Passive Voice

Passive Voice

Poll

When do I use passive voice

• Emphasis of the person or object that experiences the action.

• When we don’t know how did the action.

• Often used in formal writing.

• To talk about everyday actions

• To talk orally about possible situations

Function

•Emphasis of the person or object that experiences the action.

•When we don’t know how did the action.

•Often used in formal writing.

Structure

Subject + verb to be + verb in past participle + complement

EXAMPLE

The house is cleaned by me

Multiple Choice

A passive voice sentence

• The cake was eaten by the childen.

• The children ate the cake.

• The cake be eaten by them.

• The children were eating the cake.

Multiple Choice

Why should you use the Passive Voice?

• You don´t want to say who or what did the action.

• You don´t know who did the action.

• The object is the most important part of the sentence.

• all of them.

Multiple Choice

In the passive voice:

• The object is more important than the subject.

• The action is the most important.

• You must pay attention to the complement.

• You have to conjugate the main verb.

Multiple Choice

This is an active sentence:

• We must to study.

• Study must be by us.

• The children eat the cake.

• The cake must be eaten by children.

Multiple Choice

You can use Passive Voice to:

• speak about who was important in the sentence.

• change the focus of your sentence.

• change the meaning of the sentence.

• write formal and informal speeches.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice
Mum is going to prepare the food.

• The food was going to be prepared by mum
• The food is going to be prepared by mum
• The food are going to be prepared by mum
• The food will be prepared by mum

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice
Many people begin new projects in January

• New projects are begun in January
• New projects are began in January
• New projects is begun in January
• New projects is began in January

Multiple Choice

This problem .... by your brother yesterday

• a) was solved

• b) will be solved

• c) is solved

• d) solves

Multiple Choice

X: Harjo looks very happy today. He receives a new position

in the office.

Y: Don't you know he......to be the new general manager? The

final decision will be tomorrow.

• has promoted

• to be promoted

• has to promoted

• has been promoted

• is being promoted

Multiple Choice

One of the teachers rang the break bell to announce the student that it is break time, so the examination.....next time.

• is cancelled

• was cancelled

• will cancelled

• will be cancelled

• has been cancelled