{"id":1925,"date":"2026-03-26T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/?post_type=gramatica&#038;p=1925"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:12:50","slug":"passive-voice","status":"publish","type":"gramatica","link":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/gramatica\/grammatical-tenses-mood-and-voice\/passive-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1925\" class=\"elementor elementor-1925\" data-elementor-post-type=\"gramatica\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eda83db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eda83db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d8772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3d8772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Be + Past Participle\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"1d8bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p>In the passivevoice the <b>Complement\u00a0<\/b>of the active voice\u00a0<b>becomes<\/b>\u00a0the\u00a0<b>Subject\u00a0<\/b>and the verb (<b>past participle<\/b>) is\u00a0<b>preceded by \"be\"<\/b>\u00a0(\"be\" must agree with the tense of the active voice). The subject of the action is then used as a complement introduced by\u00a0<b>\"by\"\u00a0<\/b>(if the speaker considers it is necessary to mention.)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The President<span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\"> is giving <\/span>a speech. (Active voice: the subject does the action)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">A speech <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">is being<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">given<\/span> <strong>by<\/strong> the President. (Passive voice: the subject doesn't do the action)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">They <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">arrested<\/span> the thief. (active voice) \/ The thief <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">was<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">arrested<\/span>. (passive voice)<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0803c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0803c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We often use the passive:\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef1a6f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"ef1a6f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <ul><li>so that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information<\/li><li>when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, it's not known, it's obvious or we don't want to say)<\/li><li>in more formal or scientific writing.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The interview <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">was<\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\"> recorded<\/span> yesterday.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cleaner sources of energy <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#CE82FF;\">must<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">be<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">developed.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">An electrical fault <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">is <\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">believed <\/span>to have caused the power cut.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a39c3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"a4a39c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n                            <h3 class=\"tlw-title\">Exercises<\/h3>\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Fij3lIND-u_QitvT0jIUaXVaWOjxvihG\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">    Passive voice<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ADfmlTOnQbEobSjTDeaDsSKB32bOEOoh\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Active\/Passive voice    <\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b346213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b346213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The impersonal and personal passive\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26a972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"d26a972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p>The impersonal passive is used with reporting verbs such as <b><em>allege<\/em>, <em>believe<\/em>, <\/b><b>\u00a0<em>claim<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>consider<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>estimate<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>expect<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>know<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>report<\/em>,\u00a0 <em>say<\/em>, <em>think<\/em>,\u00a0<em>understand<\/em>, etc<\/b>. It reports what an unspecified group of people say or believe.<\/p><p>The impersonal passive has\u00a0<b>two forms<\/b>:<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be6425f elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"be6425f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#E8DF233B;--tlw-tag-color:#A69E14;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#BDBA2F5E;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#777016;\">\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">1 - Impersonal <\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13fb79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"d13fb79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p style=\"text-align: center;\">it + <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">be<\/span> + <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">past participle<\/span> + (that) + subject + verb:<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d65c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"a3d65c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>It <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">is<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">estimated<\/span> that millions of people visit the site every year.<br \/>It <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">is<\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\"> believed <\/span>that the walls date from the third century BCE.<br \/>It <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">is<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">reported<\/span> that mosquitoes transmit the disease.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a6d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"10a6d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p style=\"text-align: center;\">It <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">has<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">been<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">alleged<\/span> that members ....<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">It<span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\"> was<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">said<\/span> that members...<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b799c elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"11b799c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#E8DF233B;--tlw-tag-color:#A69E14;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#BDBA2F5E;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#777016;\">\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">2 - Personal <\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2adbecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"2adbecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p style=\"text-align: center;\">someone\/something + <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">be<\/span> + <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">past participle<\/span> + infinitive:<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3afa02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"3afa02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>Millions of people <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">are<\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\"> estimated<\/span> to visit the site every year.