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Passive Voice - Coggle Diagram
Passive Voice
HOW?
Present simple
Are
Presnt continous
Are being
Past simple
was
Past continous
Were being
Present perfect
Have been
Past Perfect
Was been
Modals
can, can´t, should
can be
Will be
When?
Obvious who does on the action
the criminals were arrested
Obvious that police didi it
Is not important who did the action.
My câmera broke, so I was sent a new one.
Doesn´t matter who sent.
Me mandaram
Don´t know who
My car was stolen
Don´t want to say who
House hasn´t been cleaned again.
Verbs can be active or passive.
Depends of the focus of the sentence