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Active / Passive
How are these sentences different in meaning?
a) Tommy ate the last piece of cake.
b) The last piece of cake was eaten.
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Tom
WHO DID THIS???
What is the passive voice?
The passive voice is the structure we use when we DO NOT SAY WHO or WHAT performs an action.
He was robbed. “Normal” sentences
are called active.
Someone robbed him.
When do we use the passive?
1) When we do not know who does something.
2) When it is not important who does something.
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When do we use the passive?
4) When we want to hide who does something (not to show blame).
3) When it is obvious who does something.HE
OBVIOUSLY
DID IT!
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The verb in the passive
BASIC STRUCTURE:
Same tense of BE + p.p verb
English IS SPOKEN here.
The cake WAS EATEN.
The house HAS BEEN BUILT.
What happens to “be”?
The verb “be” follows the main rule of the tense.
For example: Present Perfect = have + ppI have eaten an apple.In the passive: Have been+ pp of main verb
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How do we form the passive?
The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
Susan painted a picture.
A picture was painted
by Susan.
Find the object in these sentences
1) I read books. 2) We serve dinner
at three o’clock. 3) Did you feed the
cat already? 4) The students were
writing a test. 5) He had taken all
the money.
1) BOOKS2) DINNER
3) THE CAT
4) A TEST
5) ALL THE MONEY
Present tenses in the passive
Tense Active Passive
Present Simple
I write letters. Letters are written by me.
Present Continuous
I am writing letters.
Letters are being written by me.
Present Perfect
I have written letters.
Letters have been written by me.
Past tenses in the passive
Tense Active Passive
Past Simple I wrote letters. Letters were written by me.
Past Continuous
I was writing letters.
Letters were being written by me.
Past Perfect I had written letters.
Letters had been written by me.
Future and modalsTense Active Passive
Future Simple
I will write letters.
Letters will be written by me.
be going to - future
I am going to write letters.
Letters are going to be written by me.
Modals (can, should, must, etc.)
I must write letters.
Letters must be written by me.
Correct! Do the next one
I can’t fix this dress.
The passive is:
a) This dress I can’t fix.
b) This dress can’t be fixed.
c) This dress can’t fix.
Correct! Do the next one.
She has done her homework.
The passive is:
a) Her homework is been done.
b) Her homework has been doing.
c) Her homework has been done.
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