介绍:
This is the other very popular type of passive sentence.
The euro is USED in most of the EU
Ohhh yes, I see what you mean.
Actually "by" is not that important... because "by" can be used in the present tense as well.
The difference is just the decision to use the present tense and the past tense.
"The new bridge is being built by ABC Inc."
"The new bridge was built by ABC Inc."
The sentences in Section 3 focus on creative works
In English the verb "to be" has many uses ... so the sentences in Sectin 9 can be used for many things
My first example is another type of grammar actually.
passive continuous
In that situation, you do need "is being built"
Let's learn these simple ones in Section 9 first
Let's try this .. I'll give you an active sentence, you try to make me a passive sentence
Many countries throughout the world speak French.
French is SPOKEN in many European countries
Shall we try another one?
How about this!
The next one, I'll give you a passive sentence...
You make an active one
Sentence: The novel was read by my Mom in one day
Tom painted the entire house (active)
(this one is past tense)
A wide variety of seafood is caught
consumed, exported, cultivated
consumed means 消费，消耗
export is 出口
cultivated I don't really know in Chinese ... maybe 耕?
Use the passive of each of the verbs to complete the sentence.
So many different types of passive tense..
Let's try a bit more practice, but this time in Section 11
