GRAMMAR: Passives

 

¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Las Pasivas????????

 

 

 Yes, I know what you are saying!! Oh my god The Passive Voice!!!!! ¡Qué complicado!

Take a look:

 

subject

+ Verb: direct/ tense: past simple +

object

Santiago Segura

directed

"a todo tren".

Subject (Object of the active)	+  "to be"   (active verb tense)	+ "past participle"verb of the active	+ Agent (active subject preceded "by")

↓                              ↓                         ↓

↓

"A todo tren"	was	directed                   by Santiago S.

Sigues pensando que es complicado??!!!,mira qué fácil con este esquema:

 

 

CHANGES IN PRONOUNS

 

EXAMPLES

 

Dan defeated  him  in the third round =

HE  has been defeated in the third round by Dan. 

 

The police told us about the crime =  

We were told about the crime.

EXERCISE 1. Complete the sentence with the correct pronoum.

1. Jane lent her the umbrella. 

_______________ was lent the umbrella by Jane

2. My brother gave me a good advice. 

_________was given a good advice by my brother

3. Dad promised us some money. 

___________ were promised some money by dad.
 

4. They gave a reward. 

A reward was given by ____________________

5. We kept the money.

The money was kept by _____________

STRUCTURE

 

 PRESENT PASSIVE

   am/is /are+ past participle (reg. -ed / irreg. 3rd column)

 

EXERCISE 2. Write present passive sentences:

1. The superheroe freezes the people.
2.  All the farmers grow corn in the field.
3. Those children draw lovely pictures.
4. That boy and girl forget my name.
5. She gives me a hug.
6. The waiter serves the costumers

 

PAST PASSIVE

 was/were+ past participle (reg. -ed / irreg. 3rd column)

 

EXERCISE 3. Write past passive sentences:

1. The police caught the thief
2. the storm damaged the roof of the house.
3. He wrote emails yesterday
4. We studied the English grammar

 

 

 

 

AGENT:" 👋👋 bye-bye AGENT!"

Who or what does the action, the subject of the active, is the AGENT of the passive and is preceded by the preposition "by". The agent is usually omitted when:

• Unkown agent:
  

 My mobile phone was stolen (by someone).

• Obvious agent:
  

 The thief was arrested (by the police).

• " don't want to say" agent:

 The secret has been revealed (by Mary).

 The cookies have been eaten (by me😋 )

 

 

 What do you think: can be the AGENT omitted?

1. My house was decorated by the decorator.
2. The exams are corrected by the teacher.
3. My dress was designed by a French designer.
4. The criminal was found guilty by the jury.
5.  The picture was stolen by a famous thief.
6.  English is spoken here by somebody.
7. The film was watched by people.
   
8. English in our group is given by teacher Mercedes.😎

 
 
 

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PRACTICE

 

Activity 3. Passive sentences with adverb

 

1. T-shirts _______________________ (usually wash) in a washing machine or by hand.
2. They _______________________ (often make) in lots of different colours.
3. The maker's name _______________________ (often put) on the front.
4. A picture _______________________ (sometimes print) on the front of T-shirts.
5. T-shirts _______________________ (often sell) in supermarkets.
6. They _______________________ (also find) at markets, airports and in souvenir shops.

Activity 4. Complete the short dialogue with the correct forms of the verbs(present passives).
 

A: English __________________ (speak) as a second language by a lot of people.
B: Yes, English __________________ (understand) all over the world.
A: In Switzerland four languages __________________ (speak) but not English.
 

Activity 5. Put in the correct form of the in the Present passive voice.

1. A lot of T-shirts _______________________ (make) of cotton.
2. The cotton _______________________ (grow) in America.
3. It _______________________ (pick) by machines.
4. The cotton _______________________ (take) to a factory.
5. The clothes _______________________ (sell) in the USA and all over the world.
6. Cotton T-shirts _______________________ (buy) by people who like comfortable clothes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY- ANSWERS 

 

Exercise 2

1.  The people are frozen by the superheroe.
2. Corn is grown in the field by all the farmers.
3. Lovely pictures are drawn by those children.
4. My name is forgot/forgotten by that boy and girl.
5. I am given a hug.
6. The costumers are served by the waiter.

Exercise 3

1. The thief was caught by the police.
2.  The roof of the house was damaged by the storm
3. Emails were written by him yesterday.
4. English grammar was studied by us.