Passive voice basic lesson

Read the following sentences and select the right description:

sentence 1: The puppy barks

sentence2: The kid pats the puppy

• Sentence one is composed of a subject and a verb

• Sentence two is composed of a subject, a verb and an object. (It is an object because it answer the question: what)

• The second sentence is composed of a subject, a verb and an adjective.

Examine the following sentence and check the ones that include an object.

Remember!

The object answers the questions: who or what

• Karim is sleeping

• I drive a car

• she sells food

• the book is big

To put a sentence in the passive voice, we need and object:

she cleans her car

The car is cleaned

• True

• False

Examine the picture and select the right comments

• The object dinner becomes a subject

• The verb prepare becomes a past participle

• To be takes the tense and form of the main verb: to prepare

• To be takes an other tense

Examine the following active and passive form sentences and select the right answers:

Active form: Mary washes the dishes

Passive form: The dishes are washed by Mary

• To put a sentence into the passive voice we need an object.

• The object becomes subject in the passive voice

• The verb becomes a past participle

• To be takes the tense and form of the main verb ( to wash)

• In the passive voice we change the tenses

What is the right passive form of the following sentence:

James calls Bob

• Bob is called by James

• Bob called by James

Examine the table and select the right passive voice of the following sentence:

Sara is calling Mary

NEVER FORGET!

TO BE TAKES THE TENSE AND FORM OF THE MAIN VERB

• Mary is called by Sara

• Mary is being called by Sara

Examine the table and select the right passive voice of the following sentence:

Sara called Mary

NEVER FORGET!

TO BE TAKES THE TENSE AND FORM OF THE MAIN VERB

• Mary is called by Sara

• Mary was called by Sara

Examine the table and select the right passive voice of the following sentence:

Sara was calling Mary

NEVER FORGET!

TO BE TAKES THE TENSE AND FORM OF THE MAIN VERB

• Mary was being called by Sara

• Mary was called by Sara

Examine the table and select the right passive voice of the following sentence:

Sara has called Mary

NEVER FORGET!

TO BE TAKES THE TENSE AND FORM OF THE MAIN VERB

• Mary has been called by Sara

• Mary have been called by Sara