2 PASSIVE VOICE is used when something is done to the subject The clouds were blown away by the wind.
3 The dog is taken for a walk by Mr. Green.
4 THE GENERAL FORMULA to BE + V 3 to be is changed according to the tense and the subject : Present Simple: to be = am / is / are I am always asked to look after his dog. Past Simple: to be = was / were I was asked to look after his dog yesterday. Future Simple: to be = shall / will be I shall be asked at the next lesson.
You do not need to learn all the formulae by heart ! You can always work it out!
6 ACTIVE VOICE do not exist in Passive Voice SimpleProgressivePerfectPerfect Progr. FutureShall/will V Shall/will have V3 Present V (s) Am/is/are + V ing Have /has V3 Past V 2 was / were + V ing Had V3
7 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 ? PresentAm/is/are V3 ? PastWas/were V3 ? to be + V3 Am/is/ are + V ing + to be + V3 ______________________ Am/is are + being + V3 The house is being built now.
8 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 ? PresentAm/is/are V3 Am/is/are + +being+V3 ? PastWas/were V3 ? to be + V3 Was /were + V ing + to be + V3 ______________________ Was / were + being + V3 The house was being built when …
9 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 PresentAm/is/are V3 Am/is/are + +being+V3 PastWas/were V3 was / were + being+ V3 to be + V3 Shall/will have + V3 + to be + V3 __________________________ Shall/will have been + V3 The house will have been built by the 1 st of May
10 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 Shall/will have been +V3 PresentAm/is/are V3 Am/is/are + +being+V3 PastWas/were V3 was / were + being+ V3 to be + V3 Have/has + V3 + to be + V3 ________________________ Have /has + been + V3 The house has just been built.
11 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 Shall/will have been +V3 PresentAm/is/are V3 Am/is/are + +being+V3 Have / has been + V3 PastWas/were V3 was / were + being+ V3 to be + V3 had + V3 + to be + V3 _____________________ Had + been + V3 The house had been built by 1888.
12 PASSIVE VOICE SimpleProgressivePerfectP.P FutureShall/will be + V3 Shall/will have been +V3 PresentAm/is/are V3 Am/is/are + +being+V3 Have / has been + V3 PastWas/were V3 was / were + being+ V3 Had been + V3 to be + V3
13 PAY ATTENTION The hunter killed the duck. The duck was killed by the hunter. THE SUBJECT AND THE OBJECT REPLACED EACH OTHER
14 If it is not known or not important who did the action, miss it in the sentence in Passive Voice They built the church in the 18 –th century. The church was built in the 18 – th century by them. If you want to say who did it or what caused the action, use BY.
15 A.V. The company often sends Tom abroad 1.change the subject and the object: Tom ………… by the company. 2. Find the verb and find out its tense sends Present Simple 3.Put the verb into the formula of this tense in Passive according to the subject is sent P.V. Tom is often sent abroad by the company If you want to change the sentence from Active into Passive, you must: