1. Those slides were created by… uh… I can’t remember Lesson 5 Passive with and without By

2. Vocabulary You can click the underlined words to know their meaningunderlined For example: To designTo design

3. Explanation The Passive voice changes the focus of a sentencePassive voicehangefocus The preposition By indicates who or what is the subject which carries out an actionBy carries out In the US wording, the passive voice is really common in writings.wordingwriting

4. Example Active voice: Vladdo the illustrator designed the new logo of the El Dorado airport.illustratorlogo Equivalence Passive voice with By: It was designed by Vladdo the illustrator

5. Syntax for the simple past Syntax Noun+ The past of be+ Past participle+ By and Complement ItWasDesignedBy an American architect ItWasRecordRecordedBy The Beatles

6. Passive without by for the simple present Syntax of the passive voice The present of be + Past participle tense ActivePassive They speak English in many European countries English is spoken in many European countriesmany They use the Euro in most of the European Union The Euro is used in most of the European Union They manufacture a lot of cars in EuropeA lot of Cars are manufactured in Europe

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