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Present Passive
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
The passive voice
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The Passive is not a tense.
You will find it easier to
understand the passive if
you already know the
basic English verb tenses.
Present Passive
 Here is an active verb in the present simple:
Everybody
likes
the film “The Lion King”.
Subject
Object
 Now let’s change the sentence to the passive.
▪ When we make an active sentence passive, the
object becomes subject.
The film “The Lion King” is liked
Subject
by
everybody.
Object
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We make an active sentence passive when
we want to put information at the
beginning of the sentence because it is
more important.
active sentence:
Tourists spend a lot of money in London.
Tourists is important.
passive sentence:
A lot of money is spent in London by tourists.
A lot of money is important.
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Active sentence
Everybody
likes
the film “The Lion King”.
Passive sentence
The film “The Lion King” is liked
by
everybody.
To make the passive use the verb
…and the 3rd form or
‘toliked
BE’ in the
tense as
the
past participle
of theto mention
If you need
‘is
’ issame
present
simple
passive
original sentence – here it is the
main
verb.
who
is doing the action,
present simple
tense ‘is’ is in the present
use ‘by’simple).
to introduce it.
(because
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Take a look at some more sentences
in the present simple passive.
English teachers are loved by everybody.
The verb ‘to be’ is plural
in this sentence to agree
with ‘teachers’.
English teachers are loved by everybody.
You don’t have to agree with that statement!
You’re thinking ‘Some people don’t love English teachers!’
So let’s make that passive!
English teachers are not loved by everybody.
Make the verb ‘to BE’
negative in the usual
way.
‘by …’ may not be
necessary. If it’s not
important, leave it out.
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Can you remember the past participles of
these verbs? Fill in the blank.
read
found
find
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made
eaten
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eat
sung
Check
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sing
cut
cut
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make
taught
teach
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read
seen
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see
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ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Do you need to
practice this
again?
Fill in the blank
is produced
A lot of coffee
in Brazil.
(produce)
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are called
A lot of dogs in England
Ben.
(call)
Check
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Fill in the blank
are used
in The Lion King.
A million drawings
(use)
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is found
Simba
by his friend, Nala.
(find)
Check
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Complete each sentence in the
passive.
 People eat millions of bars of chocolate every day!
Millions of bars of chocolate
every day!
are eaten
Check
 We plant hundreds of trees every year.
Hundreds of trees
every year.
are planted
Check
Complete each sentence in the
passive.
 Nowadays people cut down many trees for
no reason.
Nowadays many trees
for no
reason.
are cut down
Check
 A Portuguese person teaches my sister.
My sister
by a Portuguese person.
is taught
Check
ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Complete each sentence in the
passive.
 People read millions of newspapers every day.
Millions of newspapers
every day.
are read
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 Smith and Co publish Tom’s new book.
Tom’s new book
by Smith and Co.
is published
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ОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Created by : Iskra Gancheva Petkova
English teacher at Hristo Botev School,
village of Sadina, Targovishte district
E-mail: [email protected]