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THE PASSIVE VOICE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Active: The waiter will serve the customers.
      - Passive: The customers will be served by the waiter.
    - - Active: The waiter will have served the customers.
      - Passive: The customers will have been served by the waiter.
    - - Active: The waiter must serve the customers.
      - Passive: The customers must be served by the waiter.
    - - Active: The waiter must have served the customers.
      - Passive: The customers must have been served by the waiter.
    - - Active: The waiter has to serve the customers.
      - Passive: The customers have to be served by the waiter.
    - - Active: The waiter is going to serve the customers.
      - Passive: The customers are going to be served by the waiter.
- - - - → The box was filled with valuable jewellery by Claire.
  - - - → Her flat was rented out last summer.
- - - - A. IT + PASSIVE OPINION VERB + THAT CLAUSE
      - ▪ People say that Sam is in the UK → It is said that Sam is in the UK. ▪ They believe that she works hard → It is believed that she works hard
      - B. SUBJECT + PASSIVE OPINION VERB + TO INFINITIVE
      - ▪ People say that Sam is in the UK→ Sam is said to be in the UK
      - ▪ They believe that she works hard → She is believed to work hard