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• I’ve known Jean for 27 years • I’ve had this headache for several hours Unit 9 is done/was done The passive voice. cars in Birmingham (active) Cars are made in Birmingham (passive) People make We are not interested in who made the cars (people, somebody, the workers etc). We are only interested in which city they are made . This is the passive voice: To be:
Note: The passive voice is NOT a tense, it does not relate to time. You can change the time by changing the verb ‘to be’. The house was damaged in the storm Many people have been taken prisoner Five people were killed in the accident My car is being repaired today More energy will be imported from Russia in the future Unit 10 used to A few years ago, I lived in a big city Today, I live in the countryside. I used to live in a big city. 15
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