Passive Voice

Passive Voice 

a) BE + Past Participle;

b) Firstly, identify the verb tense of the active sentence;

c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the tense of the active sentence.

Examples:

                         Active Voice                                                Passive Voice

Pres. Simple: Mariana drinks the chocolate milk. Pres. Contin.: Afonso is drinking chocolate milk. Simple Past: Carlos drank chocolate milk. Past Conti.: Margarida was drinking chocolate milk. Present Perfect: Bianca has drunk chocolate milk. Past Perfect: Catarina had drunk chocolate milk. Present Perfect Continuous: it isn't used in the passive.  Future “will”: João will drink chocolate milk. Future “Be going to”: Tomás isn’t going to drink chocolate milk. Modal verb: Should Ana drink chocolate milk?

The chocolate milk is drunk by Mariana. The chocolate milk is being drunk  by Afonso. The chocolate milk was drunk by Carlos. The chocolate milk was being drunk by Margarida. The chocolate milk has been drunk by Bianca. The chocolate milk had been drunk by Catarina. The chocolate milk will be drunk by João. The chocolate milk isn’t going to be drunk by Tomás. Should the chocolate milk be drunk by Ana?

 Why do  we use the passive voice?

-Don’t know the agent’s identity

-Not important to mention the agent of the action

-Want to avoid the agent of the action. (journalism)

-Focus on the action

Exercises:

Write the sentences given in the Passive Voice.

a) Henrique and Tomás write the newspaper articles.

____________________________________________________________

b) Margarida and Sara aren’t taking photos in Amsterdam.

____________________________________________________________

c) Were you asking questions about the Festival?

____________________________________________________________

d) Marta must obey the traffic rules.

____________________________________________________________

e) The team is now finishing the documentary.

_____________________________________________________________

f) Children watch cartoons in the morning.

_____________________________________________________________

g) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet and Macbeth?

_____________________________________________________________

And now try these:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?past-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?07

Passive Voice

Remember this:

a) BE + Past Participle;

BE - is a chameleon (changes its verb tense according to the verb tense of the active sentence) 

b) Firstly, identify the verb tense of the active sentence;

c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the same tense of the active sentence.

Changes:

Present Simple – buy -------------------------------------- is /are bought

Present Continuous – is providing -------------is/ are being provided

Past Simple – wrote -------------------------------------was/ were written

Past Continuous – were doing -----------------was/ were being done

Present Perfect – has drunk ---------------------have/ has been drunk

Past Perfect – had completed --------------------had been completed

Future Simple – will eat ----------------------------------------will be eaten

Simple Conditional – would give --------------------------would be given

Perfect Conditional - would have bought --would have been bought

Modal verbs – must do ----------------------------------------must be done

Infinitive – to advise --------------------------------------------to be advised

Gerund – Cutting -----------------------------------------------------being cut

Examples:

Mr. James provides all foreign students with a guide full of information.

      S                  V                Indirect Object                             Direct Object

Starting with IO:

All foreign students were provided with a guide full of information.

Starting with DO: 

A guide full of information was provided to all students (by Mr. James). 

Time to exercise:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?past-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?07

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-the-passive1.htm

The Passive: When, why, and how to use it

This video was suggested by two students (S and L). Throughout the video, you are explained to the why we use the passive voice. It's a different perspective and at the same a clarifying one.

Remember this:

a) BE + Past Participle;

b) Firstly, identify the verb tense of the active sentence;

c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the same tense of the active sentence.

Examples:

                         Active Voice                                                Passive Voice

Pres. Simple: Marta drinks the chocolate milk. Pres. Contin.: Carolina is drinking chocolate milk. Simple Past: Samuel drank chocolate milk. Past Conti.: Luís was drinking chocolate milk. Present Perfect: Fialho has drunk chocolate milk. Past Perfect: Afonso had drunk chocolate milk. Present Perfect Continuous: it isn't used in the passive.  Future “will”: João will drink chocolate milk. Future “Be going to”: José isn’t going to drink chocolate milk. Modal verb: Should Inês drink chocolate milk?

