一般现在时的被动语态
Go to Practice Exercises一般现在时的被动语态是英语最有用的语法结构之一,它允许你将焦点从谁执行动作转移到发生了什么或什么接受了动作。通过 am/is/are + 过去分词构成,这种结构通过使宾语成为主语来转换主动句,对相同的信息创造出不同的强调和视角。
被动语态特别有价值的地方在于它能够突出结果、过程和事实,而不必提及谁执行了动作。这使得它在正式写作、科学描述、新闻报道以及动作本身比执行者更重要的情况下必不可少,或者当执行者未知、显而易见或无关紧要时。
被动语态还允许使用更正式、客观和委婉的语言。它不直接说明谁犯了错误或谁造成了问题,而是能够更巧妙地呈现信息,同时保持清晰和准确。这使得它在专业交流、学术写作和礼貌对话中非常宝贵。
理解何时以及如何有效使用被动语态将提升你的英语水平,使你的交流更加精致,并允许你在口语和书面英语中改变句子结构,以获得更好的流畅性、强调和风格。
构成
结构
主语 + am/is/are + 过去分词 + (by + 施动者)
主语接受动作,施动者(执行者)可以省略或用'by'来提及
主动语态转被动语态的例子:
主动语态:
The teacher explains the lesson.
被动语态:
The lesson is explained (by the teacher).
主动语态:
People speak English worldwide.
被动语态:
English is spoken worldwide.
所有形式:
- I am invited to the party.
- You are expected to arrive early.
- He/She/It is made in Italy.
- We are told to wait here.
- They are paid weekly.
否定式和疑问式
肯定式:
- The cake is baked daily.
- Letters are delivered at 9am.
- This brand is trusted globally.
否定式:
- The cake is not baked today.
- Letters aren't delivered on Sundays.
- This brand isn't trusted here.
疑问式:
- Is the cake baked fresh?
- Are letters delivered today?
- Where is this brand made?
所有条件句中的常见错误
✗ The letter written yesterday.
✓ The letter was written yesterday.
不要忘记'be'的形式(am/is/are)- 被动语态需要它。
✗ English is speak worldwide.
✓ English is spoken worldwide.
使用过去分词形式,而不是动词原形。
✗ The cake are baked fresh.
✓ The cake is baked fresh.
动词必须与主语一致(单数'cake'需要'is')。
✗ The book is wrote in 2010.
✓ The book was written in 2010.
使用正确的不规则过去分词(written,而不是wrote)。
主动语态与被动语态:如何选择
使用主动语态的情况:
- 执行者重要或有趣
- 你想要直接、清晰的交流
- 非正式或对话式写作
- 主语已知且相关
例子:"Shakespeare wrote Hamlet"(强调莎士比亚)
使用被动语态的情况:
- 动作/结果更重要
- 执行者未知或不重要
- 正式或科学写作
- 你想避免指责
例子:"Hamlet is performed worldwide"(强调戏剧)
被动语态的关键过去分词
规则动词:
- clean → cleaned
- repair → repaired
- deliver → delivered
- publish → published
常见不规则动词:
- make → made
- write → written
- speak → spoken
- build → built
相同形式:
- cut → cut
- put → put
- cost → cost
- hurt → hurt
快速参考指南
记住:
- 构成: am/is/are + 过去分词
- 焦点: 发生什么,而不是谁做的
- 语气: 比主动语态更正式和客观
- 施动者: 可以省略或用'by'提及
- 疑问句: 将am/is/are移到主语前面
- 否定句: 在am/is/are后面加'not'
- 一致: am/is/are必须与主语一致