Assignment
Title:Identifying Passive Structures in a News Article
"Satellites Could Beam Poorest Nations Out of Digital Desert"
Name: Hussain Ullah
Course: B1.B Grammar
Instructor: Ma’am Fatima
Date: 03/27/2023
Here's an example of how we could identifying passive structure in this article:
 "Low-flying satellites could bring hope to millions." - In this sentence, the
passive structure is "could bring," where the satellites are the ones doing the
action of bringing hope, and "millions" are the receivers of the action.
 "Satellites set to play a key role as rival firms send thousands of new
generation transmitters into low level orbit." - Here, the passive structure is
"set to play," where the satellites are going to be the ones playing a key role,
but the sentence does not mention who or what is doing the setting.
 "The staggering international connectivity gap that had widened over the past
decade was condemned by the ITU." - This sentence uses the passive structure
"was condemned," where the ITU is the doer of the action, but the sentence
focuses on the international connectivity gap as the receiver of the action.
 "The digital dearth is particularly acute in some African countries." - This
sentence does not explicitly use a passive structure, but it implies one. The
digital dearth is the receiver of the action, as it is the lack of digital access in
African countries.
 "Huge rural zones and swathes of territory battled over by rival rebel groups
for more than two decades are digital deserts." - This sentence also does not
use a passive structure directly, but it implies one. The rural zones and swathes
of territory are the receivers of the action, as they are the ones lacking digital
access.
 "The launch of thousands of Low-Earth Orbit satellites could bring speedy
change and boost African hopes, tech experts promised at the Doha summit."
- Here, the passive structure is "could bring," where the satellites are the ones
bringing speedy change and boosting African hopes.
 "Satellite coverage will play a key role in Microsoft’s vow to bring internet
access to 100 million Africans by 2025." - This sentence uses the passive
structure "will play," where satellite coverage is the one playing the key role.
 "The initial five million will be served by Viasat, one of the companies
sending constellations of satellites into space to compete with land-based fiber
broadband." - This sentence uses the passive structure "will be served,"
where Viasat is the doer of the action, but the sentence focuses on the initial
five million as the receivers of the action.
 "Elon Musk’s Space X and Star link are also putting thousands of satellites
into an orbit between 400 and 700 kilometer’s above Earth." - This sentence
uses the passive structure "are putting," where Space X and Star link are the
ones doing the action of putting satellites into orbit.
1. "The technology costs have come down substantially and will continue to
drop." - This sentence does not use a passive structure, as the subject
"technology costs" is the doer of the action.