Unit 6 ~ The Giving Tree

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Passive Voice
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What is passive voice?
Passive voice is formed by making the object of
the sentence into the subject of the
sentence. e.g. The dog bites Sam.
Sam is bitten by the dog.
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When do we use passive voice?

• We use passive voice when
• focusing on the person or thing affected by the
  action. That means the object of the action is
  more important than those who perform the action.
  
• e.g. The dog bites Sam.
• (In this sentence, we want to focus on the action
  done by the dog.)
• e.g. Sam is bitten by the dog.
• (In this sentence, we want to focus on Sam. He
  is the victim.)

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When do we use passive voice?

• We use passive voice when
• we dont know who did the action.
• e.g. Someone broke the window.
• (In this sentence, we dont know who broke the
  window, so we use someone as a subject. However,
  we can use passive voice instead.)
• e.g. The window was broken.
• (If we dont know who did the action, we can skip
  the subject by using passive voice.)

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How do we form passive voice?
Active Voice Passive Voice
Present Tense My mother washes dishes every night. is/ am/ are past participle Dishes are washed by my mother every night.
Past Tense Natalie broke the window last night. was/ were past participle The window was broken by Natalie.
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All the children like climbing up the tree and
swinging from the branches.
(break)
The children break my branches.
My branches are broken by the children.
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Peter and Mary are having a lesson, they talk
throughout the lesson.
(punish)
The teacher punishes Peter and Mary.
Peter and Mary are punished by the teacher.
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Johnny and his friends go camping.
(set up)
Johnny sets up the tent.
The tent is set up by Johnny.
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Chinese New Year is coming.
(clean)
May and David clean their bedroom.
The bedroom is cleaned by May and David.
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There is a car accident. I am injured.
(hit)
The car hits me.
I am hit by the car.
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Jack watched a boring movie.
(bore)
The movie bored Jack.
Jack was bored by the movie.
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It was my birthday yesterday, I got a surprising
gift.
(surprise)
The gift surprised me.
I was surprised by the gift.
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It was Susans birthday yesterday.
(invite)
Susan invited us to go to her party.
We were invited to go to Susans party.
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Alan is asking Alex a question.
Who taught you English last year?
Mr. Chan.
(Mr. Chan)
Mr. Chan taught him last year.
He was taught by Mr. Chan last year.
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Let's play a game.

• Change the sentences into passive voice.

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They built a house.
Help!
A house was built by them.
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Our uncle took Susan to the hospital.
Help!
Susan was taken to the hospital by our uncle.
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We clean the car.
Help!
The car is cleaned by us.
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A robber broke the window of the shop.
Help!
The window of the shop was broken by a robber.
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I painted my room blue.
Help!
My room was painted blue by me.
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That company publishes a new book.
Help!
A new book is published by that company.
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Verb Table
Present Past Past Participle







washed
broken
punished
set
cleaned
hit
bored
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Verb Table
Present Past Past Participle









surprised
invited
taught
built
taken
cleaned
broken
painted
published