The chocolate milk is drunk byMarta. The chocolate milk is being drunk by Carolina. The chocolate milk was drunk by Samuel. The chocolate milk was being drunk by Luís. The chocolate milk has been drunk by Fialho. The chocolate milk had been drunk by Afonso. The chocolate milk will be drunk by João. The chocolate milk isn’t going to be drunk by José. Should the chocolate milk be drunk by Inês?

Exercises:

Write the sentences given in the Passive Voice. Write the answers in your notebook.

a) George and Francisco write the newspaper articles.

____________________________________________________________

b) Matilde and Sara aren’t taking photos in Amsterdam.

____________________________________________________________

c) Were you asking questions about the Festival?

____________________________________________________________

d) Beatriz must obey the traffic rules.

____________________________________________________________

e) The team is now finishing the documentary.

_____________________________________________________________

f) Gonçalo and Martim  play football on Saturday morning.

_____________________________________________________________

g) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet and Macbeth?

_____________________________________________________________

And now try these:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?past-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?07

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-the-passive1.htm

PASSIVE VOICE with 2 objects

Sometimes we have sentences where you have a "who" and a "what". For instance:

Luís and Matilde bought a book to Marta yesterday.
book - what - direct object
Marta - who - indirect object

This means that you can build 2 Passive sentences! 
One of them begins with the direct object and the other with the indirect object.

a) A book was bought to Marta yesterday.

b) Marta was given a book by Luís and Matilde yesterday.

a) Explanation here
b) Exercises here (in this website firstly, you have a page with explanation and in the bottom, you have the chance to click for the exercises)
c) More exercises here

9 and 10 graders: PASSIVE VOICE

Passive Voice 

Remember this:

a) BE + Past Participle;

b) Firstly, identify the verb tense of the active sentence;

c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the tense of the active sentence.

Examples:

                         Active Voice                                                Passive Voice

Pres. Simple: Sílvia drinks the chocolate milk. Pres. Contin.: Helena is drinking chocolate milk. Simple Past: Pedro drank chocolate milk. Past Conti.: Martin was drinking chocolate milk. Present Perfect: Lisa has drunk chocolate milk. Past Perfect: Joana had drunk chocolate milk. Present Perfect Continuous: it isn't used in the passive.  Future “will”: Marta will drink chocolate milk. Future “Be going to”: Daniel isn’t going to drink chocolate milk. Modal verb: Should Diogo drink chocolate milk?

The chocolate milk is drunk by Sílvia. The chocolate milk is being drunk  by Helena. The chocolate milk was drunk by Pedro. The chocolate milk was being drunk by Martin. The chocolate milk has been drunk by Lisa. The chocolate milk had been drunk by Joana. The chocolate milk will be drunk by Marta. The chocolate milk isn’t going to be drunk by Daniel. Should the chocolate milk be drunk by Diogo?

 Why do  we use the passive voice?

-Don’t know the agent’s identity

-Not important to mention the agent of the action

-Want to avoid the agent of the action. (journalism)

-Focus on the action

Exercises:

Write the sentences given in the Passive Voice.

a) Journalists write the newspaper articles.

____________________________________________________________

b) Tourists aren’t taking photos in Amsterdam.

____________________________________________________________

c) Were you asking questions about the Festival?

____________________________________________________________

d) People must obey the traffic rules.

____________________________________________________________

e) The team is now finishing the documentary.

_____________________________________________________________

f) Children watch cartoons in the morning.

_____________________________________________________________

g) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet and Macbeth?

_____________________________________________________________

And now try these:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?past-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?07

PASSIVE VOICE with 2 objects

Sometimes we have sentences where you have a "who" and a "what". For instance:

Afonso and Castanheira bought a book to Amaral yesterday.
book - what - direct object
Amaral - who - indirect object

This means that you can build 2 Passive sentences! 
One of them begins with the direct object and the other with the indirect object.

a) A book was bought to Amaral yesterday.

b) Amaral was given a book by Afonso and Castanheira yesterday.

a) Explanation here
b) Exercises here (in this website firstly, you have a page with explanation and in the bottom you have the chance to click for the exercises)
c) More exercises here

Passive Voice

Remember this:

a) BE + Past Participle

b) Firstly, identify the verb tense

c) Build the sentence in the passive, writing the auxiliary verb to be in the tense of the active sentence.

