PASSIVE VOICE

UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE
LEÓN
CAMPUS ACÁMBARO
 Learning Intentions
• Students will be able to form the passive voice
using present and past tense sentences.
• Students will be able to differentiate between
the passive and active voice.
 VOCABULARY
Eat—To take into the body by the mout for digestion.
Steal—To take without permission.
Deliver—To bring to the proper place.
Clean—Free from dirt.
Kill—To put to death.
Mail—Materials, such as letters and packages, handle in a
postal system.
Break—To divide into pieces.
Paint—To cover something with paint.
Play—To emit a sound.
 VOCABULARY
Praise—Expresion of aproval or admiration.
Drink—To take into the mouthand swallow.
 PAST PARTICIPLE
A past participle indicates past or completed
action or time. It is often called the 'ed' form as
it is formed by adding d or ed, to the base form
of regular verbs, however it is also formed in
various other ways for irregular verbs.
 Examples of Past Participle
Eat—eaten
Steal—stolen
Deliver—delivered
Clean—cleaned
Kill—killed
Mail—mailed
Break—broken
Paint—painted
Play—played
 ENGAGEMENT
The passive is a favorite grammar area to use for
quizzes.
2. Where was the projector made?
3. Who was the phone discovered by?
4. In which country was the television invented?
5. When was the microwave invented?
 PASSIVE VOICE

In English, all sentences are in

either "active" or "passive"
voice.
• In an active sentence, the
person or thing responsible for
the action in the sentence
comes first.
 Active:

Mr. Kumar teaches us English.

In a passive sentence, the
person or thing acted on comes
first, and the actor is added at
the end, introduced with the
preposition "by”
 Passive:

English is taught to us by Mr. Kumar.

 PROCEDURE
Interchange the subject and object
Take the main verb in its past participle form.
Do not change the tense of the original
sentence, so add an auxiliary verb.
Ensure the doer of the action does not change
once the sentence is in the passive voice.
 PASSIVE VOICE (SIMPLE PRESENT)

Karen writes an email.

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT CONTINUOS)

Sam fixed the computer

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT PERFECT)
John helped Brian.

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
 Let’s do it TOGETHER
Zac drinks coffe.

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
 Let’s do it TOGETHER
Peter played a song.

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
 Let’s do it TOGETHER
The critics praised the film.

Subject:
Verb:
Object:
 Race Game
• Divide the class into two teams. Each team
forms a single file in front of the board with an
active voice sentence written on a paper. Once
the instructor says, “GO”, each student must
write their sentence on the board in the
passive voice.
 YOU DO IT
Eduard opens the door.
Jane set the table.
Mary pays a lot of money.
Joseph draw a picture.
Ian wear blue shoes.
 YOU DO IT
Tim played a song.
Tom broke the widnow.
 When should we use the
Passive Voice?
We do not know who the subject is or it is not
important who the subject is?

Somebody cleaned the room.

The room was cleaned.

When it is obvious to the listener or reader who
the subject is because it is the person who
usually does it:

The cleaner clean the room.

The room was cleaned.