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Unit 20. it is done/ it was done (passive)
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The room is cleaned every day.
The room was cleaned yesterday.

Compare:

Somebody cleans the room every day. (active)
The room is cleaned every day. (passive)
Somebody cleaned the room yesterday. (active)
The room was cleaned yesterday. (passive)
The Passive is:

Past Participle

present

am/ is/ are
	(not)
was/ were

cleaned		done
exported		made
damaged		broken

past

The Past Participle of regular verbs is -ed (cleaned/ damaged etc.). For a list of irregular past participles (made/ seen etc.), see Appendix 1 List of irregular verbs and Appendix 2 Irregular verbs in groups.

- Butter is made from milk.
- Oranges are imported into Britain.
- How often are these rooms cleaned?
- I am never invited to parties.
- This house was built 100 years ago.
- These houses were built 100 years ago.
- When was the telephone invented?
- I wasn't invited to the party last week.
- Six people were injured in the accident yesterday.

We say was/ were born:
- I was born in London in 1958. (not I am born)
- Where were you born?

passive + by …:
- We were woken up by the noise. (= The noise woke us up.)
- The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876.
- My brother was bitten by a dog last week.

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Unit 20. it is done/ it was done (passive) (страдательный залог)

Unit 20. it is done/ it was done (passive)
(страдательный залог)