/ARE Most paper ts Trees are PAST PARTICIPLE made transported
from wood. to paper mills.
Simple Past Passive
SUBJECT The Taj Mahal Hamlet The trees WAS/WERE was was were PAST PARTICIPLE built written blown down
by Shah Jehan. in about 1600. by a big storm.
Active and passive The Chinese invented paper. Paper was invented by the Chinese.
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. Hamlet was written in 1600. -ing form and past participle She is watching TV. That programme is watched by 30 million people every week. When I went to see her she was writing letters. Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
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