How to Use the Passive Voice in EVERY Verb Tense!

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  Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English Podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.

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  My name is Shana, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.

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  Let's get started with today's lesson.

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  Are you confused about active voice and passive voice in English?

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  Don't worry.

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  By the end of this video, you'll clearly understand

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  when we use the passive voice and how to form it in all the verb tenses.

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  And here's some more good news.

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  Today's free PDF has everything in this lesson, plus a bonus exercise to help you transform

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  sentences from active to passive so you can really master this structure in English.

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  Easy.

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  Okay, here are two quick examples of changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice to show when we use it.

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  We use the passive voice when the focus is on the action, the result,

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  or the receiver of the action, not on who does it, either

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  because who does it is not as important or when we don't know who does the action.

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  For example, active voice, someone stole the money.

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