Unit 6 upper

Wilson Muñoz
English V-VIII
Passive Voice
• To form the passive, use an appropiate form of be + psast participle

• Use by to emphasise the person or thing responsable for the action

 Passive Voice
Passive voice is used when the subject is the recipient of the action.
Example:
The ball was thrown by Lebron.
The basket was shot by Lebron.
The score was made by Lebron.

Do not use by
1. When it’s obvious who/what is responsible for the action
2. When we don’t know who/what is responsible for the action
3. To describe a process
 Why does it matter?
Active voice is more direct and concise.
Passive voice is usually wordier.

Active voice is like watching Lebron play.

Passive voice is like watching gum stuck on the
bleachers in the stands.

MOST OF THE TIME, YOU WANT TO USE ACTIVE

VOICE!!!!
PASSIVE OF REPORTING VERBS
• Verbs that refer to saying or thinking ( think, believe, say, report, know, consider, presume,
hope…) are often followed by a to-infinitive form in the passive.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF PASSIVE SENTENCE, WE
1 Take the subject of the second sentence: He
2 Passive verb of the Reporting verb in the same tense as in the active: is thought
3 The verb of the second sentence in the Infinitive form: to be
WHICH FORM OF THE INFINITIVE DO WE USE?
• If it carries an idea of present or future ---Simple: to write
• It it carries an idea of past, whatever the tense (Past Simple, Past Perfect, Present Perfect)
---Perfect: to have written.
• If either of them are in a continuous form, you use the adequate Infinitive continuous form
---- to be writing or to have been writing
PASSIVE OF REPORTING VERBS
Exercices of passive voice
• https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/the-passive-voice
• https://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/the-passive-voice-
2
Exercises with reporting verbs
• https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/passive-reporti
ng-verbs/
• https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/passive-reporti
ng-verbs/2/
• https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/passive-reporti
ng-verbs/3/
• https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/passive-reporti
ng-verbs/4/
Have something done
• Use have + object + past participle to describe
1. A action that we arrange for another person to do for us
2. A dab experience that happens to us

Note: we can use get instead of have. It is common in informal spoken

english, and in imperatives.
Form
Past Perfect
Present Simple
I had had my hair cut.
I have / get my hair cut.
Past Simple Will
I had / got my hair cut. I will have / get my hair cut.
Present Continuous Must
I’m having / getting my hair cut. I must have / get my hair cut.
Past Continuous Be going to
I was having / getting my hair cut. I’m going to have / get my hair
Present Perfect cut.
I have had my hair cut.
Exercises
• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?0
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• https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-
english-76121.php
• https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_09_012
e?cc=ec&selLanguage=en