2. • Theaction done is more
importantthanthedoer
A football stadiumisbeingbuilt
• Thedoerisunknown
My tennisracket has beenstolen

3. • Weneed a transitiveverb
A manstole my tennisracket
• Thedirectcomplementbecomesthesubject
My tennisracket
• Wechangetheverb
My tennisracketwasstolen
• Thesubjectbecomestheagent
My tennisracketwasstolen BY a man

4. Directobject
ACTIVE: THE CATS DRANK ALL THE MILK
subject
Verb “BE” in thesame tense
+
Pastparticipleofmainverb
PASSIVE:
ALL THE MILK WAS DRUNK BY THE CATS
subject
Agent: BY + subject

5. VERBAL CHANGES
TENSES ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Present Simple Write/ writes Is/arewritten
Presentcont. Am/is/are writing Is/are beingwritten
Simple Past wrote Was/werewritten
Pastcont. Was/werewriting Was/werebeingwritten
PresentPerfect Have/has written Have /has beenwritten
PastPerfect Hadwritten Hadbeenwritten
Will Will write Will be written
Be goingto Am/is /are Is/are goingto be written
goingtowrite
Can, Could Can/ couldwrite Can/could be written
May, might May/mightwrite May/might be written
Should, oughtto Shouldwrite Should be written
Must, haveto Must/havetowrite Must/ haveto be written

6. 1. Halloween isvery popular. Millionsofpeoplecelebrateit.
1p. Halloween isvery popular. Itiscelebrated by millionsofpeople.
2. Theboyscouldsee a strangelight in thesky.
2p. A strangelightcould be seen in thesky by theboys.
3. Someone has turned off thetelevision.
3p. Thetelevision has beenturned off.
4. Theguardwillturn out thelightsofthe camping site at 11 pm.
4p. Thelightsofthe camping sitewill be turned out at 11 pm by theguard.
5. Mumwascookingdinnerwhenwearrived.
5p. Dinnerwasbeingcookedwhenwearrrived by mum.

7. 1. Thehouselookedfrightening. It ………………………… (HAUNT).
WAS HAUNTED
GAVE
2. Itwas my birthday and they …………………..( GIVE) me a MP3 player.
HAS BEEN STOPPED
3. The actor …………………………. (STOP) in thestreettwicetoday by fans.
4. I think a newplanet …………….……………....(DISCOVER) in
WILL BE DISCOVERED
thenextdecades.
5. Theexams …………………..……………...(CORRECT) now.
ARE BEING CORRECTED

8. OTHER TYPES OF PASSIVE SENTENCES
Twoobject
Itissaidthat…
sentences
Get/ Have
Something
done

9. OTHER TYPES OF PASSIVE SENTENCES
 SENTENCES WITH TWO OBJECTS
My husbandgaveME A BUNCH OF FLOWERS for my birthday.
Weusuallytakethe personal object as
subjectofpassivesentence
I wasgivena bunchofflowersfor my birthday.

10. 1. Julia has given her homeworktotheteacher.
2.Peter didn’tbuy her girlfriend a goodpresent.
.
3. Themanaskedfor a newopportunitytohisboss.

11. OTHER TYPES OF PASSIVE SENTENCES
Whenwearrangethingsto be done by
 GET / HAVE+ SOMETHING otherpeople
+ DONE (itisanotherpersonwhodoestheactionf
orus)
Get / have + object + pastparticiple
Theyredecoratedmy houselastsummer
Subject, person
Getorhave in
whoreceivesthe Pastpartic
thesame tense object
action iple
I got / had my house redecorated lastsummer
( I paidsomebodytoredecorate my house–
Somebodyredecoratedthehousefor me, I didn’t do
itmyself)

12. 1. The boy has deliveredtheshoppingtotheold lady.
2. Someonecut my sister’shair at thenewhairdresser’s.
3. They are painting my house blue.
4. Themanfixed my bikelastweek.
5. Thepostmandelivered her mail early in themorning.

13. OTHER TYPES OF PASSIVE SENTENCES
 SENTENCES WITH: THINK, CONSIDER, BELIEVE…
Theysaythattherobberywas late at night.
Subject Subject
It Therobbery
Passive Passive
verb issaid issaid verb
Restofthese thatthero
tohavebe Restofthese
ntence: bberywas ntence:
Same as en late at
late at infinitive
active night
night

14. 1. Theyconsiderthattheother team has playedbetter.
2. Peoplebelievethatthe girl isn’tplaying fair.
3. Theysaythat Peter Gallagher writesgreatnovels .

15. Togoonpractisingvisitourpageo
ntheschoolwebsite