Passive voice

2. Puzzles
What does not have hinges,
lock and a key,but has a
golden tresuare inside?
Egg

3. 1 : He eats an Apple
An Apple is eaten by him
Simple Present
Object + to be + P. participle + Subject
2: He eats Apples
Appels are eaten by him

4. 1: She ate an Appel
An Apple was eaten by her
Object + was/ were + P.participle + subject
Simple Past
2 : She ate Appels
Appels were eaten by her

5. 1: They are eating Couscous
Couscous is being eaten by them
Present Continuous
Object + Is being/ are being + P.participle+ subject
2: They are eating apples
Apples are being eaten by them

6. 1: They were eating Couscous
Couscous was being eaten by them
Past Continuous
Object + was being/ were being + P.participle+ subject
2: They were eating apples
Apples were being eaten by them

7. 1: He will eat Couscous
Couscous will be eaten by him
2: He is going to eat Couscous
Couscous is going to be eaten by him
Object + will be + P.Participle +subject
Object + is / are going to be+ P.Participle +subject
Simple Future

8. Modal verbs
He needs to write the lesson
The lesson needs to be written by him
He should write the lesson
The lesson should be written by him
The object should+ be + past participle + subject

9. Practice
Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given .
1 : They cleaned the room
The room…………………………………………………………
2 : They sent the results yesterday
The results…………………………………………………………
3 : He plays football everyday
Football………………………………………………………………..
4 : She is cooking the dinner
The dinner……………………………………………………………
5 : You speak English
English …………………………………………………………….
6 : He was playing video games
Video games……………………………………………………..
7 : They were preparing the breakfast
The breakfast …………………………………………….
8 : He is reading the newspaper
The newspaper…………………………………………

10. The correction
1 : They cleaned the room
 The room by them
2 : They sent the results yesterday
The results by them yesterday
3 : He plays football everyday
 Football everyday .
4 : She is cooking the dinner
 The dinner by her.
5 : You speak English
 English
6 : He was playing video games
 Video games by him
was cleaned
were sent
is played
is being cooked
is spoken
were being played

11. 9 : They were preparing the breakfast
 The breakfast by them
10 : He is reading the newspaper
 The newspaper by him
was being prepared
is being read

12. Practice 2
1: Exercise : Turn the follwing sentences into passive voice
1 : They wear blue shoes.
…………………………………………………………………………………
2: Sheila is drinking a cup of tea.
………………………………………………………………………………
3: She was watching a film.
………………………………………………………………………………
4: She sang a song.
……………………………………………………………………………
5: Somebody hit me.
………………………………………………………………………………..
6: I was repairing their bikes.
…………………………………………………………………………………
7: He opens the door.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
8: She is taking a picture of him.
…………………………………………………………………………………
9: A thief stole my car.
………………………………………………………………………………….

13. 10: I am writing a poem.
…………………………………………………………………………………
11: My father is washing the car.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
12: She pays a lot of money.
………………………………………………………………………………….
13: I draw a picture.
………………………………………………………………………………
14: We stopped the bus.
……………………………………………………………………………..
15: We set the table.
……………………………………………………………………………….
16: We were talking about Francis.
……………………………………………………………………………….

14. Exercises : Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
• I can answer the question.
• ………………………………………………………..
• She would carry the box.
• …………………………………………………………..
• You should open the window.
• ………………………………………………………
• We might play cards.
• ………………………………………………………………………
• You ought to wash the car.
• …………………………………………………………………………..
• He must fill in the form.
• ………………………………………………………………………….
• They need not buy bread.
• …………………………………………………………………………………….
• He could not read the sentence.
• ………………………………………………………………………………………
Modal verbs

15. Production
Tell your friend two events in
three different tenses :
1: The doer is not important
2 : The doer is not known