Grammar – Active and

Passive Voice
Test 1

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Reflection
1. Women = plural/ more than
one → use are/ were
2. Typo/ mistype = built
PASSIVE VOIC MECHANICAL DRILLING TO CHECK UNDERSTANDING & FAMIIARISE THE USERS WI
E
TH THE FORMS
ACTIVE FORMS PASSIVE VOICE
STATEMENTS STATEMENTS
AGENT ACTION OBJECT OF ACTION COMPLIMENT OBJECT OF ACTION BE ACTION AGENT COMPLIMENT

I ride that motorcyle every day That motorcyle is ridden by me every day
I bring documents every day Documents are brought by me every day
I rode that motorcyle yesterday That motorcyle was ridden by me yesterday
I brought documents yesterday Documents were brought by me yesterday

CHECKING CHECKING
AUX AGENT ACTION OBJECT OF ACTION COMPLIMENT
Be Object of action Action Agent Compliment
Do you ride that motorcyle every day? is that motorcyle ridden by you every day?
Do you bring any documents every day? are any documents brought by you every day?
Did you ride that motorcycle yesterday was that motorcyle ridden by you yesterday?
Did you bring any documents ?
yesterday were any documents brought by you yesterday?
?
ASKING ASKING
WH OBJECT OF AUX AGENT ACTIO COMPLIMENT WH OBJECT OF BE ACTION AGENT COMPLIMEN
ACTION N ACTION T

What motorcyle do you ride every day? What motorcyle is ridden by you every day?
What motorcyle did you ride yesterday? What motorcyle was ridden by you yesterday?
How documents did you bring yesterday? How m documents
were brought by you yesterday?
many any
 Active Voice Passive Voice
we can express
is used when the focus is on the is used when the person or the thing sentences in two
subject (or agent) of the main verb. affected by the main verb becomes
different ways:
This is the person or thing doing the focus.
the verb.
active voice and
e.g. passive voice.
e.g. • The internet is used by millions of p
• Millions of people use the interne eople every day.
t every day. • Many houses in the village were d
• A strong storm destroyed many h estroyed by a strong storm.
ouses in the village. • The test was passed by only six stu
• Only six students passed the test dents.
.
We can use the passive voice to describe processes
in which the action is more important than the person
performing it.

• The metal sheeting was heated and bent

into shape before being cooled, polished,
and finally painted.

Note that the active voice object becomes

the passive voice subject. In the passive,
the main verb is always
the past participle.
“
The active voice is made with subject + main verb + object.
• Bees make honey.
“
• James Cameron directed Titanic.
• Alex is repairing Bill's bicycle.

Active Voice
 The ship is sailed every
Simple
Present year

The rice is being cooked at

Continuous
the moment

The ship has been

Perfect
anchored for a while

Passive Voice

To be + Verb 3
We are using Zoom ap now Zoom app is BEING used by us
We have been using Zoom for more than Zoom app has been BEING Zoom ap fo
an hour r more than an hour
 The game was played by 4
Simple
Past cadets

They were being waited for

Continuous
more than 2 hours

The ship had been seen

Perfect
since this morning

Passive Voice

To be + Verb 3
Future Tense
e.g.
• The crews will be gathered in the muster station.
• The operation will be carried out with a hoist.

Passive Voice

To be + Verb 3
Test 2

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PASSIVE VOICE FORMS & US
USE ES
The passive is most frequently used when it is not important to know/ tell who performs/ does the actio
n (agent) or if the agent is unknown. For example, Much rice is grown in Indonesia. The farmers who gr
ow the rice are not necesarrily important for the listeners to know
FORMS
PASSIVE VOICE FORMS & US
ES
 Passive Voice
MODALS

Active Passive Formula

He will deliver the letters The letters will be delivere S + will + be + Verb 3
. d by him.

Lisa will take a test tomorrow.

They can not finish the assignment now.

May I borrow your car?

 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of Passive. Use Modals.

1. The children can read books.

Can be read
Books ____________________________________ by the children.

2. Susan has to learn geography.

Has to be learned
Geography ____________________________________ by Susan.

3. The dog should bring the bones.

Should be brought
The bones ____________________________________ by it.

4. Tom must open the window.

Must be opened
The window ____________________________________ by him.

5. Poor people cannot spend a lot of money.

Cannot be spent
Yes, a lot of money ____________________________________ by poor people.

6. The pupils must answer a lot of questions.

Must be answered
A lot of questions____________________________________ by the pupils.
7. How can we solve that problem?
Can
How____________ Be solved
the problem__________________________?

8. You must not touch this button while the experiment is in progress.
Mustn’t be touched
This button _____________________________________while the experiment is in progress.

9. We should call the police at once after the accident.

Should be called
The police ________________________________ at once after the accident by us.

10. We must put an end to this quarrel.

Must be put
This quarrel____________________________________ an end to.

12. You shouldn’t make fun of the poor.

Shouldn’t be made
The poor____________________________________ fun of.
 Transform these sentences into Passive Voice!

1. People speak Portuguese in Brazil. _________________________________________

Portuguese is spoken by people in brazil.
______________________
2. The Government is planning a new road near my house. ________________________
A new road is being planned by the government near my house.
_______________________________________
3. My grandfather built this house in 1943. ______________________________________
This house was built by my grandfather in 1943.
_________________________
4. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time. ___________________________________
Guernica was being painted by picasso at that time.
____________________________
5. The cleaner cleaned the floor and other stuffs. _________________________________
The floor and other stuffs were cleaned by the cleaner.
______________________________
 Transform these sentences into Passive Voice!

6. He wrote three books before 1867. ___________________________________________

Three books were written by him before 1867 .
____________________
7. John will contact you later. _________________________________________________
You will be contacted by john/him later.
______________
8. We can sign the deal the day after tomorrow. ___________________________________
the deal can be signed by us the day after tomorrow .
____________________________
9. Somebody should tell the boss. _____________________________________________
The boss should be told.
__________________
10. The traffic might trap Jimmy.
Jimmy might be trapped by the traffic.
_______________________________________________________________