Passive Voice — All Tenses

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In South Korea, workers once averaged over fifty-two hours a week. The legal maximum was reduced to fifty-two hours in 2018. In Japan, a concept called karoshi became so common that it was tracked officially.

Grammar Reference · Passive Voice — All Tenses

Present simple passive

The report is published every year. — use when the agent is unknown or unimportant

Past simple passive

The law was introduced in 2018. — completed past action, focus on the result

Modal passive

This problem should be solved immediately. — modal + be + past participle

Common error

The letter was wrote yesterday. ✗ → The letter was written. ✓ — use past participle, not past simple

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Passive Voice — All Tenses

1.The new law introduced to protect workers from overwork.

2.Karoshi officially tracked by the Japanese government every year.

3.Higher wellbeing scores reported by people who had active weekends.

4.The research conducted over a period of three years.

5.Rest not seen as a luxury — it is a biological necessity.

6.The legal maximum hours reduced after pressure from health researchers.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.Researchers conducted the study over three years.

2.The government officially tracks karoshi every year.

3.Psychologists are testing a new approach to Sunday.

4.Scientists have observed these benefits in many countries.

5.The law reduced the maximum working week to fifty-two hours.

6.Companies should provide workers with adequate rest.

7.Researchers reported higher wellbeing scores on Sunday evenings.

8.The team introduced the new policy in January.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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