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Comment la construire
? BE + S + Part. Passé + ?
- S + BE + nég + Part. Passé
Il suffit de conjuguer TO BE au temps voulu et de l'accorder avec le sujet.
Remarque : (HAVE)
Quand l’utiliser
Beaucoup plus fréquente qu'en français, la voix passive- Met en relief le sujet.
The World Cup, and not the European Cup, was won by Italy in 1983.
- Remplace souvent le 'ON' français. 'On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter'; Qui est 'on'?
It has been stolen (by unidentified people).
- Passif à deux compléments. (typiquement anglais, surprenant parfois pour les Français.
Mrs Thatcher gave THEM some . was given to themby Mrs T.
Ou encore
Mrs Thatcher gave some MONEY.
were given money by Mrs T.
Autre usage du passif fréquent dans la presseM. Gates is said to be the richest man in the world.
Table of tenses in English with active and passive
TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE
SIMPLE
Present He takes It is taken
Past He took It was taken
Present Perfect He has taken It has been taken
Past perfect He had taken It had been taken
Future He will take It will be taken
Future perfect He will have taken It will have been taken
Conditional He would take It would be taken
Past Conditional He would have taken It would have been taken
Modal verbs He may He may
might might
could could
can can
(etc,) take (etc.) be taken
CONTINUOUS
Present He is taking It is being taken
Past He was taking It was being taken
Present perfect He has been taking *
Past perfect He had been taking *
Future He will be taking *
Future perfect He will have been taking *
Conditional He would be taking *
Past conditional He would have been taking *
OTHERSInfinitive (to) take (to) be taken
Perfect infinitive (to) have taken (to) have been taken
Gerund taking being taken
Imperative Take! be taken!