Passive by Giulia Rocchi https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56 Use of the passive and its characteristics en-us 2017-02-10 11:01:37 UTC 2025-12-06 12:21:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png The construction rocchigiulia349 https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56/wish/157572258 We make the passive by putting the verb 'to be' into whatever tense we need and then adding the past participle. For regular verbs, we make the past participle by adding 'ed' to the infinitive; for irregular verbs, we use the third voice of the paradigm.

[Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]]]> 2017-03-03 10:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56/wish/157572258 rocchigiulia349 https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56/wish/157572745
Passive Form

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

]]> 2017-03-03 11:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56/wish/157572745 Verbal forms emily27301 https://padlet.com/rocchigiulia349/xjd0g3ubfe56/wish/158513679                                 Sogg+ to be + participio passato + resto della frase
Present simple                     The house is cleaned every day.
Present continuous             The house is being cleaned at the moment.
Simple past                           The house was before they arrived.
Futuro                                    The house will be cleaned next week.
Condizionale presente        The house would be cleaned if they had visitors.
Condizionale passato         The house would have been cleaned if it had been dirty.
Infinito                                   The house must be cleaned before we arrive.


Con gli ausiliari modali, con il verbo have to e con il futuro intenzionale to be going to la trasformazione della frase da attiva a passiva si effettua sull'infinito del verbo che segue: 
- se l'infinto è al presente, si usa l'infinito presente del verbo essere to be + Past Participle del verbo della forma attiva
- se l'infinito è al passato, si usa l'infinito passato del verbo essere to have been + Past Participle del verbo della forma attiva.
 Attenzione: i modali non sono mai seguiti dal to del verbo che segue.
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