passive and active

1. Change the voice: "Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah."

• The Savannah is roamed by the beautiful girraffehs.

• The Savannah was roamed by the beautiful girraffes.

• The Savannah will be roamed by the beautiful girraffes.

• The Savannah has been roamed by the beautiful girraffes.

2. Change the voice: "I will clean the house every Saturday."

• The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday

• The house was cleaned by me every Saturday

• The house needs to be cleaned by me every Saturday

• I shall clean the house every Saturday.

4. Change the voice: "Mom read the novel in one day."

• The novel is read by Mom in one day.

• The novel was read by Mom in one day.

• The novel will be read by Mom in one day.

• Mom will be reading the novel in one day.

6. CHANGE THE VOICE : " The science class viewed the comet. "

• The comet is viewed by the science class

• The comet was viewed by the science class

• The comet will be viewed by the science class

• The comet viewed the science class

What is passive voice?

• a calmer way of talking

• when the subject is not acted upon; but is still in past tense

• when the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon

• when the sentence in form of intransitive

What is a good use for passive voice?

• Unknown or unimportant subject(s)

• To emphasis the subject

• the sentence in form of intransitive

• the sentence does not have an object

Which sentences uses passive voice for an unknown or unimportant subject?

• Someone stole my wallet.

• My wallet was stolen.

• the student will be called by the teacher

• are the animals going to be trapped by the hunter?

Change this sentence to make it active.

The oven has been tested by the best chefs in the world.

• The best chefs in the world test the oven.

• The best chefs in the world tested the oven.

• The best chefs in the world have tested the oven.

• The best chefs in the world had tested the oven.

It's a big factory. Five hundred people _________ (employ) there.

• are employed

• was employed

• employed

• were employ

_________ (somebody / clean) this room yesterday?

• Are somebody cleaned

• Did somebody clean

• Were somebody cleaned

• Is somebody clean