12. The airplane, as we know today, was invented
by…
1. Brothers Wright
2. Santos Dumont
13. The airplane, as we know today, was invented
by…
1. Brothers Wright
2. Santos Dumont
14. The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by…
1. France
2. England
15. The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by…
1. France
2. England
16. Any similarities??
1. The Star Wars movies were directed by George Lucas;
2. The airplane, as we know today, was invented by Santos
Dumont
3. The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by France
17. Any similarities??
1. The Star Wars movies were directed by George Lucas;
2. The airplane, as we know today, was invented by Santos
Dumont
3. The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by France
18. Passive Voice
Focus on the action itself, not in the
author.
verb to be + past participle
Active voice: Shakespeare wrote
Hamlet.
Passive voice: Hamlet was written by
Shakespeare.
“Doer” - does the
action
Action
19. We don’t know the agent
My car was stolen.
Focus on the action
The house was built
in 1964.
Passive Voice
20. My books were stolen.
The house was built in 1964.
Verb Agreement -
Past
Singular
Singular
Plural
Plural
21. What about the
agent?
● When we want to
indicate who made the
action, we use “by”
● The Twilight books were
written by Stephenie
Meyer;
● Harry Potter was played
by Daniel Radcliffe in the
movies.
● Infinity War was directed
by the Russo brothers.
22. Past Participle
1. Be → was/were → been
2. Awake → awoke →
awoken
3. Begin → began → begun
4. Bite → bit → bitten
5. Break → broke → broken
6. Build → built → built
7. Buy → bought → bought
8. Choose → chose → chosen
9. Do → did → done
10.Drink → drank→ drunk
11.Drive → drove → driven
1. Forget → forgot → forgotten
2. Forgive → forgave → forgiven
3. Get → got → gotten
4. Go → went → gone
5. Have → had → had
6. Know → knew → known
7. See → saw → seen
8. Speak → spoke → spoken
9. Take - took - taken
10.Write - wrote - written
23. Exercises
Active Voice: Eddie Redmayne played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film
The Theory of Everything.
Passive Voice:
24. Exercises
Active Voice: Eddie Redmayne played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film
The Theory of Everything.
Passive Voice: Stephen Hawking was played by Eddie Redmayne in the 2014
film The Theory of Everything.
26. Exercises
Active Voice: Gabriel Garcia Máquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude in
1967.
Passive Voice: One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel Garcia
Máquez in 1967.
27. Exercises
Active Voice: The American architect William Lamb designed the Empire State
Building.
Passive Voice:
28. Exercises
Active Voice: The American architect William Lamb designed the Empire State
Building.
Passive Voice: The Empire State Building was designed by the American
architect William Lamb.
30. Exercises
Active Voice: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created
Indiana Jones in 1980.
Passive Voice: Indiana Jones was created by George Lucas
and Steven Spielberg in 1980.
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33.
34. Passive Voice across tenses
Simple present The house is cleaned every day.
Present continuous The house is being cleaned at the moment.
Simple past The house was cleaned yesterday.
Past continuous The house was being cleaned last week.
Present perfect The house has been cleaned since you left.
Past perfect The house had been cleaned before they arrived.
Future The house will be cleaned next week.
Future continuous The house will be being cleaned tomorrow.
Present conditional The house would be cleaned if they had visitors.
Past conditional The house would have been cleaned if it had been dirty.
Infinitive The house must be cleaned before we arrive.
35. Passive Voice (simple present)
● Focus on the action itself, not in the author.
● Without by - “doer” is obvious or not important.
Verb to be + past participle
Active voice: They use the euro in most of Europe.
Passive voice: Euro is used in most of Europe.
“Doer” - Who? - The
countries/europeans
Action
36. French and Flemish are spoken
in Belgium.
The house is cleaned every
day.
Verb Agreement -
Present
Singular
Singular
Plural
Plural
37. True or False?
1. Stonehenge was built in 3
phases over a period of
about 800 years.
2. Wood was used to build
the circle in the first place.
3. In the second phase,
stones from a nearby
area were used.
38. True or False?
1. Stonehenge was built in 3
phases over a period of
800 years.
2. Wood was used to build
the circle in the first place.
3. In the second phase,
stones from a nearby
area were used.
39. True or False?
1. Stonehenge was built in 3
phases over a period of
800 years.
2. Wood was used to build
the circle in the first place.
3. In the second phase,
stones from a nearby
area were used.
40. True or False?
1. Stonehenge was built in 3
phases over a period of
800 years.
2. Wood was used to build
the circle in the first place.
3. In the second phase,
stones from a nearby
area were used.
41.
42. True or False?
1. Stonehenge may have
been a place for people to
pray.
2. Many of the original
stones have been
removed.
43. True or False?
1. Stonehenge may have
been a place for people to
pray.
2. Many of the original
stones have been
removed.
44. True or False?
1. Stonehenge may have
been a place for people to
pray.
2. Many of the original
stones have been
removed.
45. Review time! + Game
Let's test your abilities.
● Focus on the action itself, not in the author.
● With or Without by - “doer” is obvious or not
important.
Verb to be (present or past) + past participle
Active voice: They use the euro in most of Europe.
Passive voice: Euro is used in most of Europe.
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