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Passives

mouse. Passives. cheese. One day there was a ____________ and some ________________. ACTIVE. The mouse _________ the cheese. ate. What do you think happened to the cheese?. The cheese _________ by the mouse . was eaten. PASSIVE. Active sentence Subject + verb + object

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Passives

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  1. mouse Passives cheese One day there was a ____________ and some ________________.

  2. ACTIVE The mouse _________ the cheese. ate What do you think happened to the cheese? The cheese _________ by the mouse. was eaten PASSIVE

  3. Active sentence Subject + verb + object The mouse ate the cheese. Passive sentence Object of the active sentence + passive verb + by + subject of the active sentence The cheese was eaten by the mouse.

  4. When the object of the sentence is more important than the subject. What happened to the cheese? The cheese was eaten by the mouse. When the ‘doer’ of the action is not important. The thief was sent to prison. (by the police) Why do we use the passive? When the ‘doer’ of the action is not known. Her handbag was stolen.

  5. Be verb + past participle + The cheese is eaten by the mouse. - The cheese is not eaten by the mouse ? Is the cheese eaten by the mouse? Passive Forms

  6. Passive Forms (be verb + past participle) Modals e.g. should eat  should be eaten may eat  may be eaten might not eat  might not be eaten

  7. The pizza was eaten by the children. The cat saw the mouse. My father builds the Sheikh’s houses. Many books have been written about Sheikh Zayed. My sister buys the food from the supermarket. Bread is made from flour. The police chased the criminal. The iPad is sold by Apple. The exams are marked by the teachers. I have prepared for the exam. Which sentences are active and which are passive? Change the active sentences into passive sentences.

  8. http://www.e-grammar.org/passive-voice/

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