Hi everyone, it's Agnieszka Murdoch, welcome to English with Aga. This video is about the passive voice
in the present tense so we will look at things like is done are done gets done
get done getting done being done and so on we will also do a practice exercise at the end so
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the video description are you ready let's get started this is my favorite Bakery and a cake
is made there every day it means somebody makes the cake but the passive voice is not about the
person who does the action it's about the object and that's why it's the pass passive voice so I'm
not talking about the chef I'm talking about the cake the object of the action a cake is
made as you can see we have is and made so for the passive voice you need is and the past participle
or the third form of the verb many cakes are made at this Bakery every day this is plural
so we need are cakes are made so in the present tense to make a passive sentence you need is or
are and the past participle you can also say a cake gets made that has the same meaning as is
made so you can say a cake is made or a cake gets made every day dinner is being prepared
right now it means somebody is preparing dinner so this version of the passive voice is in the
present continuous tense somebody is preparing dinner dinner is being prepared so in the present
continuous we need is the third form the past participle but we also need being so dinner is
being prepared I can also use getting my car is getting washed right now somebody is washing it
so you can use being or getting you can also use the passive voice with different model
verbs so you can use it with must for example homework must be submitted every week it must
be submitted so here you haven't got is you've got must be and the past participle dinner must
be prepared every day my car must be inspected every year you can also use need to my dog needs
to be walked every day it means somebody needs to walk my dog and my dog needs to be walked
keys can be collected at reception it means you can collect keys at reception so you can also
use can be Plus past participle now let's do a practice exercise turn these active sentences
into the passive voice we cook the cauliflower and until it's crisp what should it be in the passive
voice the cauliflower is cooked until it's crisp
one of my colleagues has finished the report and it's ready to be
submitted the report has been finished and it's ready to be
sub admitted someone is preparing the dinner and it will be ready in a few
minutes the dinner is being prepared and it will
be ready in a few minutes someone is preparing the room for the guest's
arrival the room is being prepared for the guest's
arrival somebody is washing my car at the car wash right
now my car is being washed at the car wash right now
you should read instructions carefully before assembling
Furniture inst instuctions should be read carefully before assembling Furniture how
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