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What’s that?

Passive voice. What’s that?. How would you complete these sentences :. Television ______________ in 1920. ( i nvent ) The Simpsons _____________ by M att Groening in 1989. ( create ) The P rice is Right _________ everyday . (show)

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What’s that?

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  1. Passive voice What’s that?

  2. Howwouldyou complete thesesentences: • Television ______________ in 1920. (invent) • TheSimpsons _____________ byMattGroening in 1989. (create) • ThePrice isRight _________ everyday. (show) • OnSaturdaythe match ________ by Porto. (win) wasinvented wascreated Is shown was won

  3. Passive Voice= be + pastparticiple • am / is / are + p.p. • was / were + p.p. Pastparticiple Infinitive PastSimple

  4. Active or Passive? • He spends his free time on the sofa. • I was invited to watch a movie. • Reality shows are very addictive. • My mates are watching TV all the time. • My TV is switched on all day long. active passive active active passive

  5. ACTIVE VOICE  PASSIVE VOICE

  6. Eiffel TowerGustave Eiffel1889 What? • Gustave Eiffel builtthe Eiffel Tower in 1889. • The Eiffel TowerwasbuiltbyG.Eiffel in 1889.

  7. HAMLET SHAKESPEARE 1601 What? • Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1601. • Hamlet waswrittenby Shakespeare in 1601.

  8. breadbakerseveryday • Bakersbakebreadeveryday. • Breadisbakedeveryday.

  9. newspaperseveryday publishers • Publishers publishnewspaperseveryday. • Newspapers are publishedeveryday.

  10. The form of passive voice-It is formed by: be + past participle is/are built was/were discovered is/are destroyed was/were invented is/are begun was /were made was /were sold

  11. He selected that horror filmThat horror film ___________ by him was selected was selected is select was select is selected

  12. People spend a lot of time watching TVA lot of time ______________ watching TV. is spent was spent has spent was spend is spent

  13. My parents pay for cable TV.Cable TV_________ by my parents. is paid are paid is paid were paid is pay

  14. My brother offered them a new TV set.They ______________ a new TV set. were offered are offered was offered were offered was offer

  15. The TVI soap won a BAFTA award.A BAFTA award _________ by the TVI soap. was won is win was won were win are won

  16. The students visited the studio.The studio _______________________. was visited by the students • The actress gave us an autograph. • An autograph was given by the actress. • This director makes many films. • Many films are made by this director. • He offered two tickets to the premiere. • Two tickets to the premiere were offered by him. • Someone stole those tickets. • Those tickets were stolen.

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