The passive Form: BE + last form of the verb + additional information Tenses: Present: am/is/are It is made of paper. Past: was/were This picture was painted by Rubens. Present perfect: have/has been A shipwreck has been found in the sea. Future: will be The posters will be designed by the students. Modals: can be The signal can be heard from a distance. must be The podcast must be understood by everybody. should be The boys should be taken to hospital. How it works active In active sentences the subject is important. It tells you who or what does something. In aktiven Sätzen wird das Subjekt betont. Es ist wichtig, wer oder was etwas tut. subject predicate object additional information The students recorded a song. passive In passive sentences the action is more important than the person who does something. If you can give some additional information. For persons you must use “by”. In passiven Sätzen wird die Handlung betont. Du kannst zusätzliche Informationen anfügen. Für Personen verwendest du „by“. subject predicate object additional informtion A song was recorded by the students 141 one hundred and forty-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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