====== Passif en anglais ======

===== 1. Forme de base =====
**Sujet + BE (conjugué) + Participe Passé (+ by-agent)**

  * Actif : They build houses.
  * Passif : Houses are built (by them).

Note : "by..." est souvent omis.

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===== 2. Passif selon les temps =====
  * Présent simple : The car is washed every week.
  * Passé simple : The house was built in 1900.
  * Futur simple : The report will be finished tomorrow.
  * Present perfect : The project has been completed.
  * Past perfect : The meeting had been canceled.
  * Modaux : The problem can be solved.
  * Modaux + perfect : The project should have been completed.

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===== 3. Quand utiliser le passif ? =====
  * Agent inconnu : My wallet was stolen.
  * Agent non important : The road is cleaned at night.
  * Accent sur l’objet / résultat : The law was passed in 1999.

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===== 4. Cas avancés =====
  * **Deux objets**  
    - They gave me a book.  
    - I was given a book.  
    - A book was given to me.  

  * **It is said that… / He is said to…**  
    - People say she is rich.  
    - It is said that she is rich.  
    - She is said to be rich.  

  * **Modaux perfect**  
    - He must have been seen by the police.  

  * **Verbes à particule**  
    - Everyone laughed at him.  
    - He was laughed at.

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===== 5. Points d’attention =====
  * Certains verbes ne se mettent pas au passif : fit, have, resemble...
  * Trop de passif = style lourd (surtout presse, science, droit).
  * Attention aux temps :  
    - They told us... → We were told... (et pas "have been").

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**Résumé :**  
Actif → Passif = BE (conjugué au temps voulu) + Participe Passé