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PAST PASSIVE VOICE. - Coggle Diagram
PAST PASSIVE VOICE.
Past continous passive.
Use.
We use Past Continuous Passive to describe actions or events happening at a definite moment in the past when we want to focus attention on the person or thing affected by the action, when the subject is unknown, unclear or irrelevant or when we talk about general truths.
Examples.
Positive example :check:
A novel was being written by her.
Negative example :no_entry:
I saw that a birthday cake wasn't being made.
Question example :question:
Was the computer being used?
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Past Perfect Passive.
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Uses.
We use the Past Perfect in voice pasive for expresses previous actions or states with additional past implications that began in the past and continued up to another specific point in the past while moving an object from an active sentence into the subject position.
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Past simple.
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Examples.
Positive example :check:
The damage was caused by a fire.
Negative example :no_entry:
The soccer game wasn't played in the evening.
Question example :question:
Was he played the soccer game?
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