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passive voice and reported speech (tenses… (present continuous - past…
passive voice and reported speech
use when …
the action is more important than the subject
the doer is irrelevant, unknown or obvious
describe a process
structure
subject + verb + agent
examples
active: Susana is cooking soup
passive: the soup is being cook by Susana
tenses…
present continuous - past continuous
present perfect - past perfect
present simple - past simple
past simple - past perfect
can - could
will - would
may - might
examples
direct: my best friend gave me a bracelet .
reported: She said that her best friend had given her a bracelet .
structure
subject + verb + object +that + reported clause
?: subject + asked + if or wh… + reported clause