Passives

Another topic that is very important to understand is the passiv voice, this has a little difficulty but with practice will be able to understand.

Passive Voice

Passives can be used for "distancing" . This means that the speaker or writer doesn't want to complete responsability for the ideas he or she expresses.

To understand the passive and the active voice here is a link that explain more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePfmgMTgXl8

Is often used:

-To make a statement less personal and slightly more polite

Example: We don't allow that -> That isn't allowed

-In informal writing when the focus is on achivements and events rather than the people who were responsible.

Example: The vaccine was discovered by chance.

There are some common passive expressions to show that we are not certain of a statement.

It is said that
It was thought
It is believed that
He was reported


An easy example to understand the passive voice

The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the "verb to be"  with the past participle of the main verb . Other helping verbs are also sometimes present .

Example:  The measure could have been killed in committee.

Important: The passive can be used, also, in various tenses

And example of Passive voice, and easier way to learn, is when we see television, and in this video we can learn the passive voice with a TV shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzeI93MszMk