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Passive Voice
How to Use
Exercises
Passive Voice
• form: be + past participle
• it‘s used when the verb indicates what happens to
‘things’ or ‘people’ and not what the ‘things’ or
‘people’ do
The streets are cleaned every day.
This document is written in English.
Houses are built in stone or in wood.
Passive Voice
• statement
Some people are invited to the party.
• negative
Some people are not (aren’t) invited.
• question
Are some people invited?
Passive Voice
• when rewriting active sentences in passive, the
object of the active sentence becomes the
subject of the passive
A: Somebody cleans this room every day.
OBJECT
P: This room is cleaned every day.
SUBJECT
Passive Voice
• the verb BE has to be in the same tense as in
the active sentence
A: My grandfather built this house in 1902.
P: This house was built in 1902.
• Sometimes we do need to show who did the
action so we use BY
This house was built by my grandfather.
Passive Voice
• if you are not sure how to form a passive
sentence, think of the active sentence first
A: Someone stole my bike yesterday.
P: My bike was stolen yesterday.
Passive Voice – present simple
• form: am/is/are (not)+ past participle
This room is always locked.
Many accidents are caused by dangerous
driving.
We are never invited to parties.
If passwords aren’t regularly updated, there is
a risk of hacking.
Passive Voice – past simple
• form: was/were (not) + past participle
This room was cleaned last night.
 We were woken up by a loud explosion.
When was the house built?
You weren’t contacted for the job.
Write sentences from the words in
brackets using passive voice – present
• 1. (the office/clean/every night)
• 2. (these rooms/clean/every day?)
• 3. (glass/make/from sand)
• 4. (stamps/sell/in a post office)
• 5. (this room/not/use)
• 6. (we/allow/to park here?)
• 7. (how/this word/pronounce?)
Write sentences from the words in
brackets using the passive voice – past
1. (the house/paint/last month)
2. (three people/injure/in the accident)
3. (my bicycle/steal/a few days ago)
4. (when/this bridge/build?)
5. (you/invite/to the party/last week?)
6. (how/these windows/break?)

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passive-voice powerpoint presentation present and past

  • 1. Passive Voice How to Use Exercises
  • 2. Passive Voice • form: be + past participle • it‘s used when the verb indicates what happens to ‘things’ or ‘people’ and not what the ‘things’ or ‘people’ do The streets are cleaned every day. This document is written in English. Houses are built in stone or in wood.
  • 3. Passive Voice • statement Some people are invited to the party. • negative Some people are not (aren’t) invited. • question Are some people invited?
  • 4. Passive Voice • when rewriting active sentences in passive, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive A: Somebody cleans this room every day. OBJECT P: This room is cleaned every day. SUBJECT
  • 5. Passive Voice • the verb BE has to be in the same tense as in the active sentence A: My grandfather built this house in 1902. P: This house was built in 1902. • Sometimes we do need to show who did the action so we use BY This house was built by my grandfather.
  • 6. Passive Voice • if you are not sure how to form a passive sentence, think of the active sentence first A: Someone stole my bike yesterday. P: My bike was stolen yesterday.
  • 7. Passive Voice – present simple • form: am/is/are (not)+ past participle This room is always locked. Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving. We are never invited to parties. If passwords aren’t regularly updated, there is a risk of hacking.
  • 8. Passive Voice – past simple • form: was/were (not) + past participle This room was cleaned last night.  We were woken up by a loud explosion. When was the house built? You weren’t contacted for the job.
  • 9. Write sentences from the words in brackets using passive voice – present • 1. (the office/clean/every night) • 2. (these rooms/clean/every day?) • 3. (glass/make/from sand) • 4. (stamps/sell/in a post office) • 5. (this room/not/use) • 6. (we/allow/to park here?) • 7. (how/this word/pronounce?)
  • 10. Write sentences from the words in brackets using the passive voice – past 1. (the house/paint/last month) 2. (three people/injure/in the accident) 3. (my bicycle/steal/a few days ago) 4. (when/this bridge/build?) 5. (you/invite/to the party/last week?) 6. (how/these windows/break?)