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Lesson Vocabulary!
Term Definition
Term Definition
actor a participant in an action or process.
purpose the intention, aim or function of
something; the thing that something is
supposed to achieve
passive the form of a verb used when the subject is
affected by the action of the verb
active connected with a verb whose subject is the
person or thing that performs the action

Today’s Class
Compare the active voice and the passive voice
1. I ate the whole cake and I’m not sorry. (active)
2. The whole cake is eaten (by me) and I’m not sorry. (passive, simple
present)
3. The whole cake was eaten (by me) and I’m not sorry. (passive,
simple past)
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Passive and Active Voice
What is the focus in each of the sentences?
1. a. Your money was lost (by me). Passive
b. I lost your money. Active
2. a. His house was burnt down (by us). Passive
b. We burnt down his house. Active
3. a. All the cookies were eaten (by them). Passive
b. They ate all the cookies. Active
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Passive and Active Voice
What is the focus in each of the sentences?
The passive voice focuses on what the action is.
The active voice focus on who did the action, the actor.
1. a. Your money was lost (by me). Passive
b. I lost your money. Active
2. a. His house was burnt down (by us). Passive
b. We burnt down his house. Active
3. a. All the cookies were eaten (by them). Passive
b. They ate all the cookies. Active

Passive Voice
What is the purpose of the passive voice?
1. To avoid saying who did an action.
• Maybe we don’t know who did it, or it is obvious, or we don’t want
to say.
• Most sentences in the passive voice don’t have an actor!
For example, read this dialogue.
“The post office has been robbed!”
“Who did it?”
“I don’t know!”

Passive Voice
2. To emphasize who did an action.
• When the actor is a new and important piece of information.
For example, read these sentences.
This painting is very valuable. It was painted by Van Gogh.

Passive Voice
3. The passive voice is commonly used in formal writing. For
example, when you’re writing an academic paper.
• Honestly though, using the passive voice is going out of style.
Many modern academic papers use the active voice.
Passive: The experiment was performed.
Active: We performed the experiment.

Passive Voice
1. My cat ate the canary.
2. The police broke down the door.
3. We picked strawberries.
4. She watched 7 hours of TV.
5. I slept through the morning and
missed work
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Change the active voice into the passive voice.
1. The canary was eaten by my cat.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Active Voice Passive Voice

Passive Voice
1. My cat ate the canary.
2. The police broke down the door.
3. We picked strawberries.
4. She watched 7 hours of TV.
5. I slept through the morning and
missed work.
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Change the active voice into the passive voice.
1. The canary was eaten by my cat.
2. The door was broken down by the
police.
3. Strawberries were picked (by us).
4. 7 hours of TV were watched (by
her).
5. The morning was slept through and
work was missed (by me).
Active Voice Passive Voice

Passive Voice
Active voice:
My cat ate the canary.
subject + verb + object
Passive voice:
The canary was eaten (by my cat).
object + verb “to be” + verb (past participle) + subject
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How do you form the passive voice?

Passive Voice
Active voice:
Italy produces a lot of olive oil.
Passive voice:
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Passive Voice
Active voice:
Italy produces a lot of olive oil.
Passive voice:
A lot of olive oil is produced by Italy.
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Simple Present
1. a. The shark eats the dolphin.
c. Her friend celebrates a job promotion.
Active: simple present verb

Simple Present
1. a. The shark eats the dolphin.
b. The dolphin is eaten by the shark.
c. Her friend celebrates a job promotion.
d. A job promotion is celebrated by her friend.
Passive: verb “to be” + past participle verb

Let’s practice!
Change these active sentences into passive sentences.
Active: subject + (simple present) verb + object
Passive: object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb
+ subject
1. She missed the bus this morning.
2. Everyday, I eat a blueberry bagel.
3. We wash the potatoes for supper.

Let’s practice!
Active: subject + (simple present) verb + object
Passive: object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb
+ subject
1. She misses the bus each morning.
The bus is missed every morning by her.
2. Everyday, I eat a blueberry bagel.
A blueberry bagel is eaten everyday by me.
3. We wash the potatoes for supper.
The potatoes are washed for supper.

simplepast

Simple Past
2. a. The shark ate the dolphin.
c. Her friend celebrated a job promotion.

Simple Past
2. a. The shark ate the dolphin.
b. The dolphin was eaten by the shark.
c. Her friend celebrated a job promotion.
d. A job promotion was celebrated by her friend.
Passive: verb “to be” + past participle verb

Let’s practice!
Active: subject + (simple past) verb + object
Passive: object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb + subject
1. The police brought the child home.
2. Trhas made chocolate chip cookies.
3. She kept us for an hour after class.

Let’s practice!
Active: subject + (simple past) verb + object
Passive: object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb + subject
1. The police brought the child home.
The child was brought home by the police.
2. Trhas made chocolate chip cookies.
Chocolate chip cookies were made by Trhas.
3. She kept us for an hour after class.
We were kept for an hour after class by her.

Let’spractice!

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1. The telephone_______ (invented) by Alexander Graham Bell.
2. The deal ______(offer) only for today at limited locations.
3. She______(call) ‘Sam’ by her friends.
Please identify the tense of the verb
in brackets and complete the
sentences in passive voice.
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1. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Simple past: was/were+ past participle
2. The deal ______(offer) only for today at limited locations.
3. She______(call) ‘Sam’ by her friends.

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1. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
2. The deal is offered only for today at limited locations.
Simple Present: am/is/are + past participle
3. She is called ‘Sam’ by her friends.
Simple Present: am/is/are + past participle

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4. Groceries______ (brought) home by my dad.
5. My sunglasses______ (broken) by the dog.

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4. Groceries were brought home by my dad.
5. My sunglasses were broken by the dog.

Please write two different sentences in passive voice using
the verb and tenses given.
Base verb: bring
bring / brought / brought
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simple present simple past
This book is brought by Miss Smith. The cake was brought to celebrate
the New Year.

Base verb: bring
bring / brought / brought
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Base verb: choose
choose / chose/ chosen
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Base verb: choose
choose / chose/ chosen
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A red shirt is chosen by her. A black kitten was chosen by us.

Base verb: read
read / read / read
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Base verb: read
read / read / read
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A book is read each day by me. A book was read each day by me.

Summary
Active Voice subject + verb + object
I ate the whole cake and I’m not sorry.
Passive voice object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb + subject
simple present
The whole cake is eaten (by me) and I’m not sorry.
simple past
The whole cake was eaten (by me) and I’m not sorry.
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Let’s Practice!
Please write three sentences in the simple present and
simple past using the passive voice
object + verb “to be” + (past participle) verb + subject

Questions?
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Thankyou!
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