The Passive

The passive

the passive

Which sentences uses the passive voice?

1. English is spoken in many countries.

2. They speak English in many countries.

the passive

Which sentences uses the passive voice?

1. English is spoken in many countries.

2. They speak English in many countries.

Multiple Choice

Many languages _______ lost.

• have already been

• are being made

• had been spoken

• was being studied

Multiple Choice

Bo was a local language which _____ since pre-Neolithic times.

• is spoken

• will be spoken

• had been spoken

• was being studied

Multiple Choice

The language ______ by researchers.

• is spoken

• will be spoken

• be understood

• was being studied

Multiple Choice

Her songs and stories couldn't ______ even by a few people.

• had been spoken

• are being made

• be understood

• have already been

Multiple Choice

N|u ________ now only _____ by a few people.

• will be spoken

• is spoken

• are being made

• is being spoken

Multiple Choice

Efforts ______ to save the language from dying out.

• was being studied

• were helped

• are being made

• is being made

Multiple Choice

They _______ by a NAtive American tribe called the Wampanoag.

• was being studied

• were helped

• had been spoken

• are being made

Multiple Choice

There's a good chance that it _____ more widely by future generations.

• is spoken

• be understood

• had been spoken

• will be spoken

Multiple Choice

SO, how do we form THE PASSIVE?

• be + past participle

• have + past participle

• be + infinitive

Read the texts again

Underline other examples of the passive in the text.
What tenses are they?

Read the texts again

Underline other examples of the passive in the text.
What tenses are they?
were discouraged (past simple passive)
which is attended (present simple passive)
is spoken (present simple passive)
has been revived (present perfect passive)

The passive

the form

be + V₃

V or V_-s

present simple active form

be + V₃

the passive form

The present simple passive

V or V_-s

present simple active form

be + V₃

the passive form

The present simple passive

The present simple passive

making the passive of the present simple

BE (V or V_-s) + V₃ = am / is / are + V₃

the passive of other tenses

​Tenses	​Passive form	​Active form	​The passive
​Present Simple	​be + V3	​V or V(-s)	​am/is/are+V
Past Simple​	​be + V3	V2 or V(ed)	​
Present Continuous​	be + V3	am/is/are + V(ing)	​
Past Continuous	be + V3	​was/were + V(ing)	​
Present Perfect​	be + V3	have\has + V3	​
Past Perfect​	be + V3	had + V3	​
Future​	be + V3	will + V​	​
​Infinitive	be + V3	can + V	​

the passive of other tenses

​Tenses	​Passive form	​Active form	​The passive
​Present Simple	​be + V3	​V or V(-s)	​am/is/are+V3
Past Simple​	​be + V3	V2 or V(ed)	was/were + ​V3
Present Continuous​	be + V3	am/is/are + V(ing)	am/is/are +​ being + V3
Past Continuous	be + V3	​was/were + V(ing)	was/were + being + V3​
Present Perfect​	be + V3	have\has + V3	have/has + been + V3​
Past Perfect​	be + V3	had + V3	had + been + V3​
Future​	be + V3	will + V​	will + be + V3​
​Infinitive	be + V3	can + V	can + be + V3​

prepositions after made

• made + by + method

• made + with + tool

• made + of + material

• made + out of/from + original object

Complete the tasks at page 145

Listening

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Listening

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