Did you know…

…every year, the Mona Lisa is viewed by

millions of visitors at the Louvre Museum?

…English is spoken by over a billion people

around the world?

…the Eiffel Tower was built from 1887

to 1889?
Did you know…

…most of the world’s coffee is produced in

Brazil?

…in 2010, the Soccer World Cup was hosted in

South Africa?
Name…

3 ingredients that are used

1 thing that is eaten for chocolate cake
with chopsticks

4 countries where
3 subjects that are English is spoken
taught at school

2 skills that are needed to

2 movies that were be good a teacher
filmed many years ago
Active
We use active sentences to give
information directly and clearly.

In active sentences, the subject

performs the action.

Subject + verb + object.

Example:

The farmer grows vegetables in the field.

subject verb object
 Remember:
Active Subject + Verb + Object

The students study grammar together after school.

She buys a new dress for every celebration.

The bee stung Chris on his arm.

We painted the house all day yesterday.

Passive
We use passive sentences to show focus on the person or object that receives
an action.

In active sentences, we don’t focus on the person or object that performs the
action.

Object + verb “be” + past participle + subject.

Example:

A bridge was built over the river.

object verb past subject
“be” participle

In passive sentences, an ‘agent’ (the thing or person performing the action) is

not always necessary. We don’t know who built the bridge.
 Remember:
Passive Object + Verb ‘be’ + Past Participle + Subject
Sometimes we don’t know who the ‘agent’ is.

This cake was baked by my older sister.

These novels were written many years ago.

My house is cleaned every other day.

The patients are seen by the doctor throughout

the day.
Can you find the passive sentence?

In my neighbourhood, kids play at the park every day.

Last week, some friends organised a football game.

They kicked the ball, ran, and laughed together.

A special
special prize
prizewas
wasgiven
giventotothe
thefastest
fastestplayer.
player.
Can you find the passive sentence?

Our mail
Our mailisisdelivered
deliveredbybythe
thepostman
postmanin in
thethe
mornings.
mornings.

When I wake up, I make sure I’m outside to greet him with some coffee.

He works really hard and needs energy!

Can you find the passive sentence?

A: Did you hear what happened on Ribbon street last night?

B: No, what happened?

A: A car
carwas
wasstolen
stolenjust
justoutside
outsidethe
the
bakery.
bakery.

B: Oh no! That’s terrible news.

Is the sentence Active (A) or Passive (P)?

P > A picture was drawn by the artist.

A > I walk to school on my own every morning.

A > Our Basketball team won the championship!

P > His cat was found at the top of the tree.

A > The cats ate all the mice in our yard.

P > The car was parked 2 kilometres from the scene.

Correct the mistakes.

A picture
The waswas
picture drew by thebyartist.
drawn the artist.

The championship
The championshipwas
waswin
wonbyby
ourour
basketball
basketball
team.
team.

His cat
cat found at theat
was found topthe
of top
the of
tree.
the tree.

The catsare
The cats ateate
all all
thethe
mice in in
mice our
ouryard.
yard.

The car
The carwere parked 22kilometres
was parked kilometresfrom
fromthe scene.
the scene.
From Active to Passive.

subject verb object verb “be” past participle

Over a billion people speak English.

English is spoken by over a billion people.

1. Identify the subject, verb and object in your active sentence.

2. Move the object of the active sentence to the beginning of the passive sentence.
3. Use the correct form of the verb ‘be’ (is for present simple passive.)
4. Add the past participle of the main verb (spoken.)
5. Here, you can include the ‘agent’ (over a billion people) after ‘by.’
Change the Active sentences to Passive.

The chef cooked

A delicious mealawas
delicious
cookedmeal.
by the chef.

The teacher
The lesson was
explained
explained
the lesson
to thetostudents
the students.
by the teacher.

The car
My mechanic fixedbymy
was fixed thecar yesterday.yesterday.
mechanic

That old building

The storm damagedwas
thatdamaged by the storm.
old building.

Firefighters
Cats savefrom
are saved cats from tree tops
tree tops almost every
by firefighters day. every day.
almost
Choose a square to reveal a picture.
Make a sentence using the passive voice.

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