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    Here is the paragraph converted to active voice:  Dr. Wheeler entered the room, at which point he spoke words of advice regarding active verbs. The rebellious class decided that they would write the final paper of the semester entirely in passive voice. Wheeler made remarks; the students protested. One student got out of his seat. He stood upon his desk and vowed that he would never write another active sentence. He challenged someone to a duel. They shed blood. They kicked butts. They lost lives. People could hear shrieks. Concerned people ran down the halls of Henderson. When they entered the room, they saw carnage. When they found Wheeler standing over the bodies, he only spoke these words:

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    Here is the paragraph converted to active voice:  Dr. Wheeler entered the room, at which point he spoke words of advice regarding active verbs. The rebellious class decided that they would write the final paper of the semester entirely in passive voice. Wheeler made remarks; the students protested. One student got out of his seat. He stood upon his desk and vowed that he would never write another active sentence. He challenged someone to a duel. They shed blood. They kicked butts. They lost lives. People could hear shrieks. Concerned people ran down the halls of Henderson. When they entered the room, they saw carnage. When they found Wheeler standing over the bodies, he only spoke these words:

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    Here is the paragraph converted to active voice:  Dr. Wheeler entered the room, at which point he spoke words of advice regarding active verbs. The rebellious class decided that they would write the final paper of the semester entirely in passive voice. Wheeler made remarks; the students protested. One student got out of his seat. He stood upon his desk and vowed that he would never write another active sentence. He challenged someone to a duel. They shed blood. They kicked butts. They lost lives. People could hear shrieks. Concerned people ran down the halls of Henderson. When they entered the room, they saw carnage. When they found Wheeler standing over the bodies, he only spoke these words:

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    The Passive

    ELTU -2019
    Uses of passive

     1.It is very common in formal report and news


    paper writing.
     2.It is also common in processes : scientific/
    factories/demonstrations
     3.It is used when we are interested in ‘what
    happened’ rather than ‘who did’ it.
     4. It is not a tense but a sentence form.
     5. It can be in any tense: Present / Past / Future
    Present Simple
    Statement
    Active Voice Passive Voice
    You wash the car every week. The car is washed every week.

    Question
    Active Voice Passive Voice
    Do you wash the car every Is the car washed every week?
    week?

    Negative statement
    Active Voice Passive Voice
    You don't wash the car every The car isn't washed every
    week. week.
    Past Simple
    Statement
    Active Voice Passive Voice
    You washed the car yesterday. The car was washed yesterday.

    Question
    Active Voice Passive Voice
    Did you wash the car yesterday ? Was the car washed yesterday?

    Negative
    Active Voice Passive Voice

    You did not wash the car The car wasn’t washed
    yesterday. yesterday.
    Future Simple

    Statement

    Active Voice Passive Voice

    You will wash the car tomorrow. The car will be washed tomorrow.

    Question
    Active Voice Passive Voice

    Will you wash the car tomorrow. Will the car be washed tomorrow?

    Negative
    Active Voice Passive Voice

    You will not wash the car Won’t your car be washed
    tomorrow. tomorrow?
    Present Perfect

     Active: You have cleaned the car.


     Passive: The car has been cleaned .

     Active: You have not cleaned the car.


     Passive: The car has not been cleaned .

     Active: Have you cleaned the car ?


     Passive: Has the car been cleaned ?
    Past Perfect

     Active: You had cleaned the car.


     Passive: The car had been cleaned .

     Active: You had not cleaned the car.


     Passive: The car had not been cleaned .

     Active: Had you cleaned the car ?


     Passive: Had the car been cleaned?
    Future Perfect

     Active: You will have cleaned the car later.


     Passive: The car will have been cleaned later.

     Active: You will not have cleaned the car later.


     Passive: The car will not have been cleaned later.

     Active: Will the car have cleaned later ?


     Passive: Will the car have been cleaned later ?
    Present Continuous

     Active: You are cleaning the car now.


     Passive: The car is being cleaned now.

     Active: You are not cleaning the car now.


     Passive: The car is not being cleaned now.

     Active: Are you cleaning the car now?


     Passive: Is the car being cleaned now?
    Past Continuous

     Active: You were cleaning the car.


     Passive: The car was being cleaned .

     Active: You were not cleaning the car.


     Passive: The car was not being cleaned ,

     Active: Were you cleaning the car ?


     Passive: Was the car being cleaned ?
    Passive to-infinitive

     Active: He has to deliver the letters.


     Passive: The letters have to be delivered.

     Active: He doesn’t have to deliver the letters.


     Passive: The letters have not to be delivered.

     Active: He will have to deliver the letters.


     Passive: The letters will have to be delivered.
    Passive -Modals

     Active: My mother should clean this room later.


     Passive: This room should be cleaned later.

     Active: My mother should not clean this room later.


     Passive: This room should not be cleaned later.

     Active: Should my mother clean the room ?


     Passive: Should the room be cleaned ?
    Complete these sentence with information of your own, using
    passive forms of the verbs in brackets. Try to vary the tense
    you use.

    a. The film ……………………………………………….(direct)

    b. This wonderful story ……………………………………………………(set)

    c. All of the costumes ………………………………………………(design)

    d. The main character ………………………………………….(play)

    e. The supporting cast ……………………………………………..(choose)

    f. Most of the music…………………………………………… (compose)

    g. A subtitled version ……………………………...........(show)

    h. The screenplay …………………………………………………..(nominate)


    Chris Renalds, a Carson-Newman student, wrote a tongue-in-cheek
    paragraph completely in passive voice. We have reproduced it below
    with minor alterations. Convert the paragraph to active voice for
    practice.

     The room was entered by Dr. Wheeler, at which point words of advice
    regarding active verbs were spoken by him. It was decided by the rebellious
    class that the final paper of the semester would be written entirely in passive
    voice. Remarks were made by a distraught Wheeler; protests were made by
    the students. A seat was gotten out of by one student. His desk was stood
    upon by him, and a vow was made by him that he would never write another
    active sentence. He was challenged to a duel. Blood was shed. Butts were
    kicked. Lives were lost. Shrieks could be heard. The halls of Henderson were
    run down by people who were concerned. When the room was entered by
    them, carnage was seen by them. When Wheeler was found standing over the
    bodies, only these words were spoken by him: "Mistakes were made."

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