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Apassiveconstructioniscommonlyusedbythemediatoreportanevent,a discovery,aninvention: Example:Leministreatagresspendantsavisite. Inanactivesentence,thestructureofasentenceisasfollows: Subject+verb+directobject Example:Lejury(subject)condamne(verb)laccus(object)10ansdeprison Inapassivesentence,theobjectbecomesthesubjectofthesentence. Example:Laccusestcondamnparlejury10ansdeprison. Anactivesentencecanonlybeturnedintoapassivesentenceiftheobjectisdirect. Forexample,thefollowingsentence(JedemandeJeanPauldeveniravecmoiau cinma)cannotbeturnedintoapassivesentencebecauseJeanPaulisanindirect objectintroducedbyanintransitiveverbtaking(demander). Therefore,youcouldntsayinapassivesentence:JeanPaulatdemanddevenir aucinma. Insomecases,Onisusedwhenapassiveisnotpossible: Onademandauxprofesseursdesefairevacciner. PassiveverbsconsistoftheverbEtre(usingthesametenseasyouractive sentence)+pastparticiple: Laloiestapprouveparlesnat Laloiatapprouveparlesnat Laloitaitapprouveparlesnat Laloiavaittapprouveparlesnat Laloiseraapprouveparlesnat Laloiseraitapprouveparlesnat Laloidevraittreapprouveparlesnat Aprsavoirtapprouveparlesnat, Ilfautquelaloisoitapprouveparlesnat Bienquelaloiaittapprouveparlesnat, Togetapassiveconstruction,youneedtolookatthetenseusedintheactive sentence: Lafouleapplauditlacteur(theverbtoapplaudisinthepresenttense.Therefore yourverbEtreinthepassivesentencewillbeinthepresenttense,followedbythe pastparticipleofapplaudir) lacteurestapplaudiparlafoule Letslookatonemoreexample: Ilannoncera(future)dessuppressionsdemploisdanslamatine.

Dessuppressionsdemploisseront(futureofEtre)annonces(annonceranow turnsintoapastparticiple)danslamatine. Note! Inapassivesentence,thepastparticiplewillalwaysagreewiththesubject: Uneminedor(feminine)atdecouverte Lesgaronsonttpunis EstheretEmmanuelleonttluesdlguesdeclasse Exercice1 Transformthesesentences,usingthepassivevoice: 1. Lapolicealocalislesdeuxvads. 2. LesAllemandsclbrerontlachutedumurdeBerlin. 3. Chaqueannemoncolecollecte10000eurospouruneassociation. 4. LonardDeVinciapeintlaMonaLisa 5. Leslecteursavaientsignuneptition. 6. Avant,lquipedebasketdemonlycegagnaitlechampionnat. Exercice2 Transformthefollowingverbsusingapassivestructurelikeintheexample: Activevoice Passivevoice Example:Donne estdonn Gotera= Ontappel= Etaientprpar= Dclarerait= Seraitdclare= Seralu=