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PASSIVE VOICE(Present & Past Tenses)
When do you use the Passive Voice?How do you form Tenses in the
Passive?Is the Agent (BY) necessary?
Examples and Activities
HOUSE
Peter, the builder
Bricklayers and other workers
When do you use the PASSIVE VOICE?
(Present & Past Tenses)
-We are interested in the object -or We don’t know who caused the action
Ex.: My bike was stolen.
- There must be an object in the active sentence
Active: Peter built a house. Passive: A house was built by Peter,
- Sometimes only the passive voice is possible:
Ex.: I was born in Madrid.
How do you form Tenses in the PASSIVE VOICE? (1)
(Present Tense)
ACTIVE Peter builds a house
PASSIVE A house is built by Peter
How do you form Tenses in the PASSIVE VOICE? (2)
(Past Tense)
ACTIVE Peter built a house
PASSIVE A house was built by Peter
Is the AGENT (BY) necessary in the PASSIVE VOICE?
(Present & Past Tenses)-We are normally not interested in the "doer" of an action in a passive sentence. So there is NO AGENT in the passive voice.
- When we do not know who was the "doer", we use someone or somebody in the active sentence. So there is NO AGENT in the passive voice.
- When we want to mention who was the "doer" of the action, we use the preposition by. The whole phrase is called by-agent in English.
EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passive sentences
1. What do these expressions mean?2. Where can you find these notices?
No smoking
Children under 16 not admitted to this club
Money returned if not
satisfied
English spoken
Rubbish cleared on Mondays
All cars checked before sale
Washing machines repaired
Book bought and sold
EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passive sentences
-Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form: CAUSE DAMAGE HOLD INCLUDE
INVITE MAKE OVERTAKE SHOWTRANSLATE WRITE
1. Many accidents ____________ by dangerous driving.2. Cheese ________________ from milk.3. The roof of the building _________________ in a storm a few days
ago.4. There’s no need to leave a tip. Service ________________ in the bill.5. You ______________ to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?6. A cinema is a place where films ________________ .7. In the USA, elections for President _______________ every four
years.8. Originally the book __________________ in Spanish and a few years
ago it _________ into English.9. We were driving along quite fast but we ______________ by lots of
other cars.
EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passive sentences
-CHOOSE between present simple or past simple / active or passive1. Five hundred people _______________ (employ) in that big factory.2. Water ____________ (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.3. Most of the Earth’s surface _____________ (cover) by water.4. The letter ____________ (post) one week ago and it ____________
(arrive) yesterday.5. I was born in London but I _____________ (grow) up in the North of
England.6. While I was in London, my camera ______________ (steal) from my
room.7. While I was in London, my camera ______________(disappear) from
my room.- REWRITE using passive sentences1. Somebody cleans the room every day. - …2. They cancelled all flights because of fog. – All …3. People don’t use this road very often. - …4. Somebody accused me of stealing money. – I …5. People advised us not to go out alone. - …