Passive Voice

Feb 5th, 2015

Passive Voice in emphasis

I mailed the letter
The letter was mailed by me
Example Questions
1) Nurses must be trust and accept patients' reports of pain.
2) The company should consider how much profit can gain by introducing
this new product.

3) Only 24% of respondents were correctly answered this question.

4) As the policy comes from rational analysis and base on experience, it is

grounded in fact.

5) Nurses' experience in caring for cancer patients in pain may be influenced

their attitudes toward pain management.

6) This breaks the cell wall, so the proteins release to the lysis buffer.
7) The amplified light wave divide into two parts by the coupler.
8) Surprisingly, only 12.4% of the nurses had been attended a course in pain
management.

9) The collected data have coded and checked by comparison with the
results of other researchers.
10)

This digital system is used electronic methods to identify customers.

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Feb 5th, 2015

Answer
1) Nurses must be trust and accept patients' reports of pain.
2) The company should consider how much profit can gain be gained by introducing this new product

3) Only 24% of respondents were correctly answered this question

4) As the policy comes from rational analysis and base is based on experience, it is
grounded in fact.

5) Nurses' experience in caring for cancer patients in pain may be influenced influence their
attitudes toward pain management.
OR
Nurses' experience in caring for cancer patients in pain may be influenced be influenced
by their attitudes toward pain management .
6) This breaks the cell wall, so the proteins release are released to the lysis buffer.
7) The amplified light wave divide is divided into two parts by the coupler

8) Surprisingly, only 12.4% of the nurses had been attended a course in pain management.
9) The collected data have was coded and checked by comparison with the results of other
researchers

Passive Voice

Feb 5th, 2015

-> + be p.p
1. be interested, be excited, be amused, be pleased, be fascinated, be impressed, be
encouraged, be satisfied
2. be disappointed, be discouraged, be dissatisfied, be depressed, be frustrated
3. be tired, be troubled
4. be bewildered, be shocked, be surprised
* We are [pleased / pleasing] to announce that Dr. Brown won the game.
A. + to do (to )
be obliged to do : ~ .
be obligated to do : ~ .
be supposed to do : ~ .
be scheduled to do : ~ .
be expected to do : ~ .
be projected to do : ~ .
be asked to do : ~ .
be told to do : ~ .
be reminded to do :~ .
be encouraged to do : ~ .
be required to do : ~ .
be urged to do : ~ .
be allowed to do : ~ .
be required to do : ~ . (=be requested to do)
be advised to do :~ .
be invited to do : ~ .
be intended to do :~ .
B. + to +/-ing
be prompted to(ing) :~ .
be subject(=subjected) to(ing) :~ , ~ .
be dedicated to(ing) : ~ . (=be committed to, be devoted to)
C.+ ( by . )
be worried about : ~ .
be concerned about :~ .
be known as + : ~ .
be known for + : ~ .
be known to + : ~ .
be amused at/by : ~ .
be surprised at/by : ~ .

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Feb 5th, 2015

alarmed at : ~ .
astonished at : ~ .
frightened at : ~ .
shocked at :~ .
skilled at/in : ~ . .
made from : ( ) ~ .
interested in : ~ .
involved in : ~ .
engaged in : ~ .
absorbed in : ~ .
indulged in :~ .
made of :( ) ~ .
tired of : ~ .
convinced of : ~ .
ashamed of : ~ .
based on : ~ .
compared to/with : ~ , .
equipped with: ~ .
covered with: ~ .
crowded with : ~ .
satisfied with : ~ .
gratified with : ~ .
disappointed with : ~ .
faced with : ~ , . cf)face
acquainted(=familiar) with : ~ .
bored with : ~ .
concerned with: ~ . .
pleased with : ~ .
delighted with: ~ .
accompanied by / with : ~ . cf)accompany
associated with : ~ . (be related to)