Isn't that Elif going up Bahariye Street? I think she is going shopping or to the cinema. Your brother is studying in the next room. I saw him in the street playing with other children just a quarter of an hour ago. It's impossible that he is studying in his room. She must not be sleeping. I'm almost sure that she isn't sleeping. There is music coming from his room. I'm almost sure that you left it in the classroom. I don't know where I left it. It's possible that I left it in the classroom or on the bus.
She was in a crowded group. She has been out of town for two weeks. She left for London two weeks ago. It's impossible that you saw her there. I'm almost sure that she didn't study hard enough. She is a good student, you know.
It's likely that she didn't study hard enough. She probably didn't study hard enough. I could have gone to the cinema, but I preferred to stay at home.
The result is: I didn't go to the cinema. Later we found out that the match had been cancelled, so he couldn't have gone even if he had wanted to.
İsteseydi bile gidemezdi. The result is: He didn't go to the match. The result is: Perhaps she was at the cinema when I phoned her. The result is: It's impossible that he went to the match yesterday.
He said that a child had suddenly pushed himself in front of his car, and that he had swerved to the left so as not to hit the child, but couldn't avoid running into another car. It's impossible that he was driving fast at the time of the accident.
He must not have been sleeping. I'm almost sure that he wasn't sleeping. Herhalde uyumuyordu. Passive- That man is said to be the thief. Active - Everybody knows he was rich.
Passive - It is known that he was rich. Passive - He is known to have been rich. Active - They thought we were happy. Passive - It was thought that we were happy. Passive - We were throught to have been happy. Active - People believe he has killed his wife.
Passive - It is believed that he has killed his wife. Passive - He is believed to have killed his wife. When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:. We use passive voice when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known who or what is performing the action.
In this example, the focus is on the fact that my cell phone was stolen. I do not know who stole it. A mistake was made in the writing of this project. In this example, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made.
I don't want to blame anyone. Telephone was invented by Graham Bell. We are more interested in the invention than the inventor in this sentence. We use passive voice when the agent of the action is unknown, unimportant or very obvious. The thief was arrested yesterday. My sister's new bike has been stolen unknown agent. The historical building is being repaired unimportant agent. In the next session of our meeting, new decisions will be introduced for the next acamedic year. We don't say - In the next session of our meeting, the headmaster will introduce new decisions.
All the history books can be borrowed from the central library. We don't say - You can borrow all the history books from the central library. The Simple Present - The boy breaks the windows.
Present Continuous - The boy is breaking the windows. Simple Past The boy broke the windows. Past Continuous - The boy was breaking the windows. Present Perfect - The boy has broken the windows. Past Perfect - The boy had broken the windows.
Going to future - The boy is going to break the windows. Future Tense - The boy will break the windows. Modals The boy can break the windows. Perfect contionals or modals The boy must have broken the windows.
The windows must have been broken. A cake is made by me. Present Continuous I am making a cake. A cake is being made by me. Past Simple I made a cake. A cake was made by me. Past Continuous I was making a cake. A cake was being made by me. Present Perfect I have made a cake. A cake has been made by me. Continuous I have been making a cake. A cake has been being made by me.
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