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Passive voice
This document contains notes from an English grammar class taught in Ecuador on the topic of the passive voice. The class was attended by two students, Miguel Bravo and Eduardo Barreno, and covered when to use the passive voice, how to form passive verbs in different tenses, and included examples, exercises, and an activity to practice identifying changes made in the passive voice. The class concluded by listing relevant websites for further study and congratulating students on what they had been taught about using the passive voice.
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- 1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DECHIMBORAZO FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGIAS ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS: Bravo Miguel Barreno Eduardo SEMESTER: Sixth SUBJECT: Grammar VI TOPIC: Pasive voice
- 2. What happened? Miss Leungtook Brian’s book. Brian’s book was taken by Miss Leung. DOER DOER (Subject ) (Object)
- 3. What happened? Miss Leungtook Brian’s book. Brian’s book was taken by Miss Leung. DOER DOER (Subject ) (Object)(Subject ) Emphasis – more IMPORTANTRECEIVER
- 4. What happened? Miss Leungtook Brian’s book. Brian’s book was taken by Miss Leung. DOER (Subject ) (Object)(Subject ) DOERRECEIVER
- 5. What happened? Miss Leungtook Brian’s book. Brian’s book was taken by Miss Leung. DOER (Subject ) (Subject) RECEIVER DOER
- 6. Passive VoicePassive Voice Whatare you going to learn? 1. When to Use Passive Voice 2. Structure of Passive Verbs 3. Passive Verbs in Tenses
- 7. 1. When DoWe Use Passive Voice? A. When the RECEIVER of an action is the EMPHASIS B. When it is NOT NECESSARY to mention the DOER of an action C. When the DOER of an action is NOT KNOWN
- 8. 1.A. When theRECEIVER of the action is the EMPHASIS Example: Look! A mermaid is found by the fishermen! What is the main message of the sentence?
- 9. As the emphasisis on the mermaid, we start the sentence with ‘A mermaid’ to attract readers’ attention to the receiver of the action.
- 10. Now let’s watcha video. Example: This table is reserved for Hong Kong people. As the emphasis is on the table, we start the sentence with ‘This table’ to attract readers’ attention to the receiver of the action.
- 11. 1.B. When itis NOT NECESSARY to mention the DOER of the action Example: I was born in August. Is it necessary to mention WHO gave birth to you? (Who else would it be if not your mom??!!)
- 12. As the doerof the action is understood, we can omit it and start the sentence with the receiver of the action, i.e.‘I’.
- 13. 1.C. When theDOER is NOT KNOWN Example: Miss Leung’s diamond ring was stolen!! Who stole the ring?
- 14. We do notknow who stole the diamond ring. So, the doer is not known. Instead of starting the sentence with ‘somebody’, i.e., ‘Somebody stole Miss Leung’s diamond ring’, we can omit the doer of the action and start the sentence with the receiver of the action, i.e., ‘Miss Leung’s diamond ring’.
- 15. 2. Structure ofPassive Verbs Syntactic Structure ACTIVE ----------------------- PASSIVE e.g. eats ----------------------- is eaten i.e. verb ----------------------- be + p.p. Note: “be” is changed according to the tense of the sentence the number (singular/plural) of the subject of the sentence.
- 16. 3. Passive Verbsin Tenses 3.1 Present Tenses Tenses Active Passive Present - Simple -eats -is eaten - Continuous -is eating -is being eaten - Perfect -has eaten -has been eaten
- 17. 3.2 Past Tenses Now,try to complete the following table: Tenses Active Passive Past - Simple -ate - Continuous -was eating - Perfect -had eaten
- 18. ANSWERS Tenses Active Passive Past- Simple -ate -was eaten - Continuous -was eating -was being eaten - Perfect -had eaten -had been eaten
- 19. 3.3 Future Tenses Pleasecomplete the following table: Tense Active Passive Future - Simple -will eat
- 20. ANSWERS Tense Active Passive Future- Simple -will eat -will be eaten
- 21. Practice Now, rewritethe sentences below by using passive voice. 1. The janitor cleans our classroom every day. 2. Japan exported millions of cars last year. 3. Mr. Chan will feed his dog on canned food.
- 22. ANSWERS 1. Our classroomis cleaned (by the janitor) every day. 2. Millions of cars were exported from Japan last year. 3. Mr. Chan’s dog will be fed on canned food.
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- 24. Players Each group chooses1 member as the player. All players come to the front of the room and look carefully around the room. Now, would the players leave the room and stay outside for a moment?
- 25. Action! Each group takesturn to make a change to objects in the room. e.g. clean the blackboard, close the window….
- 26. Welcome Back! Now, let’sinvite the players to come back and try to find out what have been changed.
- 27. What is different? Dearplayers, 8 changes have been made to objects in the room. Check what have been changed. Report to the class in complete passive voice sentences. e.g. The door has been closed. 1 mark for each correct observation.
- 28. Time Limit: 8mins
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- 30. You HAVE BEENTAUGHT: when to use passive voice
- 31. Congratulations!! You HAVE BEENTAUGHT: when to use passive voice how to form passive verbs Give yourselves a BIG BIG HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Passive or ACTIVE??????)