Passive Tense


RATATOULLI AND THE PASSIVE TENSE


Passive Voice

-          We use the Passive Voice when we want to emphasize the action. The Doer is not important or unknown.

-          Usually, the Passive Voice is used in the news report and recipes.

-          The Passive Voice is accompanied by a “by” phrase, which is not always necessary and thus can be omitted.

-          The structure of a sentence in the Passive form differs from its structure in the Active form.

Active: Subject     Verb           Object … .

Passive: Object     Verb       by Subject … .



Present Simple                                     Present Progressive
Active: I read a book.                          Active: He is watching TV now.
Passive: A book is read by me.           Passive: TV is being watched by him now.

am                                                           am
is      +V3         I           me                      is     + being + V3     He           him
are                                                           are



Past Simple                                                     Past Progressive
Active: She fixed her car yesterday.                Active: We were doing homework all last  weekend.
Passive: Her car was fixed by her yesterday.   Passive: Homework was being done by us all last weekend.
was                                                                     was
were      +V3     She           her                          were     + being + V3     We           us
       

                                                   
Future Simple                                                       Modals
Active: They will visit you tomorrow.                  Active: You can buy a new dress.
Passive: You will be visited by them tomorrow.   Passive: A new dress can be bought by you.
                                                                     
will + be +V3   They           them                          modal + be + V3     You             you



Present Perfect Simple                                            Past Perfect Simple
Active: I have recently seen a movie.                       Active: The professor had taught   new material before I came in.
Passive: A movie has been recently seen by me.     Passive: New material had been taught

have  + been +V3                                                         had + been + V3                                                          


« Passive Voice »


I.                  The English Sentence : (The passive vs the active voice)
a.      Active form:
 



EX:      -The boy broke the window. 
    
Subject
Verb
Object
The boy
broke
the window

The focus is on the subject ( the doer) who performs the action expressed in the verb.
b.      Passive Voice:
 



EX:       - The window was broken (by the boy).

Object ( becomes subject)
Verb
Subject (becomes object or is dropped)
The window
Was broken
By the boy

The focus is not on the subject, but on the action or the object which was acted upon.

II.               Form of the Passive:

Subject + to be in the tense of the active verb + Past Participle
Note:
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
·         The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
·         The form of the verb is the appropriate form of to be (the tense of the active voice main verb) + the past participle.
·         The subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped.)





Examples of the passive voice:



Tense
Subject
Verb
Object
Simple Present
Active:
Mary
makes
tea
Passive:
Tea
is made
by Mary
Present continuous
Active:
Mary
is making
tea
Passive:
Tea
is being made
by Mary
Simple past
Active:
Mary
made
tea
Passive:
Tea
was made
by Mary
Past continuous
Active:
Mary
was making
tea
Passive:
Tea
was being made
by Mary
Present perfect
Active:
Mary
has made
tea
Passive:
Tea
has been made
by Mary
Future simple
Active:
Mary
will make
tea
Passive:
Tea
will be made
by Mary
With Modals
Active:
Mary
should make
tea
Passive:
Tea
should be made
by Mary




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