11. Passive Voice
Subject auxiliary verb main verb
(past participle)
We use the passive voice when the receiver of the action
is more important in communication than the one who
did it (the actor of the verb)
12. To form a passive sentence from an active sentence
1. Move the receiver of the action from the direct
object position of the sentence to the subject
position of the sentence.
2. Insert the verb BE in agreement in number with
the new subject and in the appropriate tense.
3. Change the verb to its past participle form.
4. Optionally place the actor of the verb in the
object position after the preposition by.
The main verb is always in its past participle form
13. Look at these examples:
subject auxiliary verb Main verb (past participle)
Percy was Fired
He was taught
14. For Example
Subject auxiliary verb
1. A parrot named Percy was fired
from the cast of a children’s play.
main verb
(past participle)
15. Subject
2. He was taught and he used bad
language on stage.
main verb
auxiliary verb (past participle)
18. 1. What kind of snake did attack the boy?
2. What did Percy do wrong?
3. What was the grandson doing when the
snake appeared?
19. Activity 1
Chronological Sequencing
Listen to the news, and then sequence each
event into the correct chronological order.
20. 1. A parrot named Percy was from the cast of a
children’s play.
2. He didn’t say the lines he was taught and he
used bad language on stage.
3. The parrot was performing in the play Pirates
on Treasure Island at Blandon Forum in
England.
4. Percy shocked the cast and the audience when
he shrieked out improper language.
5. The theater company decided not to risk a
repeat performance in front of children and
kicked Percy out of the cast.
21. 1. A 76-year-old grandfather saved his 8-year-old
grandson from a 13-foot-long 4-meter-long
anaconda.
2. The boy was playing with friends near a small river in
Cosmorama, Brazil, when the snake attacked him.
3. The boy’s grandfather was working nearby. When the
grandfather heard the boy’s screams, he ran to the
riverside and was able to get the animal off the boy.
4. The fight between the snake and the man continued.
Finally, someone managed to give the grandfather a
big knife, and the grandfather killed the snake.
5. Our hero was very lucky, because it normally takes
five men to overpower and get control of a snake that
size.
22. 1. The last thing 17-year-old Ricardo Gordon
remembers was that a storm was coming, and he
was rushing to get inside.
2. Next thing he knew, he was lying in a hospital
bed. Here is what happened. Ricardo was walking
into his house when lighting hit him.
3. As a result, his hair and ears were burned, and he
had dark spots all over his body.
4. The wounds on his body followed the wire of his
MP3 player, from his ears down to his hip, where
he was carrying the device.
5. The electric current traveled from his MP3 player
to his headphones. Ricardo is lucky to be alive!
23. Activity 2
Analyzing News
Listen to the news and analyze what kind of the
news is.
“A Parrot named Percy” is entertainment
news because it concerns about………………………….
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