Passive Voice. To be + V3

1.

Passive Voice
To be + V3
YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT OBJECT HAS
THE LARGER INPORTANCE THAN
SUBJECT

2.

We use passive forms when:
• We don’t know WHO did it
The window was broken an hour ago.
• We are interested in WHAT happens, not
WHO it is done by
His watch was stolen in the street.
• The situation is rather formal
Smoking is not allowed.

3.

Passive Voice
To Be + V3
Somebody cleans this room every day. (active)
subject
object
This room is cleaned every day. (passive)
subject
The object of the active verb becomes the subject in the
new sentence.

4.

FORMS OF PASSIVE VOICE
Present Simple
Past Simple
Future Simple
Am/is/are + V3
Was/were + V3
Will be +V3
The work is done.
The work was done.
The work will be done .
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Is/are being + V3
Was/were being + V3
The work is being done.
The work was being done.
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Have been +V3
Had been+V3
Will have been + V3
The work has been done.
The work had been done.
The work will have been
done.

5.

COMPARE
ACTIVE
• The professor teaches the
students.
• John washes the dishes.
• I gave him a book.
• They
showed me a beautiful
picture.
PASSIVE
The students are taught by
the professor.
The dishes are
washed by John.
A book was given to him.
A beautiful picture was
shown to me.

6.

Rewrite from active to passive
I take books at the library.
Boys play football.
We clean our classroom after the lessons.
The postman brings newspapers every day.
They show American films every Sunday on TV.
We keep the dog in the yard. .
We give milk to our cat every day.
We usually pick apples in September.
He shows me his stamps each time when I come to his place.
They use disks for storing information.
They discover new planets every day.
People give presents at Christmas.
They speak Spanish in Peru.
They tidy the classroom every day.

7.

Translate
Слова написаны на доске.
Эта книга продается во всех магазинах
Ему часто отправляют письма?
Когда приносят газеты?
Этот парк всегда показывают туристам.
Завтрак не дают в нашей школе.
Эти тексты не учат наизусть.
Моего брата оштрафовали за вождение без прав.
Музей был открыт в 2005 г
3000 книг продается каждую неделю.
Посылку доставят завтра утром.
Это вино не будет производиться в следующем году.
Бумагу изготовляют из дерева.

8.

Active or passive
I ... (remember) this story forever.
These beautiful plants ... (grow) by my grandmother.
The best wine ... (produce) in France.
We ... (find) a corpse in his room.
This ancient settlement ... (discover) by the famous archaeologist in 1925.
Nobody (to see) him yesterday.
The telegram (to receive) tomorrow.
He (to give) me this book next week.
The answer to this question can (to find) in the encyclopedia.
We (to show) the historical monuments of the capital to the delegation.
You can (to find) interesting information about the life in the USA in this book.
Budapest (to divide) into two parts: Buda and Pest.
Yuri Dolgoruki (to found) Moscow in 1147.
Moscow University (to found) by Lomonosov.
We (to call) Zhukovski the father of Russian aviation.