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The passive / The passive Voice

by 영어쟁이 2023. 12. 2.

수동태에 대하여 알아봅니다.

1. 수동태는 언제 사용하는가?

  • Someone else does the action
  • It is not important or clear who does the action 예)My bike has been stolen.
  • To avoid blaming' someone. 예)I was told that ...

2. Tense(시제)에 따라 구분하여 능동태를 수동태로 바꾸어봅시다.

동사를 찾아서 시제에 맞추어 BE동사 + 과거분사 형태로 바꾸어줍니다.  verb 'to be' + past participle

1) Present Simple

  • Films inspire people to travel. -> People are inspired to travel by films.
  • Every year some people paint my friend's house. -> Every year my friend's house is painted.
  • My husband love me. -> I am loved by my husband.
  • People make red wine from red grapes. -> Red wine is made from red grapes.

2) Present Continuous

  • They are making the film on location. -> The film is being made on location.
  • The painters are painting the house at the moment. -> The house is being painted at the moment.

3) Present Perfect Simple 

  • Someone has stolen his bicycle. -> His bicycle has been stolen.
  • Thousands of fans have visited the country. -> The country has been visited by thousand of fans.

4) Past Simple

  • Joon-ho Bong directed 'Parasite'. -> 'Parasite' was directed by Joon-ho Bong.
  • She paid the bill. -> The bill was paid (by her).
  • JK Rowling wrote The Harry Potter books. The Harry Potter books were written by JK Rowling.

5) Past Continuous

  • People were building more community centres. -> More community centres were being build.
  • Someone was watching you. -> You were being watched.

6) Past Perfect Simple

  • Someone had given me the key yesterday. -> I had been given the key yesterday.

7) Future Simple with 'going to'

  • They are going to award him 1st prize. -> He is going to be awarded 1st prize.

8) Future with 'will'

  • They will release the film after next year. -> The film will be released after nex year.
  • Somebody will find a cure for cancer. -> A cure for cancer will be found.