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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 11th
Fecha: 06 al 10-06 Periodo: II Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 7
Tema: Present Perfect with Active and Passive Voice
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Students will be able to identify and use the present perfect
with both active and passive voice
EMOCIÓN
Exploración Use the present perfect in active and passive voice
Contextualización
Conceptualización
Present Perfect
We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time
before now. The exact time is not important. You CANNOT use the Present Perfect
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with specific time expressions such as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I
was a child, when I lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN
use the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never, once,
many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
Examples:
I have seen that movie twenty times.
I think I have met him once before.
There have been many earthquakes in California.
Passive Voice
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not
known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not
know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the
following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame
anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
ACCIÓN
Producción
Examples of Present Perfect Active and Passive
Changing an assertive sentence into the passive
Active: I have writtena story.
Passive:A story has been written by me.
Active: They have built a house.
Passive:A house has been built by them.
Active: He has broken my window.
Passive:My window has been broken by him.
Active: I have placed an order for a digital camera.
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Passive:An order for a digital camera has been placed by me.
Active: She has done her work.
Passive:Her work has been done by her.
Changing a negative sentence into the passive
Active: I have not received a telegram.
Passive:A telegram has not been received by me.
Active: She has not written a story.
Passive:A story has not been written by her.
Active: She has not cheated anybody.
Passive:Nobodyhas been cheated by her.
Changing an interrogative sentence into the passive
Passive forms ofthese sentences will begin with has or have. When the active sentence begins with a
question word (e.g.when, where,which, why etc.), the passive sentence will also begin with a question word.
When the active sentence begins with whoor whose the passive sentence will begin with by whom or by
whose. When the active sentence begins with whom,the passive sentence will begin with who.
Active: Have you kept the secret?
Passive:Has the secret been kept by you?
Active: Who has done this?
Passive:By whom has this been done?
Active: Why have you told a lie?
Passive:Why has a lie been told by you?
Active: Who has torn my book?
Passive:By whom has my book been torn?
Active: Have you written the letter?
Passive:Has the letter been written by you?
Active: Has the policeman caught the thief?
Passive:Has the thief been caught by the policeman?
Active: Has the postal department released a new stamp?
Passive:Has a new stamp been released by the postal department?
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Modelación
Using the words in parenthesis, fill in the blanks using the present perfect.
1. A: Did you like the movie "Star Wars?"
B: I don't know. I (see, never) that movie.
2. Sam (arrive) in San Diego a week ago.
3. My best friend and I (know) each other for over fifteen years. We
still get together once a week.
4. Stinson is a fantastic writer. He (write) ten very creative short
stories in the last year. One day, he'll be as famous as Hemingway.
5. I (have, not) this much fun since I (be) a kid.
6. Things (change) a great deal at Coltech, Inc. When we first
(start) working here three years ago, the company (have,
only) six employees. Since then, we (expand) to include
more than 2000 full-time workers.
7. I (tell) him to stay on the path while he was hiking, but he
(wander) off into the forest and (be) bitten by a snake.
8. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss) the bus this morning. You
(be) late to work too many times. You are fired!
9. Sam is from Colorado, which is hundreds of miles from the coast, so he (see,
never) the ocean. He should come with us to Miami.
10. How sad! George (dream) of going to California before he died,
but he didn't make it. He (see, never) the ocean.
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Change the sentence from active to passive
1. Kerrie has paid the bill. -
The bill has
2. I have eaten a hamburger. -
3. We have cycled five miles. -
4. I have opened the present. -
5. They have not read the book. -
6. You have not sent the parcel. -
7. We have not agreed to this issue. -
8. They have not caught the thieves. -
9. Has she phoned him? -
10. Have they noticed us? -
EVALUACION
Taller
In the present perfect tense we make passive verb forms by puttinghas/have +
been before the past participle form of the verb.
Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive.
1. I have finished the job.
2. The cat has drunk the milk.
3. The girls have plucked the flowers.
4. I have watched that movie.
5. Peter has broken another window.
6. I have written six letters.
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7. Have you received the parcel?
8. Have they accepted the invitation?
9. I have known her for a long time.
10. Our team has won the championship.
11. She has mended her ways.
12. I have cooked dinner.
Bibliografía
I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty Schrampfer Azar.
II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.
III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.