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Defining “Voice”
• “Voice” is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of the verb’s action to its subject.
• The voice of a verb may be either “active” or “passive.”
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Active & PassiveActive & PassiveActive Voice Form
• When we want to say that the subject of a sentence is doing the action, we use the verb of that sentence in its Active form:
• e.g. A man is cutting down a tree. ‘A man’ = subject -- doing the action -- cutting - Active
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Active & PassiveActive & PassivePassive Voice Form
• When we want to say that the subject of a sentence is not doing anything but is allowing something to be done to it by somebody else, we use the Passive Voice form:e.g. A tree is being cut down by a man.‘A tree’ = subject = not doing anything, but allowing ‘a man’ to cut it. Passive
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Active-Passive Voice – Active-Passive Voice – example 1example 1
• Goutham Goutham is carryingis carrying the girl. the girl. Active VoiceActive Voice
goutham= subjectgoutham= subject
is carrying = verbis carrying = verb
the girl = object of the verb the girl = object of the verb
Who is doing the action of carrying? = Who is doing the action of carrying? =
‘‘goutham’ – subject of the sentencegoutham’ – subject of the sentence
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Active-Passive Voice – example 2
• The girl is being carried by Goutham. Passive Voice
The girl = subjectis being carried = verbby = prepositionGoutham= object of the preposition ‘by’Who is doing the action of carrying? = Not ‘The girl’, the subject, but ‘Goutham’, the object
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Active-Passive Voice – changes 1
• Clavin reads a book every day. Active Voice
‘Clavin’ -- the subject of the Active sentence…
A book is read every day by Clavin. Passive Voice
‘by Clavin’ – object of the preposition ‘by’
The subject of the Active sentence becomes the object of the preposition in the Passive sentence!
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Active-Passive Voice – changes 2
• Clavin reads a book every day. Active Voice
‘reads’ – verb of the Active sentence
A book is read every day by Clavin. Passive voice
The Active form of the verb in Active sentence is changed into the Passive form in Passive sentence.
‘reads’ becomes “is read”!
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Active-Passive Voice – note 1
• He cooks food. Active Voice‘food’ – object of the verb – singular
Food is cooked by him. Passive Voice‘Food’ – subject of the passive
sentence – singular, so ‘is cooked’ -- verb singular
When the subject of a sentence is singular, the verb must also be in singular
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Active-Passive Voice – note 2
• When the subject of a sentence is Plural, the verb of that sentence must be Plural:
• Joshua carried some books. Active Voice
‘some books’ -- object of the verb in Active – Plural
Some books were carried by Joshua. Passive Voice
‘were carried’ – verb – ‘were’ plural / ‘books’ plural
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Active-Passive Voice -- note 3
• Shelvin has signed ten letters. Active Voice‘Shelvin’ – subject; ‘has’ – part of the verb – singular‘ten letters’ – object of the verb in Active -- plural
Ten letters havehave been signed by Shelvin. Passive Voice‘Ten letters’ – subject – plural; ‘have been signed’ verb –‘have’ -- plural
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 1• Shelvin bakes cakes. Active
‘bakes’ – verb –
Simple Present Tense
Cakes are baked by Shelvin.
Passive Voice
‘are baked’ – verb –
Simple Present Tense
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Active-Passive – Tense Change 2
• He is building a sand castle.
‘is building’ – verb –
present continues tense –
ACTIVE VOICE FORM
A sand castle is being built by him.
‘is being built’ – verb –
present continues tense
PASSIVE VOICE FORM
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Active-Passive -- Tense Change 3
• He has drawn a picture.‘has drawn’ – verb –present perfect tenseACTIVE VOICE
A picture has been drawn by him. ‘has been drawn’ – verb –present perfect tensePASSIVE VOICE
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 4
• She She toldtold me a secret. me a secret. Active VoiceActive Voice‘‘told’ – verb – simple past tense told’ – verb – simple past tense
A secret A secret was toldwas told (to) me by her. (to) me by her. Passive VoicePassive Voice
‘‘was told’ – verb – simple past tensewas told’ – verb – simple past tense
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 5
• The postman was delivering the post. ‘was delivering’ -- verb -- Past Continuous TenseACTIVE VOICE FORM
The post was being delivered by the postman.‘was being delivered’ -- verb -- Past continuous TensePASSIVE VOICE FORM
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 6
• According to the traditional grammar rules, the past perfect continuous tense is not used in Passive form; however, in the contemporary English, there are occasions where the past perfect tense is used in the Passive Form, too!
