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A Taste 4 English. Passive voice. Subject. Object. Active voice. The students invited the teachers. Agent. Passive voice. The teachers were invited by the students. Verb To Be (in the same tense as the main verb in the active sentence ). Subject. +. Past Participle.
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A Taste 4English Passive voice
Subject Object Active voice The students invited the teachers. Agent Passive voice The teachers were invited bythe students. VerbTo Be (in thesame tense as themainverb in the active sentence) Subject + PastParticiple
Thisistheproceduretoturnanysentencefrom activeintopassivevoice. Let’sseeotherexamples. produce is in present simple pastparticipleof produce verbtobe in present simple + Coffee produced is coffee in Brazil. produce They
Remember !!! VerbTo Be in thesame tense as themainverb in the active sentenceplus thePastParticipleof thatverb broke is in past simple past participle of break verbto be in past simple + broken was The window the window last week. broke Somebody
Ifitisimportanttomentiontheagent(thepersonwhodoestheaction) we introduce itwiththeprepositionby. invite is in future simple past participle of invite verbto be in future simple + Tim to his birthday party. by Tim invited will be Betty Betty will invite
Tip!Be careful! Whentheobjectin theactive sentence becomesthesubject theformmaychange in numberfromsingulartoplural write is in presentperfect pastparticipleof write verbtobe in presentperfectand plural Somebody the walls has written with a marker. + written have been The walls
Modal verbsare followed bytheinfinitiveof theverbToBe. modal + verbto be in infinitive modal + verb in infinitive past participle of post + You must post this letter today. This letter posted must be
Let’sseeanotherexample. past participle of steal modal + verbto be in infinitive modal + infinitive + may steal Somebody your wallet Your wallet may be stolen if you are not careful.
Withverbswhichtaketwoobjects, such as: ask, bring, tell, send, show, teach, promise, offer, give, pay, lend… we can formthepassive in twoways butremember: add “to” beforetheperson in theobject. send is in past simple verbto be in past simple past participle of send + sent was to Kate A present sent Kate Someone a present yesterday.
Let’sseetheotherway. Thisiscalledidiomaticpassive. Theindirectobjectbecomesthesubjectofthe passive sentence. send is in past simple verbto be in past simple past participle of send + sent was apresent Kate sent Kate Someone a present yesterday.
Let’sturn a sentencefrom activeintopassivevoiceusingthepresentcontinuous. verbto be inpresentcontinuous open is in presentcontinuous past participle of open now. They the mails + are opening are being opened The mails
Now, let’s use thepastcontinuous. verbto be in pastcontinuous cook is in pastcontinuous past participle of cook + was cooking A delicious pie at the baker’s. Someone a delicious pie cooked was being
Tomakequestions, followthesame rule butwiththeverbto bein theinterrogativeform. Let’sseeanexamplewith a Wh-question verbto be in past simple interrogative repair is in past simple interrogative past simple of repair the computer + Was repaired yesterday morning? Did they repair the computer
We hope youhaveenjoyedthis PPT! verbto be in past simpleinterrogative publish is in past simple past participle of publish + was published the new dictionary published Who the new dictionary? by?