P
A S S I V E V O I C E.
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Tense
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Passive Form
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Example: Passive
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Example: Active
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Present Simple
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am/is/are +V3(ed)
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Cars are made in Japan.
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Japan makes cars.
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Past Simple
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was/were + V3(ed)
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He was promoted by the boss.
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The boss promoted him.
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Future Simple
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shall/will be + V3
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You will be given a test by your teacher.
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The teacher will give you a test.
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Present Continuous
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am/is/are being +V3 (ed)
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The matter is still being considered.
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They are still considering the matter
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Present Perfect
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has/have been +V3
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He has been well advised by you.
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You have advised him well.
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Past Perfect
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had been + V3 (ed)
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The work had been finished by June.
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They had finished the work by June.
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Future Perfect
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shall/will have been + V3 (ed)
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He will have been promoted in a few years
time.
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They will have promoted him in a few years
time.
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modal passive
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modal verb + be +V3 (ed)
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The theory must be proved.
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They must prove the theory.
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to be going to(future)
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am/is/are + going to be + V3 (ed)
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The factory is going to be closed.
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They are going to close the factory.
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E
X E R C I S E S:
1).Make
sentences:
E.g. Volkswagen cars (make) Germany. – Volkswagen
cars are made in Germany.
1. a lot of rice (eat) India
___________________________________________________________
2. Coca - Cola (produce) USA
________________________________________________________
3. tea (produce) China
___________________________________________________________
4. frogs (eat)
France ____________________________________________________________
5. coffee (grow)
Brazil ____________________________________________________________
2). Make sentences:
E.g. Oliver
Twist was written by Charles Dickens.
Oliver Twist
(write) Leonardo da Vinci Oliver Twist was written by
Leonardo da Vinci.
The Mona Lisa (paint)
Alexander the Great ___________________________________________
The Eiffel Tower (build) Charles
Dickens ___________________________________________
Carmen (compose)
Georges Bizet ___________________________________________
Alexandria
(found) Gustave Eiffel
___________________________________________
America (discover) Christopher
Columbus ___________________________________________
3). Choose the correct variant:
E.g. English is
spoken in Canada.
1. English speaks / spoken /is spoken in Canada.
2. I studied / was studied French for three years
at school.
3. We spent / was spent too much money on
holidays.
4. This window broke / was broken by the little
boy.
5. Her clothes made / are made in Paris.
6. This book written / was written by my aunt.
7. The new university will open / will opened / will
be opened next year.
8. He was driving / was driven fast and stopped
/ was stopped by the police.
4). Use the Passive Voice:
E.g. Mary washed the dishes. - The
dishes were washed by Mary.
1 The children didn’t turn off the kettle.
__________________________________________________
2.Children often feed the birds in winter.___________________________________________________
3 Lisa planted a lot of flowers a month ago.________________________________________________
4.Children usually make experiments at the Chemistry
lessons.
___________________________________________________________________________________
5.Jane baked a cake yesterday.
_________________________________________________________
6.The children didn’t clean the forest after the picnic. ___________________________________________________________________________________
7. Jack’s mother usually buys food.
_____________________________________________________
5). Open the brackets:
E.g. 1. This newspaper article has
been written (to write) by a famous observer.
2. His last book __________________ (to publish) two
years ago.
3. A new rich library ___________________ (to open) next
year.
4. English _________________ (to speak) all over the
world .
5. Our school ____________________ (to build) in 2000.
6. The sounds __________________ (to hear) from behind the
door.
6). Use Active or Passive:
History of English.
During the 400’s, modern England ___________ (to
invade) by the people, who lived along the North Sea. These people _________
(to be) the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. Old English _____ (to speak) between
500 and 1100. It _______ (to be) a mixture of the Germanic languages of the
Angles, Jutes and Saxons.
In 1066, people from France called Normans _______(to
invade) England. Their leader, William, _____ (to become) king of England.
Many French words ________ ( to add). This language _______ ( to call)
Middle English.
By about 1485, the language people ________ (to
speak) in England ______(to be) more like the English that _________(to speak)
today. This _______(to know) as Modern English. Explorers and colonists
_______________ (to spread) English throughout the world. Today English, as a
native language, ________________ (to speak) by more than 400 million people.
7). Make up sentences using the Passive Voice:
E.g. St. Paul’s Cathedral / build /Christopher Wren
=
St. Paul’s Cathedral was built by
Christopher Wren.
1.Eugen Paton / construct / bridge
_______________________________________________________
2.Miss Marple / create / A. Christie
______________________________________________________
3.Coca Cola / invent / 1886
____________________________________________________________
4.Croissants / make / France
____________________________________________________________
5.Kilt / wear / Scotland
____________________________________________________________
8) Find the correct verb. Fill in: A postman, a
doctor, a zookeeper, a butcher, a baker, a milkmaid, a grocer, a
dustman, a pilot, a miner.
Mind the Verbs:
Bring - brought - brought sell
- sold - sold
Buy - bought - bought Fly
- flew - flown
Make - made - made
The verbs to cure, to mine, to look after, to collect
are regular.
E.g. 1. Letters and parcels are brought
to your home by a postman.
2. Meat is _____________ from the
________________.
3. When you are ill, you are ______________ by
the_________.
4. Milk is ____________ to your home by the
______________.
5. Coal is ____________ from the earth by the
_____________.
6. The animals at the zoo are __________after
by the __________.
7. Bread, buns and cakes are ____________ by
the __________.
8. Rubbish is ___________ from your house by
the ___________.
9. Bacon, cheese, jam, tea, sugar are
_________ by the ________.
10. Aeroplanes are _________ all over the world
by ___________
9). Dishes and Tools. Match:
Nails are driven with a
milkjug
Wood is chopped with a
hammer
Milk is kept
in an
axe
Bread is cut with
a spoon
Meat is eaten with a
nail
Soup is eaten
with a
mug
Pieces of wood are joined together with a
fork
Water is drunk from
a knife
Paper is cut
with a
saw
The ground is dug with an
iron
Water for tea is boiled in
a tea-pot
Sugar is kept
in pincers
Coffee is made in
a sugar basin
Tea is drunk from a
spoon
A cup is stood
on a
salt cellar
Wood is sawn with a
saucer
Tea is made
in a
cup
Soup is boiled
in a
plate
Water is taken from the pail with a
kettle
Soup is eaten
from a
glass
Fish is fried
in a
fork
Salt is put
in a
knife
A nail is pulled out with
a coffee –pot
A dress is ironed with a
sauce-pan
10). Put into
the Passive:
E.g. 1. A motor-van knocked the
cyclist down. – The cyclist was knocked down by a motor-van.
2. We
had finished all the work by 9 o’clock.-
3. I
shall pay all the bills tomorrow.-
4. The
rescue party found the missing climber after a long search.-
5. We
were making good progress until the car broke down.-
6. I
will forgive you because you are sorry.-
11). Fill in:
E.g. The knife is used to
cut bread.
rod to
dig ground
spade to
freeze meat
fridge to
pay for goods
money to
ring
bell to
play
ball to
grind coffee
bag to
catch fish
soap to
carry things
coffee grinder to
wash hands
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