<br \/>The walls<span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\"> are<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">believed <\/span>to date from the third century BCE.<br \/>Mosquitoes <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">are<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">reported <\/span>to transmit the disease.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08db1b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"08db1b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Members <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">have<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">been<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">alledged<\/span> to...<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Members <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">were<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">said<\/span> to ...<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6320a elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"3d6320a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p>Note that the infinitive can be simple (as above), perfect (for a past action) or continuous (for an action in progress).<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198488d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"198488d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>Millions <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">are <\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">estimated<\/span> to visit the site this year. (<strong>simple infinitive<\/strong>)<br \/>The walls <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">are<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">believed<\/span> to have been built in the third century BCE. (<strong>perfect infinitive<\/strong>)<br \/>Mosquitoes <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">are<\/span><span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\"> reported<\/span> to be transmitting the disease. (<strong>continuous infinitive<\/strong>)<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b921df6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"b921df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n                            <h3 class=\"tlw-title\">Exercises<\/h3>\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10ncGAvFxAbK2IoNXZM4zsqnAQeUwquQu\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\"> (Im)personal Passive 1<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uJHkWHaq3nIf3STyMWfCHfMoAKVVWEbt\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\"> (Im)personal Passive 2<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11140QlvweN65No3jaSHrBvu0bOVjXlT_\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\"> (Im)personal Passive 3<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1nhyCSA3ZrF9E2kDUrveBSu1W2VBBF_Sg\/edit?usp=drive_link&#038;ouid=113837372869915366429&#038;rtpof=true&#038;sd=true\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\"> (Im)personal 4<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ab2ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63ab2ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Passive infinitives and gerunds\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb01d1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"eb01d1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p>We use passive infinitives or passive gerunds to describe actions which are done to the subject.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">He is too young <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">to be<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">allowed<\/span> to be here.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This place needs <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">to be<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">taken care<\/span> of.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">I don\u2019t mind <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">being<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">told<\/span> what to do.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">He denied <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">having<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">been offered<\/span> money to kill the senator.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77a470 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"d77a470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kmgiRkNlfW7E8x-IMqVhE1qr0UiFMvRQ\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">When to use gerund (-ing) and infinitive<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e03021 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"9e03021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n                            <h3 class=\"tlw-title\">Exercises<\/h3>\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GoLSTZDi-bZsnQMIieJewz5OETAFHZaJ\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Exercise 1<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Np95Rs5ZM7OXx4zU2MrtGD_zsHGhSfSa\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Exercise 2<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18X-2WaXr5ft4EmT-vFZ2iZhbSI2KceA8\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Exercise 3<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcaaad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcaaad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The passive with \"get\"\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c328763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"c328763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p>In informal English, get is sometimes used instead of be to form the passive.<\/p><p>My bike <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">got\/was<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">stolen<\/span> last night.<\/p><p>We <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">got\/were<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">outplayed<\/span> by the French team.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1465c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b1465c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Have something done<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f66c23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"2f66c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p class=\"p dp\"><span class=\"target dtarget\">We use\u00a0<b><span class=\"ti\">have<\/span>\u00a0+ object + Past Participle\u00a0<\/b>when we talk about someone doing something for us which we ask or instruct them to do. It emphasises the process\/action rather than who performs it:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">We<span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">'re having<\/span> the house <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">painted<\/span> next week.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">(We are not going to paint the house ourselves. Someone else will paint it. The emphasis is on the fact that the house is being painted rather than who is doing it.)