Passive Voice - Sen

COURSD’ANGLAIS(classede4ème)
PresentedbyMr.KhazimDiopAcademicyear:20112012
Passive Voice
Le passif s’emploie beaucoup plus en anglais qu’en français. Un passif anglais
correspond souvent à une structure avec « on » ou à un verbe pronominal.
Ex : I’m being served=on s’occupe de moi. On emploi by pour introduire le complément
d’agent.
●Les verbes à deux compléments (give, send, show, tell, lend, offer, teach, ect)
peuvent se construire au passif avec un sujet personnel, ce qui n’est pas le cas
pour leurs équivalents français (I was given a watch.= On m’a donné une
montre.) On a deux possibilités de passif.
Ex: she gave me a lovely birthday present
1. A lovely birthday present was given to me( by her)
2. I was given a lovely birthday present.
●Pour exprimer une opinion, une croyance:
Ex: Adiouza is said to be a superstar. (People say that Adiouza is a super star)
Ex: President Wade is believed to be a freemason. (People believe that Pr Wade is
a freemason).
●Les pronoms sujets deviennent des compléments à la voix passive :
Prono
m
sujet
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
Prono
m
compl
me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them

COURSD’ANGLAIS(classede4ème)
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Ex: She has eaten the mango- The mango has been eaten by her
We caught the thief- The thief was caught by us.
●En règle générale, les temps passifs suivent les mêmes règles que les temps
actifs. (voir tableau)
Present simple tense Simple past Present perfect
(affirmation, négation) (affirmation, négation) (affirmation, négation)
I
He, she, it
was
(wasn’t)
asked
We, you,
they
were
(weren’t
)
I
You
We
they
have
(haven’t
)
been
asked
He she it
has (n’t)
I
‘m (not)

COURSD’ANGLAIS(classede4ème)
asked
He, She, it
‘s
(isn’t)
We, yod
they
‘re
(aren’t)
Interrogation Interrogation
Interrogation
Am
I
asked?
Is
he she it
Are
We you
they
was
I
He, she, it
asked?
wer
e
We you
they
asked?

COURSD’ANGLAIS(classede4ème)
hav
e
I ,you ,we
,they
been
asked?
has
He she it