Miriam Sheen Cuba - Passive Voice

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Teacher: Miriam Sheen Cuba

Joseph is the subject and he is doing something (drawing).

Joseph draws a picture.

In the Active voice,

the subject performs

the action.

For example:


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The picture was drawn by Joseph.

In passive voice the actionis more important than the

subject who performs it.

For example:


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ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

Mary wrote a novel

Peruvians speakSpanish.

.

She made a cake. .

Alisson bought adress.

.

There are two special forms for verbs called

Active voice , Passive voice

A novel was written

by Mary

Spanish is spoken byPeruvians

A cake was made by her

A dress was bought byAlisson


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Las Meninas is kept in the Prado museum.

Las Meninas was painted by Diego Velasquez.

Passive voice

Passive voice

Present

Past


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Who was the

Monalisa painted by?


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painted

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.

Subject object

object subject

Leonardo Da Vinci The Mona Lisa.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

What did he paint?

This is the passive voice


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The object becomes the subject of the

passive sentence.

Joseph draws a picture.

A picture is drawn by Joseph.


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A voice

Can be..

active passive

Ex:

..

Ex:

..Rosa corrects homework Homework is corrected by Rosa

Learning goal:-Make sentences

-using the passive

voice

subj be Past part

verb

by Name

Object Prn.Passive voice


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Change these sentences into passive

1. The secretary typed this letter

.

2. The fire destroyed the old buildings

.

3. A French architect designed the bridge.

.

4. Steven Spielberg directed the movie

.

5. My sister made these cookies.

.

This letterwas typed by the secretary

The old buildings were destroyed by the fire

The bridge was designed by a French architect.

The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg

These cookies were made by my sister.


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Form the passive voice with a form ofBE

and the past participle of a verb.


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The yen is used in Japan.

Both Spanish and Portuguese are spoken in

Latin America.

A lot of coffe is grown in Brazil.

The doerof the action in each of these sentences is

obvious, so the BY phrase can be easily omitted.

(by farmers)

By people living there

By Japanese


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We also use the passive without the BY phrasewhen it is not very important who or what did

the action, or when the doeris unknown

for example

The house was painted last year.

unknown

The man was killed on the way to work


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Change these sentences into passive They use the pound in England.

.

they grow pineapples in Hawaii.

.

They raise llamas in Puno.

Llamas are raised in Puno

Pineapples are grown in Hawaii.

The pound is used in England

They often eat rice twice a day in Japan

Rice is often eaten twice a day in Japan.


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Complete these sentences with the passive of theverbs in parenthesis

1. English in Australia ( speak)

2. Lots of vegetables . in the market (sell)

3. German and French at this school (teach)

4. Computers and radios ... In Japan (export)

5.Rice in California (grow)

6. Many American cars in Detroit,Michigan. (make)

is spoken

are sold

are taught

are exported

is grown

are made


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grammar

1. was this vase made in Peru?

2. where was this vase made?

What are the differences between

these two sentences?

1. YES/NO question 2. WH/ question


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These wood bowls were made in Africa

A: Were these wood bowls made in Africa?

B: Yes, they were.

YES/NO

question

B: These clothes figures were made in Brazil.

A: Where were these cloth figures made?WH/

question


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WH- word auxiliary subject Verb-past

participle

rest ?

What

currency

What language

is

is

used

spoken

in Peru

in USA?

What

WhatWhat

is

isis

manufactured

grownmined

in Japan?

in Viru?in Arequipa?

Who

Who

was

was

Monalisa

Thriller

painted

composed

by?

by ?

Where

When

is

was

Acapulco

Peru

Located

founded


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