Articles tagged with: present-passive
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Man: So multi-level marketing…
Woman: That is right.
Man: So what exactly is that?
Woman: Oh just. You can go into the website. There are just thousands. It …
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Mark: I am just sitting here at a cafe in the Pahar Ganj area of New Delhi with Michael. Michael, you are not feeling very …
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Woman: When I finished school I went to university, Melbourne University, and studied science, a bachelor of science . I then did my honours …
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An American Guy: One of the critical events (in his life) was when he was looking up in the sky and the sky split …
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Mark: So the creation is sustained by prayer?
Swami: It is sustained by divine will. …
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Axel: What kind of churches were they?
Isabel: There are churches now, but they were not obviously churches then, but they are temples in the shape …
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The Canadian: It is a land-based rig.
The Aussie: Uh-huh.
The Canadian: And we are drilling mainly for gas.
The Aussie: M-hm.
The Canadian: Natural gas. The wells …
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Australian Man: Five thousand years ago?
Chinese Man: Maybe two thousand five hundred years ago.
Australian Man: Years ago.
Chinese Man: During the Qin Dynasty.
Australian Man: Uh-huh.
Chinese Man: …
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Mark: So you came to Toronto when you were about two and a half?
Burke: M-hm. Yep.
Mark: And your parents, were they Canadian or?
Burke: Yeah …
Passive voice looks like this:
1. Active Voice
Australian people speak English.
2. Passive Voice
English is spoken in Australia (by Australian people).
Note that the object (English) became the subject.
Practice Passive Voice in a Discussion
Listen to the conversation (London …

