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Introduction to Passive

Introduction to Passive

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13 Slides • 17 Questions

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​Active Voice

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Multiple Choice

I water the plants.

The shop assistant counted the money.

Scientists have created a vaccine.

What is the grammar structure of these sentences?

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object - verb - subject

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subject - verb - object

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verb - object - subject

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subject - object - verb

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but the structure

subject - verb - object

stays the same.​

Each sentence has a different tense

  • I water the plants.

  • The shop assistant counted the money.

  • ​Scientists have created a vaccine.

​This is the active voice

​Who is the doer in each sentence?

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​Passive Voice:

Form​

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  • I water the plants.

  • The shop assistant counted the money.

  • ​Scientists have created a vaccine.

Changing the active to passive voice

​What happened to the subject - verb - object structure?

  • The plants are watered.

  • The money was counted.

  • A vaccine has been created.

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The venue has been decided.

​The object moves to the front in a passive sentence and becomes the subject.

​The venue hasn't been decided.

​Has the venue been decided?

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Multiple Choice

The bathroom is cleaned every day.

What tense is the passive sentence above?

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past simple

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present simple

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present continuous

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present perfect

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence below is a correct example of passive?

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Lottery tickets are been sold here.

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Lottery tickets be sold here.

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Lottery tickets is sold here.

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Lottery tickets are sold here.

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence below is a correct example of passive?

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Everyone is provided with the information.

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Everyone is provide with the information.

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Everyone is providing with the information.

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Everyone is been provided with the information.

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​Passive form

​Tense

Active​

Passive​

present simple​

​She drives the car.

The car is driven.

present continuous​

​She is driving the car.

The car is being driven.

past simple​

​She drove the car.

The car was driven.

past continuous​

​She was driving the car.

​The car was being driven.

present perfect​

​She has driven the car.

The car has been driven.

present perfect continuous​

​She has been driving the car.

The car has been being driven.

past perfect​

​She had driven the car.

The car had been driven.

​will

​She will drive the car.

The car will be driven.

would​

​She would drive the car.

The car would be driven.

could ​

​She could drive the car.

The car could be driven.

should​

​She should drive the car.

The car should be driven.

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Multiple Choice

Is the past participle always used to make the passive voice?

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yes

2

no

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Multiple Choice

You have to know what the tense is to make sure that the passive sentence is correct.

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true

2

false

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Multiple Choice

Millions of bags of rubbish are collected every year.

What tense is this?

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present simple

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present continuous

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past simple

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present perfect

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Multiple Choice

The iphone was launched in 2007.

What tense is this?

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present simple

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present continuous

3

past simple

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present perfect

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Multiple Choice

The country has been put into lockdown.

What tense is this?

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present simple

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past simple

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present perfect

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present perfect continuous

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Multiple Choice

The results of the election are being revealed as we speak.

What tense is this?

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present simple

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present continuous

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past simple

4

past continuous

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Multiple Choice

I was being asked some difficult questions.

What tense is this?

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present simple

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present continous

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past simple

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past continuous

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Multiple Choice

I was being asked some difficult questions.

Is this sentence in passive voice?

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yes

2

no

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​Passive Voice:

Uses​

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Multiple Choice

My neighbour has been robbed.

Why are we using passive voice?

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we don't know who robbed our neighbour

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we want to find out who robbed our neighbour

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Multiple Choice

Little has been done to improve safety on the railways.

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We don't know whose fault it was.

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We don't want to name the doer for some reason.

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Multiple Choice

Late work will not be marked.

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We don't know who will mark the work.

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We want to distance ourselves from taking responsibility.

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Multiple Choice

Our wine is produced using the finest ingredients.

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We don't know who produced the wine.

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We want to use a formal, academic style.

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Multiple Choice

Nelson Mandela was widely loved across the world.

Why do we use passive voice in this sentence?

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There is no 'doer' other than 'people' or 'someone'

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We don't know who loved Nelson Mandela.

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