Erreurs courantes au passif

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1. Les 10 erreurs les plus frequentes

Erreur	Correction	Explication
The book was wrote by him.	The book was written by him.	Utiliser le participe passe (written), pas le preterit (wrote).
The cake eaten by Marie.	The cake was eaten by Marie.	L'auxiliaire BE est obligatoire au passif.
He is been promoted.	He has been promoted.	Present Perfect passif = has/have been + PP, pas is been.
The window was breaking.	The window was broken.	Utiliser le participe passe, pas le gerondif (-ing).
It was happened yesterday.	It happened yesterday.	Happen est intransitif : pas de forme passive possible.
A car was bought for she.	A car was bought for her.	Pronom complement (her), pas pronom sujet (she) apres by/for.
The report must been finished.	The report must be finished.	Modal + be + PP (pas been apres un modal).
My car was repair yesterday.	My car was repaired yesterday.	Le participe passe de repair est repaired (regulier : +ed).
English is speak in many countries.	English is spoken in many countries.	Le PP de speak est spoken (irregulier).
The meeting has been cancel.	The meeting has been cancelled.	Le PP de cancel est cancelled (doublement du L en anglais britannique).

Les francophones commettent des erreurs specifiques liees aux differences structurelles entre les deux langues :

En francais, "on" est souvent traduit par un passif en anglais :

"On parle anglais ici" → English is spoken here. (PAS : Someone speaks English here.)
"On m'a dit que..." → I was told that... (PAS : One told me that...)

BE + PP est la forme standard. GET + PP est plus informel et implique souvent un evenement soudain ou negatif :

Quand l'agent est important et mentionne, on doit utiliser by :

Ces verbes n'ont pas de complement d'objet direct, donc pas de passif :

Astuce : Pour verifier qu'une phrase passive est correcte, retransformez-la en phrase active. Si cela fonctionne, votre passif est bon.