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NOMBRE DE LA ACTIVIDAD: Passive Voice review ASIGNATURA: ENGLISH DOCENTE: Jonnathan Celis Nova

TENSE ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

PRESENT SIMPLE The teacher punishes me. I am punished by the teacher.
The teacher punishes the boy. The boy is punished by the teacher.
The teacher punishes the boys. The boys are punished by the teacher.
PRESENT The teacher is punishing me. I am being punished by the teacher.
CONTINUOUS The teacher is punishing the boy. The boy is being punished by the
The teacher is punishing the boys. teacher.
The boys are being punished by the
teacher.
PAST SIMPLE The teacher punished me. I was punished by the teacher.
The teacher punished the boys. The boys were punished by the teacher.
PAST The teacher was punishing me. I was being punished by the teacher.
CONTINUOUS The teacher was punishing the boys. The boys were being punished by the
teacher.
PRESENT The teacher has punished me. I have been punished by the teacher.
PERFECT The teacher has punished the boy. The boy has been punished by the
teacher.
PAST PERFECT The teacher had punished me. I had been punished by the teacher.
The teacher had punished the boys. The boys had been punished by the
teacher.
FUTURE SIMPLE The teacher will punish me. I will be punished by the teacher.
The teacher will punish the boys. The boys will be punished by the
teacher.
GOING TO The teacher is going to punish me. I am going to be punished by the
FUTURE The teacher is going to punish the teacher.
boys. The boys are going to be punished by the
teacher.
CONDITIONAL The teacher would punish me. I would be punished by the teacher.
The teacher would punish the boys. The boys would be punished by the
teacher,
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MODALS The teacher can punish me. I can be punished by the teacher.
The teacher could punish me. I could be punished by the teacher.
The teacher may punish me. I may be punished by the teacher.
The teacher might punish me. I might be punished by the teacher.
The teacher must punish me. I must be punished by the teacher.
The teacher had to punish me. I had to be punished by the teacher.
The teacher shall punish me. I shall be punished by the teacher.
The teacher should punish me. I should be punished by the teacher.
The teacher ought to punish me. I ought to be punished by the teacher.
We use the passive voice when we are more interested in the action itself rather than in “who” or
“what” did the action. The agent can be:
* unimportant – “These shoes are made in Indonesia.” (the action is more important than who
made the shoes)
* unknown – “The windows were broken yesterday.” (somebody broke the windows and we don’t
know who did it)
* implicit – “He was arrested.” (most certainly by the police)
Basic steps to form the passive voice:
The object of the active becomes the subject of the passive.
We add the auxiliary “to be” – “is/are” when the main verb of the active is present, and “was/were”
when it is past.
In negative or interrogative sentences the auxiliary “to do” is replaced by “to be”:
- do(n’t) / does(n’t) become is(n’t) / are(n’t);
- did(n’t) becomes was(n’t) or were(n’t).
EXAMPLES: We turn the main verb of the active into the past participle.
If we need or want to add the agent of the passive, we must use “by”.

Magazines use pop singers as models. When did Tom write this letter?

Pop singers are used as models by magazines. When was this letter written by Tom?
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A – Write these sentences in the Passive voice:

1. Neil teaches many students in Porto.

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in Porto many students were taught by Neil

2. Joana bakes cakes every day
Cakes were baked by Joana every day
3. My friend repaired my car.
My car was repaired by my friend.
4. Many students speak English in my class
English were spoken in my class by many students
5. The police arrested my best friend.
My best friend was arrested by the police.
6. She finished her homework by eight o´clock.
Her homework was finished by she eight o´clock.
7. Nobody repaired this broken table.
This broken table was repaired by nobody
8. Are they typing the letters?
The letters were typing by they

9. He answered all the questions.

All questions were answered by him.
10. They didn’t tell me the truth.
the truth wasn't told me by they
11. They smile at the girl as she walks by
at the girl was smiled as she walks by, they
12. They don’t keep the bicycle in the garage.
the bicycle wasn't kept in the garage by they
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13. People speak well of your friend

your friend was spoken of well by people
14. Teens think that money is the most important thing in life.
Money is the most important thing in life were thought by teens
15. They make robots from strong metal.
Robots from strong metal were made by them

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