ENGLISH FOR LAW Session 2 – Passive voice

SESSION Passive voice

OVERVIEW Difficult vocabulary

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE “VOICE”

subject verb object

PASSIVE “VOICE”

object be verb 3 (by

subject)
ACTIVE “VOICE”

The eats pizza

man
PASSIVE “VOICE”

The is eaten (by the

pizza man)
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE - PRACTICE
subject object
Many people use iPhones.
verb
object subject
Iphones are used by many people.
be verb 3
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE - PRACTICE
subject object

Students ride motorbikes to campus.

verb
object
Motorbikes are ridden to campus by
students.
be verb 3
subject
ANY TENSE (BE) – SIMPLE PAST

I finished my
homework
ANY TENSE (BE) – SIMPLE PAST

My was finished by me
homework
ANY TENSE (BE) – FUTURE

I will finish my
homework
ANY TENSE (BE) – FUTURE

My will be finished by me
homework
CHANGE
My cats eat a lot of food

A lot of food is eaten by my cats

CHANGE
My car was stolen

Somebody stole my car

CHANGE
When I get home, I will watch TV.

When I get home, the TV will be watched by me.

CHANGE
Yesterday, the restaurant was closed early.

Yesterday, the owners closed the restaurant early.

CHANGE
I have never visited France.

France has never been visited by me.

QUESTIONS - ACTIVE “VOICE”

Do/does subject verb object

QUESTIONS - ACTIVE “VOICE”

To be object verb3 (subject)

QUESTIONS - ACTIVE “VOICE”

Does the eat Pizza?

boy
QUESTIONS - ACTIVE “VOICE”

Is pizza eaten By the

boy?
DON’T USE PASSIVE:
continuous
to be
DIFFICULT WORDS – PRE/SUFFIXES

prefix root suffix

DIFFICULT WORDS – PRE/SUFFIXES

adil
root
DIFFICULT WORDS – PRE/SUFFIXES

peng adil an
root

suffix
prefix
ENGLISH

Insensitive
DIFFICULT WORDS – PRE/SUFFIXES

in sensi tive
root

suffix
prefix
PREFIXES

ir il
in non

im not un
PREFIXES

mis dis

badly
PREFIXES

Unsatisfied Dissatisfied

not
not satisfied completely
satisfied
SUFFIXES

noun
adjective
adverb
ADJECTIVE TO NOUN

happy
root
DIFFICULT WORDS – PRE/SUFFIXES

happy ness
root

suffix
Y TO I

happy + ness
happiness

easy + ly
easily