grammar pasive voice

1. PASSIVE

2. PASSIVE
A passive form is a form of
To be + past participle.
Forms of To be
Present Simple Is, are, am
Past Tense Was, were
Present Perfect Have been
Has been

3. Past participle
Irregular verbs
Base form Past simple Past participle
be was/were been
become became become
do did done
eat ate eaten
feel felt felt
have had had
write wrote written
Regular verbs
PAST PARTICIPLE
Play+ ED PLAYED
Work+ ED WORKED
Drop+ED DROPED
Verb + ed
Prvo zlatno pravilo u tvorbi pasiva jeste znanje upravo tog trećeg stupca
jer bez njega bi bilo ne moguće tvoriti pasiv rečenica u kojima se nalaze pravilni glagoli.

4. Forms of Present Past Past
participle
To be Is, are, am Was, were been
To have Have,has Had had
To do Do, does Did done
Auxiliary Verbs
to be to do to have

5. They bake bread here.
S V O Adverbial
(ACTIVE SENTENCE)
In passive sentence, we use the object (BREAD) as a
new subject.
BREAD is baked here.
to be + past participle
Drugo zlatno pravilo pasiva je ono koje kaže kako
object aktivne rečenice postaje subjekt pasivne
rečenice.

6. • They bake bread here. (ACTIVE SENTENCE)
 present simple
• Bread is baked here. (PASSIVE SENTENCE)
•  present simple
Present Simple = To be = Is, are, am
Treće zlatno pravilo pasiva je to da nam u pasivnoj
rečenici glagol BE mora biti u istom vremenu u
kojem se nalazi aktivna rečenica.

7. 1. Alfred Hitchcock directed Psycho.
Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
2. Workmen were repairing the traffic lights.
The traffic lights were being repaired by
workmen.
Dakle, ako nam je u aktivnoj rečenici poznat vršitelj
radnje, tada u pasivnoj rečenici dodajemo
vršitelja radnje koristeći prijedlog by.
•

8. Auxiliary Verbs
to be to do to have
They can be used as an auxiliary and a main verb.
As an auxiliary the verbs are used with a
main verb when forming
interrogative ( question )
or
negative sentences

9. Write passive sentences in Simple Present.
To be = Is, are, am
1. the documents / print ________
2. the window / open ___________
3. the shoes / buy ____________
4. the car / wash ______________-
5. the litter / throw away _____-
6. the letter / send
7. the book / read / not
8. the songs / sing / not
9. the food / eat / not
10.the shop / close / not

10. Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Present
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
To be = Is, are, am
1. He opens the door. -
2. We set the table. -
3. She pays a lot of money. -
4. I draw a picture. -
5. They wear blue shoes. -
6. They don't help you. -
7. He doesn't open the book. -
8. You do not write the letter. -
9. Does your mum pick you up? -
10. Does the police officer catch the thief? -

11. 1) Jones watches the film.
.
2) The people speak English.
.
3) He reads comics.
.
4) We play volleyball.
.
5) They sing the song.
.
6) I take photos.
.
7) She does the housework.
.
8) The policemen help the children.
.
9) He writes text messages.
.
10) Mother waters the flowers.

12. Active or Passive?
- Exercise 1
Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive.
1. They listen to music.
2. She is reading an e-mail.
3. These cars are produced in Japan.
4. Alan teaches Geography.
5. German is spoken in Austria.
6. Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquak
7. Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
8. The bus driver was hurt.
9. You should open your workbooks.
10. Houses have been built.