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PASSIVE VOICE ( Present & Past Tenses)

PASSIVE VOICE ( Present & Past Tenses). When do you use the Passive Voice ? How do you form Tenses in the Passive ? Is the Agent (BY) necessary ? Examples and Activities. H O U S E. Bricklayers and other workers. Peter, the builder.

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PASSIVE VOICE ( Present & Past Tenses)

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  1. PASSIVE VOICE(Present & Past Tenses) When do you use thePassiveVoice? How do youform Tenses in thePassive? IstheAgent (BY) necessary? Examples and Activities

  2. H O U S E Bricklayers and otherworkers Peter, thebuilder

  3. When do you use the PASSIVE VOICE?(Present & Past Tenses) • We are interested in theobject • orWedon’tknowwhocausedtheaction • Ex.: My bikewasstolen. • Theremustbeanobject in the active sentence • Active: Peter builta house. • Passive: A housewasbuiltby Peter, • Sometimesonlythepassivevoiceispossible: • Ex.: I wasborn in Madrid.

  4. How do youform Tenses in the PASSIVE VOICE? (1)(Present Tense)

  5. How do youform Tenses in the PASSIVE VOICE? (2)(Past Tense)

  6. Isthe AGENT (BY) necessary in the PASSIVE VOICE?(Present & Past Tenses) • We are normally not interested in the "doer" of an action in a passive sentence. So there is NO AGENT in the passive voice. - When we do not know who was the "doer", we use someone or somebody in the active sentence. So there is NO AGENTin the passive voice. - When we want to mention who was the "doer" of the action, we use the preposition by. Thewholephraseiscalledby-agent in English.

  7. EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passivesentences What do theseexpressions mean? Where can youfindthesenotices? Englishspoken Bookbought and sold No smoking Childrenunder 16 notadmittedtothis club RubbishclearedonMondays Money returnedifnotsatisfied All cars checkedbefore sale Washing machines repaired

  8. EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passivesentences • Complete thesentencesusingone of theseverbs in thecorrectform: • CAUSE DAMAGE HOLD INCLUDE • INVITE MAKE OVERTAKE SHOW • TRANSLATE WRITE • Manyaccidents ____________ bydangerousdriving. • Cheese ________________ frommilk. • Theroof of thebuilding _________________ in a storm a fewdays ago. • There’s no needtoleave a tip. Service ________________ in thebill. • You ______________ tothewedding. Whydidn’tyougo? • A cinemais a place where films ________________ . • In the USA, electionsforPresident _______________ everyfouryears. • Originallythebook __________________ in Spanish and a fewyearsagoit _________ intoEnglish. • Weweredrivingalong quite fastbutwe ______________ bylots of other cars.

  9. EXAMPLES AND ACTIVITIESWrite complete passivesentences • CHOOSE betweenpresent simple orpast simple / active orpassive • Fivehundredpeople _______________ (employ) in thatbigfactory. • Water ____________ (cover) most of theEarth’ssurface. • Most of theEarth’ssurface _____________ (cover) bywater. • Theletter ____________ (post) oneweekago and it ____________ (arrive) yesterday. • I wasborn in London but I _____________ (grow) up in the North of England. • While I was in London, my camera ______________ (steal) from my room. • While I was in London, my camera ______________(disappear) from my room. • REWRITE usingpassivesentences • Somebodycleanstheroomeveryday. - … • Theycancelledallflightsbecause of fog. – All … • Peopledon’t use thisroadveryoften. - … • Somebodyaccused me of stealingmoney. – I … • Peopleadvisedusnottogooutalone. - …

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