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passive voice

Passive Voice

form: to be + past participle (-ed, 3.stĺpec) it‘s used when the focus is on the action it‘s not important who or what is performing the action, but the action itself is important The streets are cleaned. Books are written. House is built. Passive Voice

statement Everyone is invited. negative Some people are not (aren’t) invited. question Is everyone invited? Passive Voice

when rewriting active sentences in passive, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive A: Somebody cleans this room every day. OBJECT P: This room is cleaned every day. SUBJECT Passive Voice

the verb BE has to be in the same tense as in active sentence A: Someone stole my sister’s bike yesterday. P: My sister’s bike was stolen yesterday. stole – past simple => BE = was/were to show who did the action, we use BY This house was built by my grandfather. Passive Voice

to show who did the action, we use BY This house was built by my grandfather. I => me she => her you => you he => him we => us they => them I opened the door. => The door was opened by me. She cleans the room.=> The room is cleaned by her. Passive Voice

if you are not sure how to form a passive sentence, think of the active sentence first A: Someone stole my sister’s bike yesterday. P: My sister’s bike was stolen yesterday. Passive Voice

form: am/is/are (not)+ past participle The grandma is always invited. Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving. I’m not invited to parties. How many people are injured in car accidents every year? Passive Voice – present simple

form: was/were (not) + past participle This room was cleaned. During the night we were woken up by a loud explosion. When was the castle built? This house wasn’t damaged in the storm. Passive Voice – past simple

1. He opens the door. 2. We set the table. 3. Somebody lost the letter. 4. The bill includes service. 5. They invited uncle Adrian. Rewrite the sentences into passive

1. The door is opened by him. 2. The table was set by us. 3. The letter was lost by somebody. 4. Service is included in the bill. 5. Uncle Adrian was invited. Rewrite the sentences into passive

1. (the office/clean/every day) 2. (these rooms/clean/every day?) 3. (glass/make/from sand) 4. (stamps/sell/in a post office) 5. (this room/not/use/very often) 6. (we/allow/to park here?) 7. (how/this word/pronounce?) Write sentences from the words in brackets using passive voice – present

1. The office is cleaned every day. 2. Are these rooms cleaned every day? 3. Glass is made from sand. 4. Stamps are sold in a post office. 5. This room is not (isn’t) used very often. 6. Are we allowed to park here? 7. How is this word pronounced? Write sentences from the words in brackets using passive voice – present

1. (the house/paint/last month) 2. (three people/injure/in the accident) 3. (my bicycle/steal/a few days ago) 4. (when/this bridge/build?) 5. (you/invite/to the party/last week?) 6. (how/these windows/break?) 7. (I/not/wake up/by the noise) Write sentences from the words in brackets using the passive voice – past

1. The house was painted last month. 2. Three people were injured in the accident. 3. My bicycle was stolen a few days ago. 4. When was this bridge built? 5. Were you invited to the party last week? 6. How were these windows broken? 7. I wasn’t woken up by the noise. Write sentences from the words in brackets using the passive voice – past