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Primary Longman Elect

Primary Longman Elect. 6A Chapter 7 The passive voice. The passive voice. = ‘be’ + past participle. We use the passive voice when we want to focus on the action, not the person who does it. Sometimes the person who does the action is unknown.

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Primary Longman Elect

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  1. Primary Longman Elect 6A Chapter 7 The passive voice

  2. The passive voice = ‘be’ + past participle We use the passive voice when we want to focus on the action, not the person who does it. Sometimes the person who does the action is unknown. People performthe lion danceat Chinese New Year. The lion dance is performed at Chinese New Year.

  3. The passive voice We use the passive voice when we want to focus on the action, not the person who does it. Sometimes the person who does the action is unknown. People watchfirework displaysat Chinese New Year. Firework displays are watched at Chinese New Year.

  4. The passive voice — Regular verbs clean cleaned decorate decorated display displayed perform performed place placed play played tie tied visit visited watch watched

  5. The passive voice — Irregular verbs buy bought eat eaten give given light lit / lighted make made sell sold sweep swept take taken throw thrown wear worn

  6. Key structure Active Passive Active Passive passive = be + past participle

  7. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People decorate Christmas trees at Christmas. Christmas trees are decorated at Christmas.

  8. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People sweep graves at Ching Ming Festival. Graves are swept at Ching Ming Festival.

  9. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People give red packets to children at Chinese New Year. Red packets are given to children at Chinese New Year.

  10. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People eat moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes are eaten at Mid-Autumn Festival.

  11. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People buy good luck flowers at Chinese New Year. Good luck flowers are bought at Chinese New Year.

  12. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People watch dragon boat races at Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat races are watched at Dragon Boat Festival.

  13. Practice Change the holiday tradition into the passive voice. People eat chocolate eggs at Easter. Chocolate eggs are eaten at Easter.

  14. The End

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