PASSIVE VOICE

What is the structure used in PASSIVE VOICE?

• SUBJECT + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

• OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE + SUBJECT

• SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE + OBJECT

When to use the passive voice?

• When the action is more important or interesting than the person who does the action.

• When the subject performs the action of the verb.

• The person who does the action is not known, or not important.

• The person doing the action is obvious.

The passive voice CANNOT be in simple present or simple past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which sentence is in PASSIVE VOICE?

• Everybody loves dogs.

• Candies are bought by the little girl.

• Decorators are painting my house.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE IN SIMPLE PAST:

The car ___ _______ by him.

• were crashed

• was crashing

• is crashed

• was crashed

Answer explanation

The structure of SIMPLE PAST sentence is:

Subject + Was/Were + Past Participle

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE IN SIMPLE PRESENT WITH THE VERB EAT:

The cake ___ _____ by me.

The PASSIVE VOICE of this sentence is:

ACTIVE: Doménica explained yesterday's class.

• PASSIVE: Yesterday's class were explained by Doménica.

• PASSIVE: Yesterday's class was explained by Doménica.

• PASSIVE: Yesterday's class is explain by Doménica.

• PASSIVE: Yesterday's class was explain by Doménica.

Make a sentence in SIMPLE PAST with the verb WATCH.

The passive voice is the ________ of the active voice.

• OPPOSITE

• SIMILARY

• DIFFERENT

• NONE OF THE ABOVE.