Present Passive

1. PRESENT PASSIVE

• В англійській мові вживаються два
граматичні стани: активний (дійсний)
стан та пасивний стан.
• Активний стан (Active Voice) - це
граматична категорія, яка вказує, що дія
в реченні виконується підметом.
• His parents love him. – Батьки його
люблять.

2. PRESENT PASSIVE

• Пасивний стан (Passive Voice) – це
граматична категорія, яка вказує, що
підмет (хто? що?) не виконує
самостійно дію, зазначену в реченні, а
відчуває цю дію на собі, тобто є
об'єктом цієї дії.
• His parents love him.
• He is loved by his parents. – Він
любимий батьками. (дослівно)

3. Forming Present Passive

Affirmative Form
• Object + am / is / are + verb3 (past
participle)
Question Form
• Am / Is / Are + Object + verb3 (past
participle) ?
• Something is done by someone regularly /
everyday / as expected...

4. Examples

• Active : The gardener waters the flowers
every evening.
Passive: The flowers are watered by the
gardener every evening.
Active : Helen doesn't drink anything in parties.
Passive: Nothing is drunk by Helen in parties.
Active : My mother doesn't paint the walls.
Passive: The walls aren't painted by my mother.
Active : Who sells umbrellas?
Passive: Who are umbrellas sold by?

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6. EX.1. Put the following sentences into passive voice.

writer's
articles
readwriter's
by many articles.
people
1. This
Many
people
readare
this
The cows
are milked
everyevery
morning
(by Jackie)
2. Jackie
milks
the cows
morning.
3. Benny
never
understands
the newbyteacher.
The new
teacher
is never understood
Benny
4. Everybody
lovesischocolate.
. Chocolate
loved by everybody
5. Kids always
Candieseat
arecandies.
always eaten by kids
6. Does
checkregularly
the brakes
Arethe
the mechanic
brakes checked
by the
mechanic?
regularly?

7. PAST PASSIVE

Affirmative Form
• Object + was / were + verb3 (past
participle)
Question Form
• Was / Were + Object + verb3 (past
participle) ?
• Something was done by someone at
sometime in the past.

8. Examples

• Active : The teacher corrected the mistakes.
Passive: The mistakes were corrected by the
teacher.
Active : Did the little boy sell all the candy
bars?
Passive: Were all the candy bars sold by the
little boy?
Active : Lauren didn't eat any apples.
Passive: No apples were eaten by Lauran.

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10. EX.2. Put the following sentences into passive voice. (simple past)

Who was
book written by?
1. Who wrote
thisthis
book?
2. How
they
her car?
Howdid
was
hersteal
car stolen?
3. The children rang the bell a few minutes
The bell was rung by the children a few minutes ago.
ago.
4. The kids forgot the whole story in a few
The whole story was forgotten by the kids in a few days.
days.
5. Did
president
make
an by
important
speech
Was the
an important
speech
made
the president
last
lastnight?
night?
6. He
The
police
didn't question
very
closely.
wasn't
questioned
very closelyhim
by the
police.
7. The wild
animals killed two men
Two men were killed by wild animals
yesterday.
yesterday

11. HOMEWORK

• Learn the rule(passive voice)
• Do the task