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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE We use the active form to say what the subject does. We use the passive form to say what happens to the subject. When the passive form is used, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant. If you want to say who or what causes the action you use "BY ". For passive constructions you need the 1. PAST PARTICIPLE and a form of 2. A FORM OF TO BE Not all verbs can be transformed into the PASSIVE. They are intransitive. (v/i.= verb intransitive)

Constructing the Passive: A passive form consists of a. a form of the auxiliary be b. a past participle For example:

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is am are was were has been have been had been will be is being were being ....

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