Let's Focus on the Objects (Passive Voice)

Let's Focus on who or what receives the action (Passive Voice)

Objective:

To write information to complete a written story using passive voice to demonstrate comprehension.

Vocabulary

• Flower shop

• Quarantine

• Flower bouquet

• Deliver

• Busy

• Fired

• Look for

How to identify passive voice:

When it is more important who receives the action that the subject who does the action.

When we don't know who does the action.

We find the verb "to be" in different tenses and sometimes the word "by".

When we use passive voice, we always use the verb "to be" ...

In present, for example you say:

MY SISTER IS ATTACKED (BY WILD PENGUINS)

EXAMPLES:

The apples were washed (by me)

The apples are washed (by me)

THE VERB TO BE IN PRESENT AND PAST:

• IS - AM- ARE

• WAS - WERE

OBJECT PRONOUNS

We need to know object pronouns when we use pronouns as objects, for example:

The class was shared by her. (not she)

The lunch is cooked by us. (not we)

Children are cared by you.

The book was read by me. (not I)

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Multiple Select

WHICH WORDS ARE USUALLY USED IN PASSIVE VOICE?

• TO BE (present, past and others)

• BY

• SHE

• VOICE

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE:

The woman ______ saved by him, yesterday.

• are

• is

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Doors _______ (close) for us.

• are close

• were closed

• was closed

• is close

Multiple Choice

English ____ _______ by _____

• is/ started/ us

• was/ study/ us

• was/ studied/ us

• is/ study/ us

Read the following text and then finish the story focusing on who or what receives the action.

Many countries celebrate Valentine's day on February 14th. This holiday is celebrated by many people around the world it is considered a demonstration of love and friendship. We can see that shop windows are decorated with red hearts, flowers, chocolate boxes and baloons.

Florists had a lot of work that week, Michelle can confirm that. She was working at the flower shop. Beautiful flower bouquetes were sold and delivered because of the quarantine. She was very busy, but when that boy arrived in the flower shop........................................................................

After this happened, she was fired, so she had to go home and look for another job.

Open Ended

COMPLETE THE STORY. (USE AT LEAST ONCE THE OBJECT AS THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION)

(Examples: ella fue sorprendida con un hermoso regalo que.... todo fue olvidado en el .... él fue rápidamente atraído por su hermosa sonrisa y..... sus ojos fueron puestos en él .... ella fue besada, él fue abrazado por ella porque... etc.)