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    This document provides basic rules for using the passive voice in English. It explains that the passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It also notes that in the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject and the verb "be" is used along with the past participle of the main verb, optionally followed by a "by" phrase specifying the agent. Examples are given to illustrate transforming sentences from active to passive voice.

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    This document provides basic rules for using the passive voice in English. It explains that the passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It also notes that in the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject and the verb "be" is used along with the past participle of the main verb, optionally followed by a "by" phrase specifying the agent. Examples are given to illustrate transforming sentences from active to passive voice.

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    This document provides basic rules for using the passive voice in English. It explains that the passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the subject performing the action. It also notes that in the passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject and the verb "be" is used along with the past participle of the main verb, optionally followed by a "by" phrase specifying the agent. Examples are given to illustrate transforming sentences from active to passive voice.

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    Use and Form Basic Rules

    Remember: We use the Passive voice when what happens is


    more important than who does it.

    The object of the active sentence becomes the


    subject of the passive voice.

    We form the Passive voice with the auxiliary


    Childrens day
    is celebrated
    on June 1st.
    YeahLots of
    trees were
    planted
    yesterday.

    verb Be (always in the same tense as the verb


    in the active voice) and the Past Participle of
    the main verb, followed by a by-phrase, the
    agent, when we know who or what performed
    the action.
    Subject

    Object

    Verb

    Street traders sell black-market products.


    Black-market products are sold by street traders.
    Subject

    Match the forms of the Active verbs with


    their corresponding Passive forms.

    Verb

    Agent

    Rewrite each sentence in the Passive:

    1. I forget (singular, S. Past)

    a) were forgotten

    2.discover (Plural, S. Past)

    b) were left

    3. make (singular, S. Present)

    c) was forgotten

    4. build (Plural, S. Present)

    d) was left

    The Azores are visited by thousands of people.

    5. forget (Plural, S. Past)

    e) are built

    3. Someone stole my purse from my locker.

    6. leave (Plural, S. Past)

    f) is sent

    7. produce (Plural, S.Present)

    g) were discovered

    8. leave (singular, S. Past)

    h) was built

    9. build (singular, S. S. Past)

    i) is made

    5. Millions of teenagers read her books.

    10. send (singular, S. Present)

    j) are produced

    Her books are read by millions of teenagers.

    Read the following piece of news.


    Cross out the wrong verb forms.
    Doctor George Tiller, 67, was at the morning
    services this Sunday when he was shot/ shot,
    police said. The gunman was fired/fired one shot
    at Tiller and was threatened/ threatened two
    other people who tried to stop him. The suspect
    was taken/ took into custody in a Kansas City
    suburb 3 hours after the shooting. Outside Tillers
    clinic, flowers were placed/ placed along a fence,
    and Kansas Coalition for Life was left/ left a sign
    saying members were prayed/ prayed for his
    change of heart "not his murder. A man yelled that
    Tillers hands were covered/covered with blood.

    1. They built 3 new schools last year.


    Three new schools were built last year.
    2. Thousands of people visit the Azores.

    My purse was stolen from my locker.


    4. The monkey painted that picture.
    That picture was painted by the monkey.

    Write an active sentence and a passive


    sentence from these prompts.
    1. The little boy / the wallet/ yesterday/ find.
    a) The little boy found the wallet yesterday.
    b) The wallet was found yesterday by the little boy
    2. Teachers/ students/ good manners/ teach.
    a) Teachers teach their students good manners
    b) Good manners are taught to the students.
    3. Somebody/ the students bikes/ steal
    a) Somebody stole the students bikes.
    b)The students bikes were stolen.
    THANK YU!

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