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Passive Voice

Passive Voice. Active Voice. It is the most common. It follows the order: Subject, verb, and object. Example: Mr. White teaches math and English. Passive voice. The passive voice reverses that order. The object replaces the subject. The verb is changed with the auxiliary BE .

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Passive Voice

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  1. Passive Voice

  2. Active Voice • It is the most common. • It follows the order: Subject, verb, and object. • Example: Mr. White teaches math and English.

  3. Passive voice • The passive voice reverses that order. • The object replaces the subject. • The verb is changed with the auxiliary BE. • The doer isn’t important and can be removed. • The passive exists in all the tenses. • Example: English and math are taught by Mr. White.

  4. Verb Formation

  5. Formation • Be + the past participle. • Be can be in any form : am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, will be, etc.,

  6. Let’s practice • Peter gave the speech. • Mrs. Brown sings the national anthem. • David will lead the discussion. • The teacher has helped Joe. • The secretary is copying some letters. • Bob must mail the letter.

  7. Transitive/InstransitiveVerbs • Transitive verbs are verbs that can be followed by an object. • Intransitive verbs such as happen, sleep, come, seem can’t be used with the passive voice.

  8. By Phrase • It is usually used to know who performs the action. • No by-phrase is used when you don’t know or don’t care about who performed the action.

  9. Let’s practice • They grow coffee in Brazil. • They sold all the tickets. • Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press in 1444. • My uncle grows these delicious tomatoes.

  10. The End

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