2. Passivevoiceisoften in newspapers As headlines. Throughthetext of newspapers Totalkaboutprocesses *Thisisbecausetheactionis more importantthanthepersonwhoisdoingtheaction.
3. Examples Dog comes toman’srescue Losttreasurefound in gardenyesterday Championshipto be held in Japan
6. Veryfrequently, in reportingnews, scientificwriting and otherkinds of writingwherewe are more interested in events and processesthan in thepersondoingtheaction.
7. Example A factorywas set alightduringtheweekend and twomillionpound’sworth of damagewascaused.
8. Formation of thepassivevoice Isformedwiththeverbto be and thepastparticiple of a transitiveverb. Get can sometimes be usedinformallyinstead of be. Itisusedwithall tenses exceptforthepresentperfectcontinous and thefuturecontinous.