Examples:

                         Active Voice                                                Passive Voice

Pres. Simple: Maria drinks the chocolate milk. Pres. Contin.: Maria is drinking milk. Simple Past: Maria drank milk. Past Conti.: Maria was drinking milk. Future “will”: Maria will drink chocolate milk. Future “Be going to”: Maria isn’t going to drink chocolate milk. Modal verb: Should Maria drink chocolate milk?

The chocolate milk is drunk by Maria. The chocolate milk is being drunk by Maria. The chocolate milk was drunk by Maria. The chocolate milk was being drunk by Maria. The chocolate milk will be drunk by Maria. The chocolate milk isn’t going to be drunk by Maria. Should the chocolate milk be drunk by Maria?

 Why do  we use the passive voice?

-Don’t know the agent’s identity

-Not important to mention the agent of the action

-Want to avoid the agent of the action. (journalism)

-Focus on the action

Exercises:

Write the sentences given in the Passive Voice.

a) Journalists write the newspaper.

____________________________________________________________

b) The international models aren’t taking photos in Amsterdam.

____________________________________________________________

c) Was the reporter asking questions about the Festival?

____________________________________________________________

d) People must read the headlines.

____________________________________________________________

e) The team is now finishing the documentary.

_____________________________________________________________

f) Children watch cartoons in the morning.

_____________________________________________________________

g) Did Shakespeare write Hamlet and Macbeth?

_____________________________________________________________

And now try these:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-present

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?past-progressive

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?07

Passive Voice

The rule is be + past participle.

You have to pay attention to the verb tense used in the active sentence, because the verb "to be" will be always in that tense.

Present Simple

Active: He repairs the car.

Passive: The car is repaired.

Past Simple

A: He repaired the car.

P: The car was repaired.

Present Continuous

A: He is repairing the cars.

P: The cars are being repaired.

Past Continuous

A: John and Fred were repairing the cars.

P: The cars were being repaired by John and Fred.

Future Simple

A: Jess will repair the car.

P: The car will be repaired by Jess.

Future "Be going to"

A: They are going to repair the car.

P: The car is going to be repaired.

Present Perfect

A:He has repaired the car.

P: The car has been repaired.


Past Perfect


A: She had repaired the car.

P: The car had been repaired.

Modal

A: They should repair the car.

P: The car should be repaired.

Try this:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/exercises/dogqz.htm

Passive Voice

The rule is be + past participle.

Present Simple
He repairs the car.
The car is repaired.
Past Simple
He repaired the car.
The car was repaired.

Present Continuous

He is repairing the cars.

The cars are being repaired.

Past Continuous

John and Fred were repairing the cars.

The cars were being repaired by John and Fred.

Future "will"
Jess will repair the car.
The car will be repaired by Jess.
Future "Be going to"
They are going to repair the car.
The car is going to be repaired.
Present Perfect
He has repaired the car.
The car has been repaired.
Past Perfect
She had repaired the car.
The car had been repaired.
Modal
They should repair the car.
The car should be repaired.

More information in: Post of 18th November 2009

8 graders - Passive Voice

You are now studying the Passive Voice in your English classes. Please remember that you've already learnt this content in Portuguese. It will be similar. Let's see, in Portuguese you say:
 A Maria come a maçã.                    O Manuel comeu a maçã.

Here you have two active sentences where someone acts in an action, correct? And you have the "poor" apple that suffers that action. Are you with me?

In the Passive Voice your aim is to stress out what suffered the action, and not the person that acts. That's why is passive!

So, you have to pick a maçã and place it as a Subject in the passive sentence, and a maria as a passive agent introduced with by.
We are missing something...what about the verb?

Well, in English, as well as in Portuguese you have an auxiliar verb - to be, that in the passive has to be always in same tense as the sentence in the active voice. Meaning that if the active sentence is in the past simple the verb to be has to be in the past simple, if it is in the present continuous, the verb to be has to be in the present continuous. Confused?!

The main verb has to appear, always, in the Past Participle.

So, the conclusion is:
A maçã é comida pela Maria.      A maçã foi comida pelo Manuel.

Now, examples in English:

Peter reads this book.
This book is read by Peter.

Carol washed her car.
Carol's car was washed by her.

Sue feeds the cat.
The cat is fed by Sue.

Someone opened the door.
The door was opened.

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm