Passive+Voice

= The Passive Voice = = = 

1. To transform a sentence into the Passive Voice, it must have an “Object”

๏She reads a novel. A novel is read by her. ๏ She reads in the library.

 2.In the Passive sentence we transform the subject into agent with the preposition “by”.

๏That man sells cars. ๏Cars are sold __by that man.__

3.When we change the Subject and Object we must remember the personal pronouns.

||= Object || ||= Me || ||= You || ||= Him || ||= Her || ||= It || ||= Us || ||= You || ||= Them ||
 * = Subject
 * = I
 * = You
 * = He
 * = She
 * = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It
 * = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">We
 * = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">You
 * = <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">They

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> 4.The __Main Verb__ in the Passive sentence in always in the __Past Participle__.Than is -ed for the regular verbs and 3rd column for the irregular verbs.

Examples.


 * Base Form || Past Participle || Base Form || Past Participle ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Move || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Moved || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Go || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Gone ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Walk || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Walked || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Eat || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Eaten ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Play || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Played || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Hide || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Hidden ||

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> 5. In a Passive Sentence We always use the __Auxiliary verb “to be__” in the same tense we had the verb in the active voice.


 * Verb Tenses || Verb "To Be" ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Present Simple || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Am/Is/Are ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Present Continuous || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Am/Is/Are Being ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Past Simple || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Was/Were ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Past Continuous || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Was/Were Being ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Fut "will" || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Will be ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Future "going to" || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Am/Is/Are going to Be ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Present Perfect || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Have/has Been ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Past Perfect || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Had Been ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Modals || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Can Be, Must Be, Should Be ... ||

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now practice with the links from the page http://www.english-4u.de/grammar_exercises.htm [|Exercise 1] [|Exercise 2] [|Exercise 3] [|Exercise 4] [|Exercise 5] [|Exercise 6]

Songs with the passive Voice.

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