My English Portfolio by Marta Fernandes

PASSIVE VOICE

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 15:44:38 UTC

Basicallly, in the active voice, the subject of the sentence  DOES the action and in the passive voice, the subject of the sentence RECEIVES the action.

Post 1

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 15:49:02 UTC

The e-lesson I liked the most was nº10. In that class we did more challenging exercises about the passive voice and I think that this was a good form of consolidate this matter.

RULES

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 15:53:56 UTC

Make the object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence.
Use the verb “to be” in the same tense as the main verb of the active sentence.
Use the past participle of the main verb of the active sentence.

USE

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 16:00:32 UTC

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We do not know who did the action;
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The receiver of the action is more important.

EXAMPLES

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 16:01:46 UTC

The documents were stolen. (we don’t know who stole the documents)
The pyramids were built nearly 5,000 years ago by the ancient Egyptians.
(we want to emphasize “pyramids” more than “ancient Egyptians”)

EXAMPLES

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-13 16:07:58 UTC

John painted the house last week.
The house was painted last week

Post 2

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-15 16:41:37 UTC

RELATIVE CAUSES

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-15 16:57:55 UTC

Ollie: Hey, Daiz, you remember that Mum was talking about putting videos up on her blog?
Daisy: Yeah.
Ollie: Well, she’s got the first one up. It looks pretty cool.
Daisy: Oh, right. Where is she at the moment? Peru, isn’t it?
Ollie: I think she’s in Bolivia now, but the video’s from yesterday, when she was on the
Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca.
Daisy: OK, let’s have a look.
Sophie: Hi, everyone. Today I’m visiting the floating Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca.
Sophie: The people who live here have had the same kind of lifestyle for hundreds of years. The amazing thing about these islands is that they are man-made and made out of plants. The islanders pick the tall reeds that grow at the sides of the lake and use them to make the islands. Every three months they have to put down new reeds. If they didn’t, the islands would sink into the lake! Oh, yeah, and as I said, the islands float, so they have to be anchored to the bottom of the lake with rope, like a boat.

Post 5

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-15 17:03:38 UTC

Hi, I´m Marta and I'm tired of being home. I miss my friends so much. I've been home for 2 months and I'm exhausted from doing "nothing", just being here, sitting on a chair in front of my computer doing a lot of things but doing absolutely nothing at the same time. I hope that all this ends quickly and coronavírus go way once for all.

Post 6

martalrf2005 — 2020-05-26 10:45:37 UTC

Post 7

martalrf2005 — 2020-06-11 12:59:09 UTC