PASSIVE VOICE AND CONDITIONALS

•  The passive tense is used because if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized and also if   you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

• When do we use the passive voice?.It is often used when the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action.The Structure to use the Passive Voice

THE STRUCTURE OF USE THE PASSIVE VOICE

• PRESENT TENSE is Object To be (present) +Past Participle+ (by + subject)* *If needed.

Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.

• PAST TENSE is Object To be (Past) + + Past Participle + (by+ subject) ** If needed. 

The car was repaired by Sam.

• PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is Object + To be (present) + Being+ Past Participle + (by+ subject) ** If needed.

Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.

EXERCISES

The food is not eaten
The car was not stopped

CONDITIONALS

Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it. , and  What is the characteristic of the first conditional?

We use the present simple tense to talk about the possible future condition. We use WILL + base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition will happen.

Examples:

IF	condition	result
	present simple	WILL + base verb
If	I see Mary	I will tell her.
If	Tara is free tomorrow	he will invite her.
If	they do not pass their exam	their teacher will be sad.
If	it rains tomorrow	will you stay at home?
If	it rains tomorrow	what will you do?

Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.

We use the past simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use
WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about
the second conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the condition
will happen.

IF	condition	result
	past simple	WOULD + base verb
If	I married Mary	I would be happy.
If	Ram became rich	she would marry him.
If	it snowed next July	would you be surprised?
If	it snowed next July	what would you do?

 Which tenses are used in the third conditional?

We use the past perfect tense to talk about the impossible past condition. We use
WOULD HAVE + past participle to talk about the impossible past result. The
important thing about the third conditional is that both the condition and result are

 impossible now.

IF	condition	result
	past perfect	WOULD HAVE + past participle
If	I had seen Mary	I would have told her.
If	Tara had been free yesterday	I would have invited her.
If	they had not passed their exam	their teacher would have been sad.
If	it had rained yesterday	would you have stayed at home?
If	it had rained yesterday	what would you have done?