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Page 1: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Passive voice

Page 2: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Active voice• The subject of a sentence is the person

or thing we talk about.• When the subject does something, we

use ACTIVE VOICE

• E.g.: People sell good luck flowers.

Subject (doer)Subject (doer) Active verb ( it can be in diff. tenses)Active verb ( it can be in diff. tenses)

Object (receiver)

Page 3: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Passive voice• It is used when the subject is not the doer

of an action.• We put the receiver of an action as the

subject.• We put the doer of an action as the object.

• E.g.: Good luck flowers are sold by people.

Object (Doer)Passive verb(It can be in diff. tenses)Passive verb(It can be in diff. tenses)

Subject ( receiver)Subject ( receiver)

Page 4: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

The form of passive voice-It is formed by: be + past participle

Page 5: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Practice

People eat moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival

Moon cakes are eaten (by people) at Mid-Autumn festival

Page 6: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

People sweep graves with brooms at Ching Ming Festival.

Graves are swept with brooms (by people) at Ching Ming Festival.

Page 7: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

People light lanterns at Mid-Autumn Festivals.

Lanterns are lit (by people) at Mid-Autumn Festivals

Page 8: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

GAME

TIME!GAME

TIME!

Page 9: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

People sweep graves.Graves __________________.

Is swept

Are swept

Sweep Swept

Are swept

Page 10: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

People buy some flowersSome flowers ______________.

Is bought bought

Buyed Are

bought

Are bought

Page 11: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Miss Lee paints a picture.A picture ___________ by Miss Lee.

Painted

Paint

Are painted

Is painted

Is painted

Page 12: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

The brother make a cake.A cake ___________ by the brother.

make

d

Are made

Is made

Is make

Is made

Page 13: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

John buys some new clothes.Some new clothes _________ by John

bought

Are bought

Is bought

Be bought

Are bought

Page 14: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

The family clean the houseThe house __________________.Is cleaned by the family

Page 15: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Mr. Chan places some flowersSome flowers __________________.Are placed by Mr. Chan

Page 16: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Sally throws the old things.The old things ___________________.

Are thrown by Sally

Page 17: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Peter draws a car___________________________.

A car is drawn by Peter

Page 18: Passive voice. Active voice The subject of a sentence is the person or thing we talk about. When the subject does something, we use ACTIVE VOICE E.g.:

Mr. and Mrs. Wu bake a cake___________________________.

A cake is baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu


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