• He had been writing letters for half an hour before somebody called him out.
• Letters had been being written for half an hour (by him) before somebody called him out.
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 7
They will give the beggar some money. ‘will give’ -- verb -- simple future tense -- Active
The beggar will be given some money by them.‘will be given’ -- verb -- simple future tense -- Passive
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Active-Passive -- Tense Change 8
• According to the traditional grammar rules, the future continuous tense in the Active is not used in Passive Voice Form.
• e.g. They will be playing with fireworks by the time their father reaches home. Active‘will be playing’ – verb – future continuous
-------- NO PASSIVE --------
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 09
• According to the traditional grammar rules, the future perfect continuous tense is not used in the Passive Voice Form:
e.g. You will have been working on the course material for 2 hours by 6 in the evening.
‘will have been working’ – verb –
Future Perfect Continuous Tense – Active
---------- NO CHANGE ----------
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Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 10
The Modal Auxiliary (helping) Verbs in Passive Voice Form take ‘be’: e.g. He will give you a book. Active VoiceYou will be given a book by him. Passive e.g. They can pick a number. Active VoiceA number can be picked by them. Passivee.g. We must finish this job. Active Voice This job must be finished by us. Passive
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Active-Passive Voice – note 1
• The Subject of the active voice sentence becomes the object of the preposition in the Passive Voice sentence. The preposition is usually ‘by’ when the object is a person, and ‘with’ when the object is a thing, such as a knife, gun, arrow, etc.
• e.g. The hunter shot the deer with an arrow. Active The deer was shot with an arrow by the hunter. Passive‘an arrow’ -- a thing – preposition ‘with’‘a hunter’ -- a person -- preposition ‘by’
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Active-Passive Voice – note 2
• When there are two objects of the verb in the active voice sentence, we can change that active sentence into passive in two way: using the first object in one sentence and the second object in the other.
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Active-Passive Voice – Active-Passive Voice – note note 22 (continued)(continued)
• e.g. The teacher teaches e.g. The teacher teaches youyou a lessona lesson. Active. Active‘‘you’ – object of the verb / ‘a lesson’ – object of the verbyou’ – object of the verb / ‘a lesson’ – object of the verb
(A)(A) YouYou are taught a lesson by the teacher. Passive are taught a lesson by the teacher. Passive
(B)(B) A lessonA lesson is taught to you by the teacher. Passive is taught to you by the teacher. Passive
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Active-Passive Voice -- note 3
• In writing the Passive Voice, in most cases, the preposition – ‘by’ or ‘with’ – and its object are not used, because they are understood:
• e.g. The cook made me an omelette. Active VoiceAn omelette was made for meby the cook.
.Passive Voice
Remember this table:Tense (or Modal+base) Active Voice Passive Voice
Simple present taketakes
am takenis taken are taken
Present continuous am takingis takingare taking
am being takenis being takenare being taken
Present perfect have taken has taken
have been takenhas been taken
Simple past took was takenwere taken
Past continuous was takingwere taking
was being takenwere being taken
Past perfect had taken had been taken
Simple future will takeshall take
will be takenshall be taken
can/may/must,etc.+base can takemust take
can be takenmust be taken
Can you remember the past participles of these verbs? Fill in the blank.
find
read
Check
eat
teach
eaten
taught
Check
Check
cutcut
Check
read
made
make
found
sung
sing
seen
see
Check
Check
Check
CheckОУ “Христо Ботев” с.Садина, общ.Попово
Fill in the blank
A lot of coffee in Brazil.
(produce)
A lot of dogs in England Ben.
(call)
Check
is produced
are called
Check
A million drawings in The Lion King.
(use)
Fill in the blank
are used
Simba by his friend, Joshua.
(find)
is found
Check
Check
Complete each sentence in the passive.
People eat millions of bars of chocolate every day!
Millions of bars of chocolate every day!
We plant hundreds of trees every year.
Hundreds of trees every year.
are eaten
are planted
Check
Check
Complete each sentence in the passive.
Nowadays people cut down many trees for no reason.
Nowadays many trees for no reason.
A Portuguese person teaches my sister.My sister by a Portuguese person.
are cut down
Check
is taught Check
Complete each sentence in the passive.
People read millions of newspapers every day.
Millions of newspapers every day.
Shenin and Joyal publish Arman’s new book.
Arman’s new book by Shenin and Joyal.
are read Check
is published Check
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In these examples, spot the use of the active voice and the passive voice.
