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Grammar Unit 11 - Passive Voice

The passive voice focuses on the recipient of the action rather than the performer. It is used when the performer is unknown or unimportant. There are present and past passive forms. The present passive uses "is/am/are" plus the past participle verb, and the past passive uses "was/were" plus the past participle verb. Examples are given of changing sentences from active to passive voice.

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Grammar Unit 11 - Passive Voice

The passive voice focuses on the recipient of the action rather than the performer. It is used when the performer is unknown or unimportant. There are present and past passive forms. The present passive uses "is/am/are" plus the past participle verb, and the past passive uses "was/were" plus the past participle verb. Examples are given of changing sentences from active to passive voice.

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PASSIVE VOICE

Present and Past Passive


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Have you heard people
refer to the Passive
form
and wondered what they
meant?
What is the Passive Voice?
Before that, let us do a short recap on Active
Voice.

Active voice is used to show that the


subject of the sentence is performing or
causing the action.
E.g
My mother cooks the dinner.
What is the Passive Voice?
What about Passive Voice?

In passive sentences we put the focus


on the object that receives an action.
E.g
The dinner is cooked by my mother.
We are more focused on who or what is
received/affected by the action rather than
who or what does the action
My house was built in 2000.

The doer (who or what does the action) is


unknown.
When do we use My house is cleaned.

Passive Voice?
The doer (who or what does the action) is
really clear/obvious
James Dawn was played in that blockbuster movie.
The Forms
PRESENT PASSIVE
S + is/am/are + V3 + (by + agent)

Active : He cleans the bedroom everyday.


Passive: The bedroom is cleaned (by him) everyday.
The Forms
PAST PASSIVE
S + was/were + V3 + (by + agent)

Active : Mr Ricky wrote the letter last night.


Passive: The letter was written by Mr Ricky last night.
Let's practice
Complete the sentence with passive form of the verbs in
brackets. Use Present or Past Passive

• Last year's final, which ............ (play) in the new


stadium, ......... (watch) by over 2 million people.
• In the past most children walked to school, but now
many .......... (take) by their parents. Most of them .......
(drive) by car.
• I've just finished reading a science fiction novel that .......
(write) in 1980. Many of the things that .......(predict) by
the author have come true.
Complete the sentence with passive form of the verbs in
brackets. Use Present or Past Passive

was played
• Last year's final, which …….......... (play) in the new
was watched
stadium, .................. (watch) by over 2 million people.
• In the past most children walked to school, but now
are taken
many …….......... (take) by their parents. Most of
are driven
them ................. (drive) by car.
• I've just finished reading a science fiction novel
was written
that ...................(write) in 1980. Many of the things
that .......................(predict) by the author have come
were predicted
Change the active sentences into passive sentences.
Write the doer when it is necessary.

• A vet sees our cat twice a year.


• The police closed the roads because of the storm.
• A famous writer wrote the book.
• They play cricket in Australia.
• My father taught me how to sing.
Answers
• A vet sees our cat twice a year.
 Our cat is seen by a vet twice a year.
• The police closed the roads because of the storm.
 The roads were closed because of the storm.
• A famous writer wrote the book.
 The book was written by a famous writer.
• They play cricket in Australia.
 Cricket is played in Australia.
• My father taught me how to sing.
 I was taught how to sing by my father.
Thank You

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