| Task | My wallet _____________ (to steal) yesterday. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 4 |
| a | was stole |
| b | stole |
| c | is stolen |
| d | was stolen |
| comment | The passive voice is used when the focus is on the action and the main topic of the sentence isn’t who did the action. We use the passive voice to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action. In the test sentence ‘My wallet _____________ (to steal) yesterday.’ the main focus is on the object ‘my wallet’ (the subject of the test sentence) that experiences the action (to steal). The ‘doer’ is not stated, thus, it is not important who did the action.The passive is usually formed by the verb to be + past participle. We use passive forms of tenses in the same way as we use their active equivalents.As the exact time-signal is stated in the test sentence ‘My wallet _____________ (to steal)yesterday.’, we understand that we should use the Past Simple passive in this sentence. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4 ‘was stolen’. ‘Stolen’ is the past participle of the irregular verb ‘steal’. |
| topic | passive voice |
| level | 1 |
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