passive voice

Passive Voice Focusing on the Project   . The Passive Voice shifts emphasis from the persons doing the work to the project.   The human gene code is being mapped by scientists.     A rough map of the genetic makeup of human beings has been made. A complete genetic map will be completed in a few years. That knowledge is expected to lead to better treatments for diseases like cancer and diabetes. Most people would like to know that their genes won't be used against them. The discovery must be linked to responsible use... .. Changing the Word Order   ....... The "agent" - the person or thing that causes the action ....... The "receiver" - the person or thing affected by the action - the 'by phrase"   ACTIVE Subject Object "agent" "receiver" Everyone expects this knowledge to lead to better treatment.     PASSIVE   "receiver" "agent" . This knowledge is expected [by everyone] to lead to better treatment. .   The sentence "flips". The object becomes the subject. The subject becomes the object. . . Forming the Tense "be" + participle Principio del formulario ..be participle Present Scientists do research in genetics. Genetic research done. Scientists are mapping the human gene. The human gene mapped. Past Tense Scientists mapped the human gene. The human gene mapped. Scientists were mapping the human gene. The human gene mapped. Present Perfect Scientist have mapped the human gene. The human gene mapped. *Scientists have been mapping the human gene. The human gene mapped. Future & Modals Scientists will find medical uses. Medicinal uses found. Scientists can use this knowledge for cures. This knowledge used. We must protect individual privacy. Individual privacy protected. Employers should not access genetic codes. Genetic codes accessed. Infinitives Doctors want to tell their patients about health risks. Patients want about risks. Final del formulario   A usage note: Scientists have been mapping the human gene. Error: *The human gene code has been being mapped. (This form doesn't exist. It's too complicated!) Two forms can be used: The human gene code has been mapped. The human gene code is being mapped.   . Agreement - Aux. + Be   Auxiliary Verb / "be" form Participles Singular 'be' forms is known is being told was being notified has been called Plural 'be' forms are suprised are being called were asked were being repaired have been reserved Principio del formulario   ...... A rough map of the human genetic code completed. ...... ...... All the human genes and their functions identified. ...... . Final del formulario Need to Review Participle Forms? . . Practice   How Will We Use this Precious Genetic Map?   "Click - Check" directions: Write the correct form of the verb in the blank. Then click anywhere in the background of the page to see if your answer is partially or all correct. If all of your answer is correct then all of it will remain in the box. If it is partially correct , your answer will be erased to the right of the correct letters entered. Use the button to erase your answers and retest yourself. Principio del formulario   Change the sentence from 'active' to 'passive' voice.   1. The issue of how we will use human genomics divides many people. Many people by the issue of how we will use human genomics. (Click anywhere in the background of the page to see if your answer is partially or all correct.) explanation   . 2. Health insurance companies could refuse coverage of individuals with genetic illnesses. Coverage of individuals with genetic illnesses. by health insurance companies. explanation . 3. The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust supported The Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project by The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust explanation . 4. Everyone expects this to revolutionize the practice of medicine. This to revolutionize the practice of medicine. explanation . 5. We must protect individual privacy as science moves forward with this project, Individual privacy as science moves forward with the project explanation . 6. Researchers took a poll to find out if people wanted to know their genetic code. A poll to find out if people wanted to know their genetic code. .explanation . 7. Sixty per cent of the people said they would want a doctor to inform them of their genetic "defects". Sixty per cent of the people said they would want of their genetic "defects". explanation . 8. Scientists are proposing rules that will govern the use of personal genetic codes. Rules that will govern the use of personal genetic codes. explanation . 9. In the sequencing phase, researchers identified the approximately 3.5 billion chemical letters (A, C, G, T)   3.5 billion chemical letters (A, C, G, T)   in the sequencing phase. explanation     Final del formulario     .