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Passive Voice (revision)

Passive Voice (revision). Textbook pp.38-43. Subject, Verb and Object. I bought a car yesterday. I (sub) / a car (obj) Mary goes to the market to buy an onion. Mary (sub) / the market (obj) / an onion (obj) I have given you a pen. I (sub) / object?

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Passive Voice (revision)

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  1. Passive Voice (revision) Textbook pp.38-43

  2. Subject, Verb and Object • I bought a car yesterday. • I (sub) / a car (obj) • Mary goes to the market to buy an onion. • Mary (sub) / the market (obj) / an onion (obj) • I have given you a pen. • I (sub) / object? • A pen (direct object) / you (indirect object)

  3. Passive Voice • I bought a car yesterday. • Who did the action? • I  performer • Who/what was affected in the action? • A car  receiver

  4. Passive Voice • My brother broke the window. • Who broke the window? • What was broken? • People speak English all over the world. • Who speak English? • What is spoken by the people?

  5. Passive Voice • The one does the action  performer • The one affected in the action  receiver • When the performer is the object of the sentence  passive voice (被動語氣)

  6. Passive Voice - Pattern • Interchange the position of the subject and object (add ‘by’ before the performer and change the pronoun) • Add ‘verb to be’ before the verb • Change the verb into past participle I write a book. A book is written by me.

  7. Passive Voice • In some cases, we may not have the performer in the passive sentence. (performer) (receiver) People speak English all over the world. (receiver)  English is spoken all over the world. Bye bye!

  8. Passive Voice • Present tense • Add is / am / are She beats the drum. • The drum is beaten by her. Remember to change the pronoun!!!

  9. Passive Voice • Past tense • Add was / were William spent some time doing the project. • Some time was spent by William doing the project. The fascinating scenery attracted a lot of tourists. • A lot of tourists were attracted by the fascinating scenery.

  10. Passive Voice • Future tense • Will be + past participle Jenny will clean the room. The room will be cleaned by Jenny.

  11. Passive Voice • Present perfect tense • Have / has + been + p.p. Mary has fed the dogs already. The dogs have beenfed by Mary already.

  12. Passive Voice • Past perfect tense • Had + been + p.p. Joe had visited HK before he went to Taiwan. HK had been visited by Joe before he went to Taiwan.

  13. Passive Voice • Present continuous tense • Is/am/are + being + p.p. She is washing the clothes now. The clothes are being washed by her.

  14. Passive Voice • Past continuous tense • Was / were + being + p.p. Dennis was reading a novel when William came to his house. A novel was being read by Dennis when William came to his house.

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