Transcript The Passive Voice - Intermediate 2 ALP at OSU

The Passive Voice
Who is the
star of this
movie?
Who is the
star of this
movie?
The subject of any
sentence is the
“star”.
Who is the
star of this
movie?
The subject of any
sentence is the
“star”.
If you want the object of
the sentence to be the
“star”, you must
use the Passive Voice.
Active Voice: The subject is doing the action
Passive Voice: The object becomes the subject
Active:
Cheryl kissed her husband.
Passive:
The husband was kissed by Cheryl.
(subject)
(object)
(object)
(passive verb)
(subject)
Ideas sometimes need to be expressed in
passive voice instead of active voice.
Three reasons to use passive voice:
1.
If the agent is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from the
context:
-Jan’s purse was stolen from the library.
2. To emphasize the recipient:
-Dozens of homes were destroyed
by the earthquake.
(use passive to emphasize when someone or something is hurt.)
3. To make generic explanations, statements, and announcements:
The present perfect tense is used to describe actions in the past that are
related to the present in some way.
-That castle has been visited by many tourists.
How to form Passive Voice
“Be” verb
(match the tense)
+ Past Participle (transitive verb only)
Simple present: Corn is grown in Ohio.
Pres. progressive: Corn is being grown in Iowa.
Pres. perfect:
The U.S. economy has been stimulated by the recent
tax rebates.
Simple past:
The home was destroyed in last month’s wind storm.
Past progressive: The boy was being helped by the paramedic.
Past perfect:
The student had been taught by the teacher.
Modals:
My job might be threatened by the economy.
Simple Future:
The door will be locked after all employees leave.
Be going to:
The door is going to be locked after all employees leave.
Future perfect:
The bill will have been signed by the president by the
time Congress returns from break.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Passive voice ONLY uses transitive verbs.
Transitive verbs must be followed by an object.
Active voice: The slow economy affected me in many ways.
Passive voice: I was affected by the economy.
Intransitive verbs cannot be followed by an object
Active voice: My dog died.
Common intransitive verbs: happen, sleep, come, see, agree,
arrive, cry, exist, go, live, occur, rain, rise, stay, walk
(Intransitive verbs can be followed by adverbs or prepositional phrases.
Ex. My dog died yesterday by my side on the kitchen floor.)
Practice
Ms. Stella ____________________ at
Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
A.
B.
C.
D.
is employing
employed
employing
is employed
Practice
Ms. Stella ____________________ at
Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
A.
B.
C.
D.
is employing
employed
employing
is employed
Practice
“Can’t we do something about the situation?”
“Something __________ right now.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
is doing
is done
is being done
has been doing
Practice
“Can’t we do something about the situation?”
“Something __________ right now.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
is doing
is done
is being done
has been doing
Practice
Renoir is one of the most popular French
impressionist painters. His paintings
_______ masterpieces all over the world.
A.
B.
C.
D.
had considered
are considering
are considered
consider
Practice
Renoir is one of the most popular French
impressionist painters. His paintings
_______ masterpieces all over the world.
A.
B.
C.
D.
had considered
are considering
are considered
consider
Practice
On Friday afternoon before the weekend, the
highways _________ people on their way
home from work.
A.
B.
C.
D.
are crowding by
are being crowd with
are crowded with
crowd by
Practice
On Friday afternoon before the weekend, the
highways _________ people on their way
home from work.
A.
B.
C.
D.
are crowding by
are being crowd with
are crowded with
crowd by
The Passive Voice