Unit 6B - Passive
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Passive: Use
We use the passive when:
We don’t know who did something or it is
not important.
The road is being repaired.
Passive: Use
We use the passive when:
The agent, who does the action, is very
obvious
A bike is being stolen, call the cops!
Passive: Use
We use the passive when:
When the main thing we are talking about is the object
of the verb.
I read an interesting article which was written by a man who
spent a year in the jungle
Passive: Form
To form the passive we use
Subject + verb be + past participle + object
Chopsticks are used to eat in China
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
1. Identify the direct object in the sentence.
2. Move the direct object to the subject position.
3. Write the verb be.
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
4. Write the main verb in the past participle.
5. If the subject of the active sentence is important write
it after by.
6. Write the indirect object if any.
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
Many people have seen the Avengers.
1. The Avengers
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
Many people have seen the Avengers.
2. The Avengers has been
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
Many people have seen the Avengers.
3. The Avengers has been seen
Passive: Form
To change an active sentence to passive
Many people have seen the Avengers.
4. The Avengers has been seen by
many people
Passive: Tenses
Tense Active Passive
Present Simple Vero makes cakes. Cakes are made by Vero.
Present
Vero is making a cake. A cake is being made by Vero.
Continuous
Present Perfect Vero has made a cake. A cake has been made by Vero.
Passive: Tenses
Tense Active Passive
Past Simple They drank coffee. Coffee was drunk by them.
Past Continuous They were drinking coffee. Coffee was being drunk by them.
Past Perfect They had drunk coffee. Coffee had been drunk by them.
Passive: Tenses
Tense Active Passive
Future Simple He will wash the car. The car will be washed by him.
Modals
He must wash the car. The car must be washed by him.
We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
The Passive:
Prepositions
after made
Made + by + a method
Scrambled eggs are made by mixing eggs
together.
We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
The Passive:
Prepositions
after made
Made + with + a tool
This baby Groot was made with a 3D printer.
We can use different prepositions in the
passive with made
The Passive:
Prepositions
after made
Made + from/out of + original object
This bracelet is made out of cotton strings.
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