Passive voice presentation

Here in this presentation you can find a brief explanation about the grammatical structure and uses of the english passive voice.

1. PASSIVEVOICE
Yurani Valencia
Laura Cortez
Jhorman Rodríguez
Oral Communication3
Universidad de Antioquia
Escuela de Idiomas
Jaime Patiño -2011

2. Weuse active voicetosaywhatthe
actor/subjectdoes
Passivevoiceisusedtosaywhathappensto
theobject
Passiveand Active

3. Passive voice is used when the focus is on the
action, not on the actor.
Whatispassivevoice?
My grandfather built a house.
Subject Object
A house was built bymy grandfather.
Subject Object
Passive VS. Active

4. Be(is/was/havebeen, etc) + Pastparticiple
Sb.stolemy bikeMy bikewasstolen(bysb)
Wemadea mistakeA mistakewasmade(byus)
Sb.wrotea letterA letterwaswritten(bysb.)
General Structure

5. PRESENTSIMPLE
MainVerbIs/are+ PastParticiple
Somebodycleansthisroomeveryday
Thisroomiscleanedeveryday(bysb)
VerbTenses

6. PASTSIMPLE
MainVerbWas/were+ PastParticiple
Somebodycleanedthisroomyesterday
Thisroomwascleanedyesterday
VerbTenses

7. SIMPLE FUTURE
Will+MainVerbWill+be+ PastParticiple
Somebodywillcleanthisroomtomorrow
Thisroomwillbecleanedtomorrow
VerbTenses

8. MODAL INFINITIVE(Should, could, may, might…)
Modal +Have+Verb(participle)
Modal +Have+Been+ PastParticiple
Somebodyshouldhavecleanedthisroom
Thisroomshouldhavebeencleaned
VerbTenses

9. PRESENTPERFECT
Have/has +Verb(participle)
Have/has +Been+ PastParticiple
Thisroomlooks nice.
Somebodyhascleanedthisroom
Thisroomlooks nice. Ithasbeencleaned
VerbTenses

10. PASTPERFECT
Had+Verb(participle)
Had+Been+ PastParticiple
Thisroomlooks nice.
Somebodyhadcleanedthisroom
Thisroomlooks nice. Ithadbeencleaned
VerbTenses

11. PRESENTCONTINUOUS
Is/are +Verb(ing)
Is/are +Being+ PastParticiple
Somebodyiscleaningthisroomat themoment
Thisroomisbeingcleanedat themoment
VerbTenses

12. PASTCONTINUOUS
Was/were+Verb(ing)
Was/were+Being+ PastParticiple
SomebodywascleaningthisroomwhenI arrived
ThisroomwasbeingcleanedwhenI arrived
VerbTenses

13. Oneobject: Janewrotea letter
Twoobjects: Janewrotea lettertoJack
or
JanewroteJacka letter
1.A letterwaswritten(byJane)
2.Jackwaswrittena letter(byJane)
Verbswithtwoobjects: Example#1

14. Oneobject: Wegavetheinformation
Twoobj.: WegavetheinformationtoThePolice
or
WegaveThePolicetheinformation
1.TheinformationwasgiventoThePolice
2.Thepoliceweregiventheinformation(byus)
Verbswithtwoobjects: Example#2

15. Oneobject: Theydonatedthemoney
Twoobj.: TheydonatedthemoneytotheNon-profit
organization
or
TheydonatedtheNon-profitorganizationthemoney
1.ThemoneywasdonatedtotheNon-profit
organization
2.Non-profitorganizationwasdonatedthemoney(by
them)
Verbswithtwoobjects: Example#3

16. Oneobject: He toldthestory
Twoobj.: He toldthestorytothechildren
or
He toldthechildrenthestory
1.Thestorywastoldtothechildren
2.Thechildrenweretoldthestory(byhim)
Verbswithtwoobjects: Example#4

17. Thepassiveof doing/seeingisbeingdone/beingseen
I am doinga homework»
A homeworkisbeingdonebyme
He isdrivinga car »
A car isbeingdrivenbyhim
I don’tlikebeing… Ex #1

18. Active: I do notlikepeopletellingme whattodo
Passive: I do notlikebeingtoldwhattodo
Verb(ing) beingverb(participle)
doing/seeing beingdone/seen
Active: Theydon’tlikepeopleaskingthemquestions
Passive: Theydon’tlikebeingaskedquestions
I don’tlikebeing… Ex #1

19. Active: I remembersomebodygivingme a gift
Passive: I rememberbeinggivena gift(bysb)
Active: Mr. Miller do notlikepeoplekeepinghimbusy
Passive: Mr. Miller hatesbeingkeptbusy
I don’tlikebeing… Ex #1

20. The windowwasbrokenby some kids who were
playing ball
Thewindowgotbroken.
The glasswasshatteredby a baseball.
Theglassgotshattered.
Get

21. Ted wasstungby a bee while he was sitting in the
garden
Ted gotstung.
Ido not want these things to bedamaged
I do notwantthesethings togetdamaged.
Get

22. Henry isveryold. Nobodyknowsexactlyhowoldhe is, but
Itissaidthatheis108 yearsold.
or
Heissaidtobe108 yearsold.
Use thisstructurewithverbsof perceptionlike:
ThoughtBelievedConsideredReportedKnown
ExpectedAllegedUnderstood
Itissaidthat… He issaidto…

23. Jane worksveryhard…
ItissaidthatJane works16 hoursa day
[Sheissaidtowork…]
Thepoliceare lookingfora missingboy…
Itisbelievedthattheboywaswearingblue
shirt
[He isbelievedtowearblueshirt]
Itissaidthat… He issaidto…

24. Sometimesbesupposedto… = besaidto…
Let’sgoand seethatfilm, itis supposed to bevery
good.
[itis said to beverygood.]
Butsometimesbesupposedto… = be planned, arranged or
expected
Youweresupposedtocleanthewindow, didnotyou?
(Be) supposedto…

25. In othercases, nottobesupposedtomeansnotto
beallowedto.
Youare notsupposedtoparkyourcar here. Itis
privateparking only.
Thepolicemanwasnotsupposedtoyell. He
mustbepolite.
Nottobesupposedto…

26. PEOPLE SAYTHAT WOMEN LIVE LONGER
THAN MEN

27. IT ISSAIDTHAT WOMEN LIVE LONGER
THAN MEN

28. WOMEN ARESAIDTO LIVE LONGER THAN
MEN

29. WOMEN ARESUPPOSEDTO LIVE LONGER
THAN MEN

30. IT ISSUPPOSEDTHAT WOMEN LIVE
LONGER THAN MEN