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OET Passive Voice: Choose “Been” or “Being” Without Changing the Meaning
Understand been and being in OET writing, repair passive verb forms and distinguish a completed action from a process in progress.
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OET Grammar — Course 9
Explore Forming the Passive Voice: Every Tense and Structure, When and Why to Use the Passive and Passive Voice in OET Medical Letters.
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Forming the Passive Voice: Every Tense and Structure
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When and Why to Use the Passive
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Passive Voice in OET Medical Letters
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Orientation: What This Book Teaches and Why It Matters
- The book's promise
- What is inside the source
- Learning outcomes
- Study plan
What Is Passive Voice?
- Definitions
- The flip, step by step
- Why passive exists — the three seed reasons
- Quick check
Forming the Passive Voice: Every Tense and Structure
- Forming the Passive Voice: Every Tense and Structure
- Present simple passive: am/is/are + past participle
- Past simple passive: was/were + past participle
- Present continuous passive: am/is/are + being + past participle
- Past continuous passive: was/were + being + past participle
- Present perfect passive: has/have + been + past participle
- Past perfect passive: had + been + past participle
- Future passive with will: will be + past participle
- Modal passive: modal + be + past participle
- Infinitive passive: to be + past participle
- Agent: include or omit?
- Transitive verbs only
- Formation drills
When and Why to Use the Passive
- When and Why to Use the Passive
- Focus on the important element
- Unknown, irrelevant, or implicit doer
- Formality and professional tone
- Politeness / indirect requests
- Avoiding blame / diplomatic negatives
- When NOT to use it
Passive Voice in OET Medical Letters
- Principle 1: emphasise patient and care
- Principle 2: remove first-person pronouns
- The five typical passive zones
- When to stay active inside letters
- Transforming requests politely
- More OET transformation models
Common Mistakes and Tips
- Wrong or missing past participle
- Missing or wrong "be"
- been vs. being
- Unnecessary "by …" phrases
- Overuse
- Double-object passives
- Tense logic
Guided Practice: Chapter 6 Exercises 1–10
- Exercise 1: Identify active vs. passive
- Exercise 2: Active → passive
- Exercise 3: Passive → active
- Exercise 4: Personal → formal passive
- Exercise 5: Gap-fill
- Exercise 6: Fix the mistakes
- Exercise 7: Paragraph transformation
- Exercise 8: Scenario sentences
- Exercise 9: Referral letter task + model
- Exercise 10: Discharge letter task + model
Workbook Training by Letter Type
- Workbook orientation
- Basics refresher
- Workbook Exercise 1: Active → passive
- Workbook Exercise 2: Gap-fill
- Workbook Exercise 3: Error correction
- Workbook Exercise 4: Paragraph rewriting A + B
- Referral letters: theory + Exercise 5
- Workbook Exercise 6: Referral letter task
- Discharge letters: theory + Exercise 7
- Workbook Exercise 8: Discharge letter task
- Transfer letters: theory + Exercise 9
- Workbook Exercise 10: Transfer letter task
- Follow-up letters: theory + Exercise 11
- Workbook Exercise 12: Follow-up letter task
Banks, Strategy, and Exam Routine
- High-value passive phrase bank
- Irregular past-participle bank
- The 45-minute letter routine
- Closing checklist
- Full-course practice index
Mock Tests
Practice quizzes
- OET Writing : Referral Letter + Passive Grammar
- OET Writing : Discharge Letter + Passive Grammar
- OET Writing : Transfer Letter + Passive Grammar
- OET Writing : Follow-up/Request Letter + Passive Grammar
- OET Writing : Referral Letter + Full Passive Audit
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