Презентація Passive Voice

Passive Voice

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence. Examples. The passive voice is used frequently. (= we are interested in the passive voice, not in who uses it.)The house was built in 1654. (= we are interested in the house, not in who built it.)Use of Passive

We use the passive voice because we don't know or do not want to express who performed the action. Sometimes we use the passive voice because we don't know or do not want to express who performed the action. Examples. I noticed that a window had been left open. Every year thousands of people are killed on our roads. All the cookies have been eaten.

If we want to say who or what performs the action while using the passive voice, we use the preposition by. When we know who performed the action and are interested in him, it is always better to switch to the active voice instead."A Hard Day's Night" was written by the Beatles.

Form of Passive. Subject finite form of to be  Past Participle A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:he object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentencethe finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Tense. Subject. Verb. Object. Simple Present. Active: Ritawritesa letter. Passive: A letteris writtenby Rita. Simple Past. Active: Ritawrotea letter. Passive: A letterwas writtenby Rita. Present Perfect. Active: Ritahas writtena letter. Passive: A letterhas been writtenby Rita. Future IActive: Ritawill writea letter. Passive: A letterwill be writtenby Rita. Hilfsverben. Active: Ritacan writea letter. Passive: A lettercan be writtenby Rita.

Tense. Subject. Verb. Object. Present Progressive. Active: Ritais writinga letter. Passive: A letteris being writtenby Rita. Past Progressive. Active: Ritawas writinga letter. Passive: A letterwas being writtenby Rita. Past Perfect. Active: Ritahad writtena letter. Passive: A letterhad been writtenby Rita. Future IIActive: Ritawill have writtena letter. Passive: A letterwill have been writtenby Rita. Conditional IActive: Ritawould writea letter. Passive: A letterwould be writtenby Rita. Conditional IIActive: Ritawould have writtena letter. Passive: A letterwould have been writtenby Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects Subject. Verb. Object 1 Object 2 Active: Ritawrotea letterto me. Passive: A letterwas writtento meby Rita. Passive: Iwas writtena letterby Rita.

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