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Passive voice · CEFR B2 · Confident
Any modal can take a passive after it, and this is how instructions are written at work.
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This form should be submitted by Friday.
modal + be + third form
Question 1 of 1
Choose an answer, then check why it fits.
This is a check of this example, not an English level assessment.
Example 1 of 1
This form should be submitted by Friday.
The form does not submit itself — it needs "be" plus the third form.
The shape
modal + be + third form
Give an instruction without naming a person.
In Hindi
किसी भी modal के बाद passive आ सकता है — दफ़्तर में निर्देश इसी तरह लिखे जाते हैं।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
This form should submit by Friday. | This form should be submitted by Friday. The form does not submit itself — it needs "be" plus the third form. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Passive after a modal is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to passive voice. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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