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Passive Voice

Passive Voice

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Nelly Cabrera

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11 Slides • 5 Questions

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WELCOME

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Sara bakes a cake.

​The cake is baked

(by Sara).

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I fried fish.

​The fish was fried

(by me).

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Passive Voice

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​We use passive voice:

  • When we don't know or do not want to express who performed the action.

    • ​The fruit was eaten.

    • The vegetables are disinfected.

  • When we want to say or know who did the action.

    • The butter was melted in the pan by Mr. Green.

    • The eggs are scrambled by mom.

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The boy cooks dinner.

Dinner is cooked by the boy

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The boy cooked dinner.

Dinner was cooked by the boy

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​Let's practice

  1. Susan bought some fruit.

  2. ​They boil two eggs for breakfast.

  3. She peels a banana.

  4. Tom and Peter whipped

    butter and sugar.

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​Answers

  1. Some fruit was bought by Susan.

  2. ​Two eggs were boiled for breakfast.

  3. A banana is peeled.

  4. Butter and sugar were

    whipped by Tom and Peter.

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Multiple Choice

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Active: Antonella tastes the meal.

Passive: ...

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Antonella tasted the meal

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The meal was tasted by Antonella

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The meal is tasted by Antonella.

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Multiple Choice

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Active: Sophia added pepper to the pasta.

Passive: ...

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Pepper was added to the pasta.

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Sophia added pepper,

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Pepper is added by Sophia.

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Multiple Choice

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Active: She serves the dishes to the customers.

Pasive: ...

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She was served the dishes

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The dishes are served by her.

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The dishes were served.

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Multiple Choice

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Active: Pablo ate all his food.

Passive: ...

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He eaten the food.

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The food was eaten by Pablo.

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Pablo ete all his food.

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​Summarizing:

  • The passive voice is used when we don't know who is doing the action.​

  • To change ​active sentences to passive sentences, we have to identify the tense and use the correct to be verb. (am, is, are / was, were)

  • U​se the past participle after the to be verb.

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Poll

Did you understand "Passive Voice"

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