【LIST】Passive

Passive

We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or 
when we do not know who caused the action.

We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence 
when there is an object in the active sentence.

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1. In March 2013, 
2. the world's first successful test drilling of methane hydrate 
3. was conducted off Aichi Prefecture in deposits 
4. discovered along the country’s Pacific coast. 

• EIN070_Signs found of new methane hydrate deposits in Sea of Japan

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1. The government anticipates 
2. that deposits will be mined on a commercial basis there 
3. around 2023 at the earliest.

• EIN070_Signs found of new methane hydrate deposits in Sea of Japan

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