1. Ministry of Education
I.P.T. La Concepcion
English Deparment
Course: English Grammar
Topic: The passive voice
Period: From August 4 to August 8
Time: 5 hours
3. Objective
To acquire basic linguistic skills that will enable
students to communicate orally.
Begining activity
Listen and Sing the song:
Three Little Bird - Bob Marley
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4sNi2PUiWM
4. Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is
not important or not known, however, who or what is
performing the action.
Has a corresponding sentence in the active voice.
The subject receives the action of the verb.
Can be used, also, in various tenses.
Only transitive verbs are used.
Development
5. Construction of the Passive Voice
subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main
verb
(past participle)
6. Voice Subject Verb object
active Everybody Drinks water.
passive Water is drunk by everybody.
The object of the active sentence becomes
the subject of the passive sentence.
7. Use the Passive Voice
• Don’t know who performed the action
The bank was robbed yesterday.
• To avoid mentioning the agent
A criminal is sometimes regarded as a hero.
• To focus on the receiver or the result of an
action instead of the agent.
The thief was caught by the detective.
receiver result agent
8. Tense Subject
Auxiliary Past
ParticipleSingular Plural
Present The car/cars is are designed.
Present
perfect
The car/cars has been have been designed.
Past The car/cars was were designed.
Past perfect The car/cars had been had been designed.
Future The car/cars will be will be designed.
Future perfect The car/cars will have been will have been designed.
Present
progressive
The car/cars is being are being designed.
Past
progressive
The car/cars was being were being designed.
9. Tense Active Voice Passive Voice
Present The boys eat the pie. The pie is eaten by the boys
Present progressive The boys are eating the pie
The pie is being eaten by the
boys
Present perfect
The boys have eaten the
pie
The pie has been eaten by the
boys
Past The boys ate the pie The pie was eaten by the boys
Past progressive
The boys were eating the
pie
The pie was being eaten by the
boys
Past perfect The boys had eaten the pie
The pie had been eaten by the
boys
Future The boys will eat the pie The pie will be eaten by the boys
Future
The boys are going to eat
the pie.
The pie is going to be eaten by
the boys
Future perfect
The boys will have eaten
the pie
The pie will have been eaten by
the boys
10. Review
To enhance the information given search more about
it in the following links:
http://www.learnenglish-
online.com/grammar/passive.html
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxbQ2U3Uuv0
11. Assessment
Activity 1
Instruction: Make passive sentences using the following link.
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g22-passive-present-
exercise.php
Activity 2
Instruction: Put words in order and make passive sentences.
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/passive/exercise2.swf
Activity 3
Instruction: Mix and match the sentences into passive voice.
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/passive/exercise2.swf
12. Closure activity
Make a pamphlet about the topic.
It will be taking into accout the next criteria:
Content
Creativity
Orthography
Grammar
Knowledge
13. Rubrica para evaluar folleto
Learning English: Passive voice
Nombre del estudiante: ________________________________________
CRITERIOS 4 3 2 1
Creatividad El folleto tiene un
formato
excepcionalmente
atractivo y una
información bien
organizada.
El folleto tiene un
formato atractivo y
una información
bien organizada.
El folleto tiene la
información bien
organizada.
El formato del
folleto y la
organización del
material es
confuso para el
lector.
Ortografía No quedan errores
ortográficos.
Hay 1 error
ortográfico en el
folleto.
Existen de 2 a 3
errores
ortográficos.
Hay más de 3
errores de
ortografía en el
folleto.
Escritura-
Gramática
No hay errores
gramaticales en el
folleto.
Hay 1 error
gramatical en el
folleto.
Hay 2 errores
gramaticales en el
folleto.
Hay más de 3
errores
gramaticales.
Contenido-
Precisión
Toda la información
en el folleto es
correcta.
99-90% de la
información en el
folleto es correcta.
89-80% de la
información en el
folleto es correcta.
Menos del 80%
de la información
en el folleto es
correcta.
Conocimiento
obtenido
El estudiante puede
contestar
adecuadamente
todas las preguntas
relacionadas con la
información.
El estudiante
puede contestar
adecuadamente la
mayoría de las
preguntas
relacionadas con
el folleto.
El estudiante
puede contestar
adecuadamente
algunas de las
preguntas
relacionadas con
la información en
el folleto.
El estudiante
parece tener poco
conocimiento
sobre la
información.
14. Webgraphy
Exercise. Mix and match sentences. (2011). Retrieved on August 6th , 2014 from
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/passive/exercise2.swf
Exercise. Put in order. (2011). Retrieved on August 6th , 2014 from http://www.english-
grammar-lessons.com/passive/exercise2.swf
Grammar passive voice. (2013). Retrieved on August 4th , 2014 from
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/passive.html
Make passive sentences. (2011). Retrieved on August 6th, 2014 from http://www.esl-
lounge.com/student/grammar/3g22-passive-present-exercise.php
Song: Three Little Bird. (2010). Retrieved on August 4th , 2014 from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4sNi2PUiWM
