The Art of Business English The Passive Voice for Reporting and Services
The Art of Business English The Passive Voice for Reporting and Services covers the passive for reporting a result and for talking about services you arrange rather than carry out yourself. The Art of Business English is a podcast and blog for professionals who work in English. This lesson, the second of two on the passive, takes reporting verbs in the passive, have and get something done, and need with an -ing form.
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How It Helps Your Business English
The article is the written form of a podcast episode, with the recording on the page. It covers reporting in the passive, where a result is stated without naming who produced it, then have or get something done for a service arranged with a supplier, and need followed by an -ing form, each with example sentences from working life.
Listen to the episode while you read the examples, then take the three patterns into your own writing: the reporting passive for a result in a report, have or get something done when you arranged a service rather than performed it, and need with an -ing form for what is still outstanding. The examples are short enough to adapt into an email of your own.
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