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- 2. Look at thepicture: ACTIVE VOICE: present The girl speaks Japanese.
- 3. PASSIVE VOICE: present TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE Japanese is spoken by the girl.
- 4. The girl speaks Japanese. Japanese is spoken by the girl.
- 5. What are thechanges? The Subject in the Active voice becomes the Agent The girl speaks Japanese. The Direct Object in the Active voice becomes the Subject Japanese is spoken by the girl.
- 6. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH SENTENCES WITH PRESENT SIMPLE VERB FORMS BUT
- 7. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER VERB TENSES? Present continuous, simple past, past continuous, future, present perfect…
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- 9. The girl iseating an ice cream. An ice cream is being eaten by the girl.
- 10. YES ACTIVE VOICE Verb in present continuous PASSIVE VOICE Verb to be in present cont. + past participle Am/is/are + VERB +ING 3rd. column of list OR VERB +ed ending
- 11. Bath (UK) TheRomans built the city. The city was built by the Romans.
- 12. YES ACTIVE VOICE Verb in simple past PASSIVE VOICE Verb to be in past form + past participle 2nd. column of list 3rd. column of list OR OR -ed ending -ed ending
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- 14. Tenses: READ > IS READ Martha reads a book. A book is read by Martha. IS READING > IS BEING READ Martha is reading a book. A book is being read by Martha. READ (2nd. column of list) > WAS READ Martha read a book yesterday. A book was read by Martha yesterday. WAS READING > WAS BEING READ Martha was reading a book. A book was being read by Martha. WILL READ > WILL BE READ Martha will read a book. A book will be read by Martha. HAS READ > HAS BEEN READ Martha has read a book. A book has been read by Martha.
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- 16. REMEMBER: BY + Object Pronoun me you him her it us you them