PASSIVE REPORTED SPEECH

1. PASSIVE+REPORTED SPEECH YEUNG KA HEI(30)+YEUNG YEE MAN(31)

2. Passive 1.������ We use a active verb to say what the subject does: Pattern: subject + verb + object (SVO)

3. i.e. My grandfather is a builder. He built this house in 2004. ?�He� is the subject; �built� is the verb; and �this house� is the object.

4. We use a passive verb to say what happens to the subject: The pattern of passive: subject + be (is/was/have been etc.) + the past participle (gone/seen etc.)

5. i.e. The house was built in 2004. ??The house can�t build by itself, so we need to use passive voice.

6. If we compare active and passive, we can see their difference: i.e. Somebody built this house in 2004. (active) This house was built in 2004. (passive) ?In these two sentences, �this house� in active is an object, but in the passive, it is a subject.?we have to use different voice.

7. 2. When we use the passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant: i.e. The house was built in 2004. ?That means �who� built this house is not known or significant.

8. i.e. A lot of money was stolen in the robbery. ?That means somebody stole it but we don�t know who.

9. 3. If we want to say who causes the action, we can use by � : i.e. The house was built by my father. The meal was cooked by my mother. ?These two sentences can tell us who does the action.

10. 4. In different tenses, we have to use different passive form: i.e. do