Passive Voice Class

PASSIVE VOICE
By Beldad Fenco Periche.
PASSIVE VOICE
By Beldad Fenco Periche.
carpenter
table
The carpenter makes a table.
carpenter
table
The table is made by the carpente
PASSIVE VOICE
Compare active and passive:
Somebody cleans the office every day.

(active)
The office is cleaned everyday. (passive)
Somebody cleaned the office every day.
(active)
PASSIVE IS
past
to be
FORMED:
participle
am / is / are (not)
cleaned.
present simple
taken.
present continuous am / is / are (not) + being
was / were (not)
built.
past simple
was / were (not) + being
injured.
past continuous
Examples:
present simple
present
continuous
past simple
past continuous
active
passive
He paints the house.

He
is
house.
painting
The house is painted.

the
The house is being painted.
He painted the house. The house was painted.

He was painting theThe
house
was
being
house.
painted.
Examples:
active
passive
present simple
David punches the wall.
present
continuous
Ana is
poem.
past simple
past continuous
writing
The wall
David.
is
punched
by
bigA big poem is being written

by Ana.
Daniel washed the carThe car was washed by

yesterday.
Daniel.
Damon was teachingMathematics
was
being
mathematics
lasttaught by Damon last
month.
month.
PASSIVE IS
FORMED:
Present Perfect
Future Intention
with Going to
Future Simple
Examples:
Present
Perfect
to be
past
participle
been (not)
produced.
be (not)
built.
will be(not)
finished.
active
passive
They
have
Over 20 models have
produced over 20
been produced in the
models in the past
past two years.
two years.
They are going to

Future
A new factory is going
build
a
new
to
be
built
in
Intention with factory
in
Portland.
Going to
Portland.
I
will
finish
Future Simple tomorrow.
it It will be
tomorrow.
finished
PASSIVE IS
FORMED:
Past Perfect
Future perfect
Modals
Examples:
to be
past
participle
been (not)
caught.
have been (not)
restored.
modal + be(not)
restored.
active
passive
Past Perfect
They had caught The thieves had been

the thieves.
caught.
Future perfect
The
will
restored
building.
Modals
They must restore The building must be

the building.
restored.
have
The building will have
the
been restored.
The meeting was cancelled last week.

We use the passive when we want to focus on the
action of the verb rather than on the person who
People speak English in most parts of the

active: world.
English is spoken in most parts of the
passive:
When
theworld.
subject of the active sentence is people,
one, someone / somebody, they, he, etc. We often
omit the agent in the passive sentence.
active: I asked her to read the book.

passive
She was asked to read the book.
:
Object pronouns (me, you, him, etc.) become

subject pronouns (I, you, he, etc.) in the passive.
NOTE
When we are interested more in the action than the
agent, such as in news reports, formal notices,
instructions, processes, headlines,
advertisements, etc.
Cocodriles have been set free
To
make
statements
more formal
or polite.
The
base
have been
broken.
(more
polite)
You have broken the base.
The Agent
Penicillin was discovered by Alexander

Fleming.
The agent (The person who carries out the
action) is introduced with the preposition by
and is mentioned only when the identity of the
agent is important of needs to be stated.
These pancakes were

made with flour, eggs
and milk.
The policeman was stabbed with

a knife.
We use with + instrument / material +
ingredient, etc. To say what the agent
The agent is not mention when:

Jim's car was stolen last
1) it is
night.
unknown.
(We don't know who stole Jim's
car.)
Champagne is made in
France.
2) It is
(The agent is unimportant.)
unimporta
She was given a basket of
nt
fruit as a gift.
(it doesn't matter who gave it.)
3) It is
MORE CASES
Verbs followed by a preposition (look after, accuse
of, etc.) take the preposition immidiately after
them when turned into the passive.
She looks after her daughter

well.
Her daughter is looked after well.
For verbs which have two objects, it

is more usual to begin the sentence
with the person.
They gave her all the details.
She was given all the details.
(more usual)
All the details were given to her.
In passive questions with who, whom

or which we do not omit by.
Who offered her the job?
Who was she offered the job by?
Make, help, see are followed by a toinfinitive in the passive.

They saw him cross the street
He was seen to cross the Street.
Hear, see, watch can be followed by

a present participle in the active and
passive.
We heard
guitar.
him
playing
the
He was heard playing the guitar.
LETS PRACTICE
Look at the pictures and the prompts and make

sentences using the passive voice.
1. X rays / discover / Wilhelm

Roentgen.
X- rays were discovered by
Wilhelm Roentgen.
he Royal hospital/ open / last Monday.

he Royal hospital was opened last Monday.
3. The crops / destroy / a fire.

The crops were destroyed by a fire.
Visitors / ask / not to smoke in this area.

Visitiros are asked to smoke in this area.
4. The surgery / make / the most famous

doctors.
The surgery was made by the most
famous doctors.
Put the newspaper headlines into the passive

to complete the sentences below.
1. Seaside resort was destroyed by a Hurric

last night on the coast of Florida.
2. Parliament are opening by the queen
today in Westminster.
3. The National lottery was won by an
80-year-old-man.
4. The Worl record was broken by Johnson

at the European Games.
5. Many people were injured when
Southern California was hit by an Earthqua
is made
Wewere damaged
Was given
Are shown
Was stolen
Was made
Were
invited
Was found
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PASSIVE VOICE

By Beldad Fenco Periche.

The carpenter makes a table.

The table is made by the carpente

Compare active and passive:

Somebody cleans the office every day.

He paints the house.

The house is painted.

The house is being painted.

He painted the house. The house was painted.

David punches the wall.

bigA big poem is being written

Daniel washed the carThe car was washed by

They are going to

Future Simple tomorrow.

have been (not)

They had caught The thieves had been

They must restore The building must be

The meeting was cancelled last week.

People speak English in most parts of the

active: I asked her to read the book.

Object pronouns (me, you, him, etc.) become

Cocodriles have been set free

Penicillin was discovered by Alexander

These pancakes were

The policeman was stabbed with

The agent is not mention when:

She looks after her daughter

Her daughter is looked after well.

For verbs which have two objects, it

In passive questions with who, whom

Who was she offered the job by?

Make, help, see are followed by a toinfinitive in the passive.

He was seen to cross the Street.

Hear, see, watch can be followed by

He was heard playing the guitar.

Look at the pictures and the prompts and make

1. X rays / discover / Wilhelm

he Royal hospital/ open / last Monday.

3. The crops / destroy / a fire.

Visitors / ask / not to smoke in this area.

4. The surgery / make / the most famous

Put the newspaper headlines into the passive

1. Seaside resort was destroyed by a Hurric

4. The Worl record was broken by Johnson

Southern California was hit by an Earthqua

APPLE FIGHTS BACK

APPLE FIGHTS BACK

NORTH KOREA FUELS

NORTH KOREA FUELS

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