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">They <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had<\/span> they car <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">stolen<\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">(\u2018They\u2019 are affected by the action of the car being stolen but they did not cause this to happen.)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hundreds of people <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had <\/span>their houses <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#58CC02;\">destroyed<\/span> <strong>by<\/strong> the hurricane,<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Hundreds of people were affected by the hurricane, which they did not cause.)<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6703196 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"6703196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mwp2mSU7gStCDlg5pJUVsS54pUE1spAE\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Exercise<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0df3786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0df3786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asking or instructing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ca793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"58ca793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p class=\"p dp\"><span class=\"target dtarget\">We use the pattern\u00a0<b><i class=\"ti\">have<\/i>\u00a0+ object + infinitive<\/b>\u00a0<b>without\u00a0<i class=\"ti\">to<\/i><\/b>\u00a0when we talk about instructing someone (underlined) to do something. We use it to emphasise who performed the action:<\/span><\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33dae5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"33dae5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>I<span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#CE82FF;\">\u2019ll<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">have <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Harry<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">book<\/span> you a taxi. (I will instruct Harry to book a taxi for you. Emphasis is on who will do the action more than on the action.)<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4386a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"4386a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>He <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kay<\/span> <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">make<\/span> us all some tea.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-845d901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"845d901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talking about an experience\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478d87f elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"478d87f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p class=\"p dp\"><span class=\"target dtarget\">We use\u00a0<b><i class=\"ti\">have<\/i>\u00a0+ object\u00a0<i class=\"ti\">+ -ing<\/i>\u00a0form or infinitive without\u00a0<i class=\"ti\">to<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to talk about an event or experience. We use the -<i class=\"ti\">ing<\/i>\u00a0form for an event in progress and the infinitive without\u00a0<i class=\"ti\">to<\/i>\u00a0for a completed event:<\/span><\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e505d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"13e505d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>We <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had <\/span>a man <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">singing<\/span> to us as we sat in the restaurant having our meal.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afd123c elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"afd123c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>We <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had<\/span> a strange woman <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">come<\/span> to the door selling pictures.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05064ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_rich_text\" data-id=\"05064ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_rich_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-richtext\">\n            <p class=\"p dp\">We can also use the -<i class=\"ti\">ing<\/i>\u00a0form to describe an ongoing action that someone or something is causing:<\/p>        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ccb84d elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"1ccb84d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>Her story <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had<\/span> us <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">laughing<\/span> so much. (Her story was making us laugh.)<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd05ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-ltw_callout\" data-id=\"7bd05ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ltw_callout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ltw-callout ltw-callout--warning ltw-callout--inline\">\n                            <div class=\"ltw-callout-emoji\">\u270f\ufe0f<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"ltw-callout-content\">\n                                <div class=\"ltw-callout-body\"><p>I just <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#1CB0F6;\">had<\/span> them <span class=\"ltw-colored\" style=\"color:#FF9600;\">doing<\/span> stretch routines, and after, they got really good at it.<\/p><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b8605 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-tag_list\" data-id=\"74b8605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tag_list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"tlw-wrap\" style=\"--tlw-tag-bg:#19015F;--tlw-tag-color:#FFFFFF;--tlw-tag-hover-bg:#FF0C20;--tlw-tag-hover-color:#FFFFFF;\">\n                            <h3 class=\"tlw-title\">Exercises on all Passive Voices<\/h3>\n            \n            <div class=\"tlw-tags\">\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mFmYUHe9e3FCY0ZPH6wLzm5k_dWkrhTb\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Passive voice 1<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1BJ6PYdsAPvrGCBr2dW1VLCBzHJtNHkaV\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Passive voice 2<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KC6LE53u0pwpdkgg0gRXG4UwM9pVZhxC\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">Passive voice 3<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Ln2jTpLBofbutP5DunknatPSo84VwDwt\/view?usp=drive_link\" class=\"tlw-tag tlw-tag--link\">\n                                                        <span class=\"tlw-tag-text\">(Im)personal\/have sthg done    <\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":150,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"idioma":[3,29],"class_list":["post-1925","gramatica","type-gramatica","status-publish","hentry","idioma-ingles","idioma-subpagina"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gramatica\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gramatica"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gramatica"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gramatica\/1925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gramatica\/1925\/revisions\/1977"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gramatica\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"idioma","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acidiomas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/idioma?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}