La voix passive en anglais
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Language The passive voice.
Observe :
The 13th Amendment outlaws slavery in the United States.
Southern people treated the slaves like animals.
Temps | Sujet | BE | PARTICIPE PASSE | COMPLEMENT(S) |
Présent simple | Slavery | is | outlawed | by the 13th Amendment in the United States. |
Prétérit simple | The slaves | were | treated | like animals (by the Southern people.) |
Complete :
A la voix passive, c'est l’auxiliaire BE qui est conjugué au temps du verbe de la phrase active. Il est suivi du participe passé.
On utilise la voix passive pour mettre en valeur certaines informations dans la phrase :
Le premier élément de la phrase est mis en relief, en lumière par une THEMATISATION .
Ex : Slavery is outlawed (by the 13th Amendment in the United States) . → élément mis en valeur : le sujet
The slaves were treated like animals (by the Southern people). → élément mis en valeur : le sujet
Le sujet peut être omis lorsqu'il est inconnu, peu important ou évident d'après le contexte .
Le passif sert aussi à traduire le « ON » français. On m'a dit que.... → I was told that....
Find in the text the passive voice and report the sentences below.
The first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.
The enslaved people were treated like cattle and were not allowed to have basic human rights.
The 13th Amendment was added to the United States Constitution making slavery illegal.
Slaves were freed in 1865.
Put in the passive voice.
- The Southern people brought slaves to work in the plantations.
Slaves were brought (by the Southern people) to work in the plantations.
- The government ratified the 13th Amendment in 1865, and abolished slavery.
The 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865 by the government, and slavery was abolished.
- Abraham Lincoln governed the U.S in 1865 until a man murdered him.
The US was governed by A. Lincoln in 1865, until he was murdered by a man.
- White people controlled and owned Black people during slavery.
Black people were controlled and owned by white people during slavery.
- You can visit a “memorial to the abolition” of slavery in Nantes .
A “memorial to the abolition” of slavery can be visited in Nantes.
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