Passive

Miriam Senkaya
MISSING DOG. HELP IS NEEDED!
CANDO IS A 5-YEARS-OLD MALE COCKER SPANIEL. HE IS A VERY SPECIAL DOG. EVERYDAY THE
NEWSPAPER IS LEFT AT OUR DOOR AND CANDO PICKS IT UP. OUR FLOORS ARE ALWAYS VERY
CLEAN BECAUSE ALL THE FOOD THAT FALLS TO THE FLOOR IS IMMEDIATELY EATEN BY HIM.
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED TODAY. HE WAS AT HOME JUST THIS MORNING AND WHEN
WE GOT HOME IN THE AFTERNOON, HE WASN`T THERE.
HE LIKED GOING OUT USING THE PET DOOR AND HE ALWAYS RETURNED HOME AFTER A FEW
HOURS.
THIS TIME HE DIDN`T COME BACK. WE THINK HE WAS STOLEN. WE ASKED OUR NEIGHBOURS
ABOUT HIM AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS LAST SEEN BY OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR
SLEEPING IN OUR GARDEN AT NOON.
WE WENT TO THE POLICE AND WE WERE TOLD TO GO HOME AND WAIT. ALSO, WE WERE
ADVISED TO HANG BROCHURES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WE ARE VERY WORRIED. MAYBE HE WAS LOST AND THEN TAKEN AWAY BY THE ANIMAL
CONTROL. MAYBE HE FOUGHT WITH ANOTHER DOG AND HE WAS BITTEN.
PLEASE HELP US SAVE CANDO. IF YOU BRING HIM, YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
MIRIAM & DAVID (0548899374)
MISSING DOG. HELP IS NEEDED!
CANDO IS A 5-YEARS-OLD MALE COCKER SPANIEL. HE IS A VERY SPECIAL DOG. EVERYDAY
THE NEWSPAPER IS LEFT AT OUR DOOR AND CANDO PICKS IT UP. OUR FLOORS ARE
ALWAYS VERY CLEAN BECAUSE ALL THE FOOD THAT FALLS TO THE FLOOR IS IMMEDIATELY
EATEN BY HIM.
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED TODAY. HE WAS AT HOME JUST THIS MORNING AND
WHEN WE GOT HOME IN THE AFTERNOON, HE WASN`T THERE.
HE LIKED GOING OUT USING THE PET DOOR AND HE ALWAYS RETURNED HOME AFTER A
FEW HOURS.
THIS TIME HE DIDN`T COME BACK. WE THINK HE WAS STOLEN. WE ASKED OUR
NEIGHBOURS ABOUT HIM AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS LAST SEEN BY OUR NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOUR SLEEPING IN OUR GARDEN AT NOON.
WE WENT TO THE POLICE AND WE WERE TOLD TO GO HOME AND WAIT. ALSO, WE WERE
ADVISED TO HANG BROCHURES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WE ARE VERY WORRIED. MAYBE HE WAS LOST AND THEN TAKEN AWAY BY THE ANIMAL
CONTROL. MAYBE HE FOUGHT WITH ANOTHER DOG AND HE WAS BITTEN.
PLEASE HELP US SAVE CANDO. IF YOU BRING HIM, YOU WILL BE REWARDED.
When do we use the Passive form?
1- When the action is more important than the
person who did it or we want to change the focus.

2- When the person who did the action is

unknown, unimportant, obvious or people in general.
3- When the action is a law or rule.

4- In factual, scientific or formal writing.

When do we use the Passive form?
1- When the action is more important than the
person who did it or we want to change the focus.

What’s the problem?

I can’t find my dog. I think it was stolen!

When do we use the Passive form?
2- When the person who did the action is
unknown, unimportant, obvious or people in general.

I am afraid that my dog was

c bitten. (unknown)

The person who stole my dog was finally arrested

yesterday. (obvious)
When do we use the Passive form?
3- When the action is a law or rule.

Smoking is forbidden here.

Dogs are not allowed in this part of the park.

Cheating in the exam is not accepted.

Who said so?

When do we use the Passive form?
4- In factual, scientific or formal writing.

Mirrors were invented by the Egyptians.

Dogs are so good in sniffing that some medical
problems are sniffed out by dogs.
 How to build a sentence in the
passive form?

A thief stole my dog.

Subject Object
‫עושה את הפעולה‬ ‫מי מבוצע מהפעולה‬

My dog was stolen (by a thief).

(Verb to be + V3)
 How to build a sentence in the
passive form?

am/is/are V3
OBJECT (V3 =V2)
was/ were V3 might be
‫מי מבוצע‬
‫מהפעולה‬
irregular!
will be
The dog was stolen yesterday.
The newspaper is left everyday.
You will be rewarded tomorrow .
How to build a sentence ?
Present Simple – am/is/are + V3

Active: Cando eats all the food.

Passive: All the food is eaten by Cando.

Link to Practice
 How to build a sentence ? Past
Simple – was/were+ V3
Active: Somebody stole Cando.

Passive: Cando was stolen (by somebody).

Active: Our neighbor saw Cando in the garden.

Passive: Cando was seen in the garden by our neighbor.

Link to Practice
 How to build a sentence ?
Future Simple – will be+ V3
Active: I will find Cando.

Passive: Cando will be found (by me).

Active: We will reward the person who finds Cando.

Passive:The person who finds Cando will be rewarded (by us).

Link to Practice
 By….

I -------- by me We ------- by us
He ----- by him You ----- by you
She----- by her They ----- by them
It ------- by it
 Irregular Verb Forms
Base form V1 Past Simple Third Form V3 Passive
V2
go went gone
break broke broken
drink drank drunk
eat ate eaten
do did done
take took taken
buy bought bought
 Which of the following sentences are
in the Passive form?
1.This newspaper is known all over the world.
2.The boys drank orange juice at the party.
3.All the cookies were eaten.
4.George is driven to work everyday by his mother.
5.Daniel saw a flock of birds in the sky.
6.Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
7. The queen used the Buckingham Palace for important
state events.
 Change these sentences from active to Passive:
1. I ate the apple.

2. The dog eats bones.

3. My father allowed me to get home late.

4. People will recognize him.

5. I invited Sarah to the party.

 Answers:
1. I ate the apple. The apple was eaten by me.

2. The dog eats bones. Bones are eaten by the dog.

3. My father allowed me to get home late.

I was allowed to get home late.

4. People will recognize him.

He will be recognized by people.

5. I invited Sarah to the party. Sarah was invited…

 Turn the following recipes into the passive voice:
Charlotte’s Breakfast
Salad
1. Chop two cucumbers.
2. Slice three tomatoes.
3. Grate half an onion.
4. Put the cucumbers, the tomatoes and the onion in one big bowl.
5. Mix all the vegetables together.
6. Add olive oil and salt.

Orange Juice Fried Eggs:

1. Peel one orange 1. Break 2 eggs into a bowl.
2. Slice the orange into four wedges. 2. Scramble the eggs with a fork.
3. Squeeze the juice out of the orange into a cup. 3. Add salt and pepper
4. Pick out the seeds. 2. Fry the eggs in a pan.
In class game
• Ask a student to leave the class.
• Make two changes in the class. You might want to
remove objects, reposition objects.
• Then ask the student to come back and try to
understand what has been changed.
• The student needs to express this in passive voice.
• For example: The coffee mug was removed from
the teacher’s desk. The curtains were closed. The
board was cleaned.