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THE PASSIVE VOICE

THE PASSIVE VOICE. Creative writing. Using the passive voice. Observe the following paragragh :

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THE PASSIVE VOICE

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  1. THE PASSIVE VOICE Creativewriting

  2. Using the passive voice Observe the followingparagragh: Yesterdayevening the carcass of a car wasfoundalongNorthside Road. The car had been entirelyburntbeforeitwasabandonned . It waspresumablyused for a robberythattook place the night before. The car had been reportedmissing ; itwasmostprobablystolenfrom a private garage. Pourquoi la voix passive est-elle utilisée ici ?

  3. Construction de la voix passive Formation : BE + PP Il existe à tous les temps, on conjugue l’aux. Mary waskilledyesterday Mary has been killed On peut l’utiliser avec les modaux Mary must have been killed (modaux + bv) BY + CA On peut effacer l’agent si : • il est trop général (people, men, someone ...) • il n’est pas essentiel ou non identifié • si on veut le cacher DOUBLES COMPLEMENTS : Mary gave Tim a book >> 2 passifs Tim wasgiven a book. (A book wasgiven to Tim.) Utilité : METTRE EN VALEUR L’AGENT TRADUCTION DE ON On vous demande au téléphone. You are wanted on the phone. On dit qu’il est fou. He issaid to bemad. READ / SELL This book readswell

  4. 1) ADJECTIF OU VOIX PASSIVE ? The bridge wasdestroyedwhen I arrived. - The bridge wasdestroyed. I don’t know whodestroyedit. The doorremained open / The doorwasopened. 2) Certaines expressions anglaises ne se construisent qu’au passif : to beborn / to beleft 3) GET :pour exprimer le passage d’un état à un autre He gotdrunk. The glass gotbroken ... 4) VERBES A PARTICULES : ne pas oublier la particule. Someoneslept in mybed. Mybedwasslept in. Someonebrokeinto the house. The house wasbrokeninto 5) DIFFÉRENCE DE SENS Few books are read by many people. Many people read few books.

  5. Using the text, translate the following sentences: Gates of hell stolen from Auschwitz death camp By Matt Blake19/12/2009 The Daily Mirror For more than 60 years it has stood as a horrific reminder of the evil Nazi killing machine, but yesterday the infamous sign that marks the entrance to Auschwitz was stolen. The metal work bearing the cynical fascist slogan ArbeitMachtFrei - work makes you free - was wrenched from its holdings in an early morning raid. Police and Jewish groups fear it may have been taken by cynical crooks supplying the shadowy but lucrative trade in Nazi memorabilia where it would be worth a fortune. Polish officials have pledged to do all they can to find the stolen slogan. Furious Auschwitz museum official PawelSawicki said: "This is a terrible thing. NoachFlug, chairman Centre of Organisations of Holocaust Survivors, added: "This is an object that is a symbol of historic value that must be returned immediately." Police said the raid had been "meticulously planned". The thieves evaded CCTV cameras that monitor the entrance. On dit que l’objet volé vaut une fortune. On nous a raconté que des voleurs ont réussi à échapper aux caméras de surveillance. Les caméras avaient été détruites avant que les portes du camps n’aient été ouvertes. Un emblème Nazi aurait été volé hier. Les voleurs doivent avoir été arrêtés maintenant.

  6. Partons de la situation suivante: Un tableau a été volé à la Tate Gallery. Les protections ont été détruites et les vitres (showcases) du rez-de-chaussée brisées. Les gardiens ont été endormis grâce à des seringues (jabs). Les empreintes digitales (fingerprints)ont été prises mais le tableau reste introuvable. Il avait été acheté il y a plusieurs années. On avait alors préféré cacher l’identité de son ancien propriétaire (former owner). Des enquêtes avaient révélé qu’il avait été acheté dans des conditions douteuses (dubious). On suppose que le tableau sera dissimulé (conceal) avant d’être revendu dans plusieurs années. Rédigez un article de presse écrit après le vol et mettant l’accent sur le tableau. Il sera donc écrit essentiellement à la voix passive.

  7. Suggesting oppression and submission Whendealingwith the issue of oppression, or slavery for instance, resorting to the passive voicemayenableyou to stress the oppression of the victims. Comment upon the twophotographsshot by American photographer Lisa Kristine in Nepalusing the passive voice.

  8. Lisa Kristine

  9. Lisa KristineMore images athttp://www.lisakristine.com/shop/prints/slavery/

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