The music was played by Sharika.
The sun was hidden by the clouds.
Delighted fans streamed onto the pitch.
Marie wrote the letter to the headteacher.
Danny was praised by the headteacher.
passive
passive
passive
active
active
Exercise 1: Choose Active or Passive
Put “A” for Active, “P” for Passive:1. The boy banged on the table. [ ]
2. A girl was bitten by a dog. [ ]
3. Mrs Wong washes her car every Sunday. [ ]
4. The library was broken into last night. [ ]
5. I lost my dictionary. [ ]
6. The floor is swept by the maid. [ ]
Choose Active or Passive (Answers)
Put “A” for Active, “P” for Passive:1. The boy banged on the table. [ ]
2. A girl was bitten by a dog. [ ]
3. The floor is swept by the maid. [ ]
4. The library was broken into last night. [ ]
5. I lost my dictionary. [ ]
6. Mrs Wong washes her car every Sunday. [ ]
A
P
P
P
A
A
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
1. The fire ___________ out by the firemen.is put
A. puts
B. is put
C. put
2. Shelvin ______________ a sandwich.
A. make
B. are made
C. is made
D. made
made
3. A present ____________ to me by the English teacher.
A. gave
B. was given
c. given
was given
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks
There is a dog which 1)_______(call)
Bubbles”. It 2) ___________ (own)
by Michael Johnson. It 3)_________
(keep) in his home. It 4)___________
(feed) every day by Michael Johnson
himself. It 5) __________(dress) in
funny clothes. It 6)_________(say)
that “Bubbles” is Johnson’s only
friend.
is called
is ownedis kept
is fed
is dressed
is said
Exercise 4: Change active to passive
1) The policemen catch the thief.
Ans:
2) The girl puts on a beautiful dress.
Ans:
The thief is caught by the policemen.
A beautiful dress is put on by the girl.
Exercise 5: Change passive to active
1) The dishes are washed by Amy.
Ans:
2) The car is repaired by Arman and Clavin.
Ans:
Amy washes the dishes.
Clavin and Arman repair the car.
Exercise 6: Multiple Choice
1. A song ____________ by Goutham.
A) sangB) was sungC) sung
was sung
2. These houses _________ by the workmen.
A) builtB) was builtC) were built
were built
3. Mr. Pitbul __________ in 2005 .
A) dieB) diedC) was died
died
Exercise 7: Fill in the blanks
Two men were seen breaking into a
house in my street last night. The police
1) __________ (call) and they arrived very
quickly. One man 2) ___________ (catch)
immediately. The other escaped, but he
3) _________ (find) very soon. Both men
4) __________ (take) to the police station
and 5) _____________ (question)separate-
ly by a police officer. The two men 6)
___________ (charge) with burglary.
were called
was caught
was found
were taken
were questioned
were charged
Exercise 8: Change active to passive
1) I drew a picture yesterday.
Ans:
2) Lisa bought some books two days ago.
Ans:
A picture was drawn by me yesterday.
Some books were bought by Lisa two days ago.
Exercise 9: Change passive to active
1) The problems were solved by Jack.
Ans:
2) The house was painted by the painter.
Ans:
Jack solved the problems.
The painter painted the house.
Revision Exercise: Multiple Choice
1. His secretary _____________ that report last Friday.
A) writesB) is writtenC) wroteD) was written
wrote
2. Joshua’s watch _________ by a thief yesterday.
A) stealsB) is stolenC) stoleD) was stolen
was stolen
3. Mary always _________ care of her baby sister.
A) takesB) is takenC) tookD) was taken
takes
4. The furniture _________ by the maid every day.
A) dustsB) is dustedC) dustedD) was dusted
is dusted
Revision Exercise: Fill in the blanks Fred owns (own) a fast food shop in Central.
Food, drinks and snacks ___________________
(prepare) by his workers early every morning.
This morning, when Fred ______(enter) the kitchen of his fast food shop, he saw that everybody was very busy. It seemed that two jobs ____________ (do)
at the same time by every worker in the kitchen.
He _____ (be) very happy. Sandwiches _____________ (toast) while tea _____________ (make). Potato chips ________ (fry) while apple pies __________ (bake).
Many people _______ (like) to buy fish and
chips at Fred’s fast food shop. Besides, more
than 300 chicken wings _________ (sell) every day.
are prepared
entered
were done
was were toastedwere made
were fried were baked
like
were sold