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19. Passive Verb Forms

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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The Passive Is Present Perfect Passive

It's impossible to put this sentence into an active form. To be due to do something is just a fixed passive expression. So it doesn't really happen in the active form, really. Eh. A fifth example was, jackson's body was flown. Now, thats sir, passed. The important information is that the results haven't been published yet. We don't really care who publishes them, right? It's justth they have or haven't beenpublished. Er, i think it's becoming quite clear why we use the passive. I ir,. Concerns over michael's health were raised last month. That's past simple, passive. All we know is that just some

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