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§ 1. The formation of the Passive Voice.

The Passive Voice is formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the required form and Participle II of the notional verb.

  1. The Present, Past and Future Indefinite Passive are formed by means of the Present, Past and Future Indefinite of the aux­iliary verb to be and Participle II of the notional verb.

Present Indefinite Passive

I am invited He is invited . She is invited We are invited You are invited They are invited

Past Indefinite Passive

I was invited He was invited She was invited We were invited You were invited They were invited

Future Indefinite Passive

I shall be invited He will be invited She will be invited We shall be invited You will be invited They will be invited

  1. The Present, Past and Future Perfect Passive are formed by means of the Present, Past and Future Perfect of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle II of the notional verb.

Present Perfect Passive

I have been invited He has been invited She has been invited We have been invited You have been invited They have been invited

Past Perfect Passive

I had been invited He had been invited She had been invited We had been invited You had been invited They had been invited

Future Perfect

Passive

1

I shall have been invited He will have been invited She will have been invited We shall have been invited You will have been invited They will have been invited

  1. The Present Continuous arift the Past Continuous Passive are formed by means of the Present Continuous and the Past Con­tinuous of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle II of the notional verb.

Present Continuous Passive

I am being invited He is being invited She is being invited We are being invited You are being invited They are being invited

Past Continuous Passive

I was being invited He was being invited She was being invited We were beings invited You were being invited They were being invited

The Future Continuous, the Present Perfect Continuous, the Past Perfect Continuous and the Future Perfect Continuous are not found in the Passive Voice.

§ 2. The use of the Passive Voice.

The Passive Voice can be used:

  1. without the doer of the action being mentioned (the usual case). In this case the doer is either unknown or unimportant.

In silence the soup was finished — excellent, if a little thick; and fish was brought. In silence it was handed. (Galsworthy)

Tom Tusher was sent off early, however, to a school in Lon­don. (Thackeray)

  1. ) with the doer of the action being mentioned. This occurs milV when the doer of the action is to some extent emphasized.

The noun or pronoun denoting the doer of the action is intro­duced by the preposition by.

He was wrenched from his blank wretchedness by the sound of the door opening from his mother’s room. (Galsworthy)

They were thus introduced by Holly. (Galsworthy)

This room was dimly lighted from the ceiling by a single elec­tric lamp. (Bennett)