Glossary Of The Programmes Of Study For English At Key Stages 1 And 2 Page 8
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16passive voice A
verb
in the passive voice:
A visit was arranged by the school.
•
is in its
past-participle
form (e.g. thrown, taken,
The ball was thrown.
helped)
•
follows the verb be
Active-voice versions:
The school arranged a visit.
He threw the ball.
•
has its normal (active)
object
and
subject
reversed.
Not passive voice:
He received a warning.
We had an accident.
Contrast
active
voice.
A verb is not “passive” just because it has a passive
meaning: it must be the passive-voice version of an
active-voice verb.
past tense
Verbs
in the past tense are commonly used to:
Tom and Cristy showed me their new TV. [names an event in the past]
•
talk about the past
Alex went on holiday to Brazil. [names an event in the past; irregular past of go]
I wish I had a puppy. [names an imagined situation, not a situation in the past]
•
talk about imagined situations
I was hoping you’d help tomorrow. [makes an implied request sound more polite]
•
make a request sound more polite.
Most verbs take a
suffix
–ed, to form their past tense, but
many commonly used verbs are irregular.
See also tense.
perfect
The perfect form of a
verb
generally calls attention to the
She has downloaded some songs. [present perfect; now we have some songs]
consequences of a prior situation. It is formed by:
I had eaten lunch when you came. [past perfect; I wasn’t hungry when you came]
•
taking the past
participle
of the verb (e.g. thrown,
taken, helped)
•
adding the verb have before it (e.g. she has helped).
It can also be combined with the
continuous
(e.g. he has
been reading).
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