How to Use the PASSIVE VOICE | English Homework + Quiz Learn English Grammar

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00:00
Hello, everyone.
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00:01
Welcome back to Shaw English.
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00:03
My name is Mike.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ•.
00:04
And today, I’m going to continue teaching you about the active and passive voice and
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00:09
when and how to use it.
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00:11
Now, I know this can be quite challenging,
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00:14
but I know you're also doing your best and you're doing a good job.
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00:18
Make sure you stay until the end of the video because you will have homework and a quiz.
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00:23
Are you ready to get started?
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00:25
All right, let's do it.
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00:30
One of the main reasons why we use passive voice is because we want to emphasize
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž
00:35
the receiver instead of the doer.
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00:37
For example, “Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.”
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00:43
In this sentence, which is an active voice,
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00:46
Leonardo is our focus, the painter.
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00:49
The Mona Lisa, the painting, is the receiver.
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00:53
We want to switch them to where now the receiver is in the beginning sentence and the doer is at the end.
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01:01
So now our sentence is, “The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo DaVinci.”
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01:06
Our focus is now on the receiver, the Mona Lisa, rather than the painter, Leonardo DaVinci.
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Another reason that we change the sentence to the passive voice, is because we do not
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01:17
know the doer of the action.
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01:19
For example, “Somebody stole my cell phone.”
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, "āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:23
I do not know who.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡.
01:25
So instead, I can express this in the passive voice.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨.
01:29
“My cell phone was stolen.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:32
And again, since we don't really know who did it,
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01:35
we want to focus more on the phone instead.
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01:37
“My phone was stolen.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤"
01:40
Another reason to use the passive voice could be the doer is just not that important.
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01:46
For example, “The company was founded in 1955.”
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, "āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻŸāĻŋ 1955 āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
01:50
We may or may not know who founded the company, but is not important.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ“ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
01:55
What is important is that the company was founded in 1955.
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āĻ¯āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ 1955 āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01:59
Also, “The house was built in 1955.”
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“, "āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ 1955 āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:03
We may or may not know who built the house.
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02:06
But again, it's not important.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ.
02:08
What is important is the house was built in 1955.
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āĻ¯āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ 1955 āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02:13
Another reason to use the passive voice is because
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02:15
sometimes we don't want to blame or say someone is responsible for something.
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āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‹āĻˇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§€āĨ¤
02:20
For example, “Mistakes were made.”
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, "āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:23
Now, mistakes were made by someone,
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡,
02:26
but we don't want to blame that person.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‹āĻˇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
02:28
We don't want to say it is their fault. So instead,
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‹āĻˇāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡,
02:31
we just leave them off and say,
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ›ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋ,
02:33
“Mistakes were made.”
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"āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
02:35
Another reason to use the passive voice is because
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āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
02:38
the doer is not a specific person.
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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02:41
For example, “English is spoken in many countries around the world.”
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āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, "āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤"
02:47
We could add “by many people”
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž "āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž" āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡
02:50
but because it's a really an unspecified group of people,
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€,
02:55
we kind of just leave it off because it's not very necessary.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02:58
And the last reason why we use passive voice,
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ,
03:00
is for academic writing.
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āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
03:03
Whenever you're doing academic writing, such as essays or articles,
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āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻž, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨,
03:07
we want to make it as least personal as possible
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤
03:10
and as professional as possible.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻĒā§‡āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤
03:14
“I interviewed three people.”
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"āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤"
03:16
Well you can see we have the pronoun ‘I’.
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āĻ†āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ 'āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ' āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:20
Well we don't want to use that.
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āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž.
03:22
We want to switch the sentence over to the passive voice.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸-āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤
03:25
“Three people were interviewed.”
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"āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
03:28
I could say “by me”
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ "āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž"
03:30
but again, we want to take out the ‘I’ and 'MEs' make it less personal as possible
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'I' āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'MEs' āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡
03:36
and just have “Three people were interviewed.”
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° "āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤"
03:40
Let's move on.
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āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āĻ‡.
03:41
Awesome job, everyone.
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āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤
03:43
I know you did such a great job. And I know it was tough.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨. āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛.
03:46
But you did it.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
03:47
You now have a basic understanding of the how and when to use the passive voice.
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āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤
03:53
But you're not done.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
03:55
You have a little bit of homework to do.
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āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
03:57
“The teacher graded the homework.”
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"āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤"
04:01
I want you to take this sentence, change it into the passive voice, and put it in the comments.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ­ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04:07
Also you have a quiz.
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āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ‡āĻœ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
04:09
In the description, you will find a link to the quiz.
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖā§‡, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ‡āĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
04:12
If you really like this video, make sure you hit the like button, and also subscribe to see more lessons taught by me.
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āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻŸāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ‡āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§ˇ
04:19
And until then, I'll see you all later.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡.
04:21
Bye.
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