Transcript the passive voice - Avenida de los Toreros Bilingual Program

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THE PASSIVE VOICE
• We make the passive with be and the past
participle of the verb:
– English is spoken in the United Kingdom
– Romeo and Juliet was written by
Shakespeare.
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The passive voice
• We use the passive when it is not important for us
to know who does the action.
• A sentence can only be used in the passive voice if
it contains a transitive verb ( a verb that takes a
direct object).
• In the active voice the subject of the sentence does
the action. In the passive voice the object becomes
the subject and is having the action done to it
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Changing a sentence from active
to passive
• 1.- Underline the verb
• 2.- Divide the sentence into:
Subject Verb Object
• 3.- Begin with the object : The object
becomes the subject
• 4.- Use the verb to be in the same tense as
in the active + Past participle of the verb
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Put this sentence in the Passive
Voice:
• They make a special menu
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The correct answer:
• They make a special menu
• They ( Subject) make ( Verb) a special
menu (Object)
• A special menu is made
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Passive Voice Structure:
Active Voice:
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet
Subject
Verb
Object
Passive Voice:
Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare
Subject
Verb
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Passive Voice Structure
• To turn an active voice into passive we need
in the active: Subject + Verb + Object.
• In the passive sentence the object becomes
the subject. We use the same verbal tense of
the verb to be that we had in the active +
past participle of the verb. We may
transform the subject into the agent, using
by or other prepositions
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Change into the Passive Voice
• They export oranges
• Oranges are exported
• They are exporting
• Oranges are being
oranges
exported
• They exported oranges
• Oranges were exported
• They were exporting
• Oranges were being
oranges
exported
• They have exported
• Oranges have been
oranges
exported
• They have been exporting • Oranges have been being
oranges
exported
• They had exported
• Oranges had been
oranges
exported
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• They will export oranges Toreros• Oranges will be exported
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Pronouns: they change from the subject form to the object
form: He finished the report. The report was finished by him
• Singular
Subject Object
1st person I
2nd person you
3rd person he/she/it
me
you
him/her/it
• Plural
Subject
we
you
they
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Object
us
you
them
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Passive Voice: The Agent
• In some passive voice the agent is not
mentioned:
- When it is understood and it would be
strange to mention the doer.
- Specially if the agent is a pronoum: We
rented our flat last week: Our flat was rented last week
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The passive voice used for effect:
• When it is not necessary to mention the
subject: English is spoken.
• When we are not sure who did the action:
The school was vandalised
• When demands are made anonimously:
Speaking Spanish is not permitted in the
classroom.
• When we make a nameless accusation: The
glass has been broken
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Choice of subject for verbs in the
Passive.
• Some verbs may be followed by two
objects: (direct and indirect)
- The teacher gave Peter a good mark
Oi
Od
Both of them can become the subject:
- Peter was given a good mark.
- A good mark was given to Peter
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