grammar · neutral

be + past participle

Band 4-5speakingtask1task2

Passive voice: used to focus on the action or the receiver of the action rather than the doer.

Examples

“The report was written by the student.”

“English is spoken in many countries.”

“The window has been broken.”

Band 8 sentence

“The findings were published in an international journal and have since influenced policy decisions.”

Collocations

  • be + past participle + by + agent
  • be + past participle + in + year

Common mistakes

The book wrote by him.→The book was written by him.

They are publish the report.→The report is published / The report was published.

Say it for a higher band

5subject + V2 (active)→6have + past participle (present perfect passive forms confusion)→7+be + past participle

Synonyms

active voice

Easily confused

active voice (subject + V + object)

“She wrote the letter.”

Related words

have / has + past participlesubject + V(s) (simple present)be about to + base verbbe + V-ingso + adjective/adverb + that + clauseIf + present perfect, will + base verbNot only + clause, but also + clausewill have been + V-ing

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