Passive and active voice. Introduction. Interactive and easy lesson done to teach EFL teenagers. This presentation shows step by step a whole 2 hour-class to teach passive voice. It is very interactive and gives all clues of what to show and when, links and attachements. It worked!!! (even with very "active" students :) !). I have made an extract of lots of ppts and info uploaded before by other colleagues (thank you for the support). This is an introduction.

1. PASSIVE VOICE

2. At the end of the lesson you will be able to:
1)Define active voice.
2)Define passive voice.
3)Identify the use of passive voice.
Info collected and ppt made by Ms.Carolina Sepúlveda G. / EFL Teacher / Uss / Chile

3. Transformers

15. Who did it?

31. In the Active Voice
the Agent/Doer is the SUBJECT.

35. Let’s remember: What happened at the beginning?

36. Subject/agent/doer Verb Object/Receiver

37. •A sentence in which the subject is the doer
(agent) of the action denoted by the verb, is
said to be in the active voice.
•The verb that expresses the action done by
the subject is said to be in the Active Voice.
•It tells us what the doer/agent/subject did.

38. Ratatouille (it is the subject. It does the actions to others)
Make 6 sentences (active voice) using six of the following verbs:
Cross Stir
Wave Polish
Ride Talk to
Crash Put into
Climb Hold
Look at Open
Climb Put into
Find Slap
Move

39. Cross – Wave- Ride- Crash- Climb- Look at- Find Move- Listen to- Look at-
See- Move - Open- Check in- Put into- Stir- Polish- Talk to- Slap to
The rat crosses the street. The rat waves at someone.
A man rides a bike. The man crashes a car.
The rat climbs the stairs. The rat looks at the kitchen.
The rat climbs a broom. The rat finds a chef.
The rat moves the chef. He/The chef stirs a soup.
She polishes a knife. She talks to him.
She puts a card into the slot. She slaps to him

52. In the Passive Voice
the Object/Receiver is the
SUBJECT.

53. Let’s remember :
What happened at the beginning of the class?
(By Billy)
Subject/Object/Receiver (Doer/Agent)

54. •A sentence in which the subject does not
act but is the receiver of the action, is said to
be in the passive voice.
•The verb that expresses what is done to
the subject is said to be in Passive Voice.
•It tells us what was done to the object.

57. was broken

58. In the Passive Voice
the Object/Receiver is the
SUBJECT.

79. List of verbs

100. was
was

102. was
was

104. are
are

106. is are

107. was

108. was
was
wer
e

110. was wer
e

112. were was

114. was
was
were was

116. were was

118. In the Passive Voice
the Object/Receiver is the SUBJECT.
SUBJECT
The window was broken by Billy.

119. Hand out Passive Voice Main Rules
Passive Cards Guessing games

120. Get In groups of three or four (you can work in pairs, too
Find a leader /s/he has to tell or mime an object…
Guess the object using following questions….
 What is it used for?
 What is it made of?
 Where is it found?
 Where is it bought?
 Who is it used by?

121. Now…
A List of Verbs is given to you by the teacher ! 
Passive voice need
the past participle of
the verbs
Group leaders, please come! 

122. Possible answers are:
A ball A fridge A copybook A candle
A car A bottle A sweatshirt A vase
A tent A mirror A fur coat A table

123. In the Passive Voice
the Object/Receiver is the SUBJECT.
SUBJECT
The window was broken by Billy.

132. Billy
In the Passive Voice
the Object/Receiver is the SUBJECT.
The window was broken by Billy.
The window

134. Write these sentences in passive voice.
The rat crosses the street. __________________________________________
The rat waves at someone. __________________________________________
A man rides a bike. __________________________________________
The man crashes a car. __________________________________________
The rat climbs stairs/broom. __________________________________________
The rat finds a chef. __________________________________________
He/The chef stirs a soup. __________________________________________
She polishes a knife. __________________________________________
She puts a card into the slot. __________________________________________
She slaps to him ______________________________________________

135. Hand out 1 (exercises)

136. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice.
2)Define passive voice.
3)Identify the difference between
active and passive voice.

137. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice.

138. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice.
It shows
what the subject/doer/agent
does to an object. 

139. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice. 
2)Define passive voice.

140. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice. 
2)Define passive voice.
It shows
what is done to an object
by an agent/doer. 

141. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice. 
2)Define passive voice. 
3)Use of passive voice.

142. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice. 
2)Define passive voice. 
3)Use of passive voice.
Used in written and formal English
(Reports of crimes or legal
procedures, newspaper reports, scientific
written, announcements, notices. 

143. So, this is the end of the lesson… are you
able to… ?
1)Define active voice 
2)Define passive voice 
3)Use of passive voice 

144. Video Johnny Grammar
Video Johnny Grammar

146. Reading exercises

147. Different tenses

157. Reading exercises

158. ACTIVE PASSIVE
The boy broke the window The window was broken by the boy
Subject Subject
Doer of the action Receiver of the action
Active through the verb Passive or inactive

159. 1. When the agent of the action is unknown:
My wallet was stolen last night. (we don’t know who stole the wallet)
2. When the agent is unimportant:
The new students’ centre was completed last week. (the people who built
the centre are unnecessary information for the meaning of the sentence)

160. 3. When the agent of the action is obvious from the context:
I was born in March of '55. (Everyone knows that it was my mother bore me
then)

161. 4. To emphasize (put importance on) the recipient (receiver) of the action:
a. Only Jane was injured in the accident; the remainder of the passengers
were unhurt.(we want Jane to be the subject of the sentence and at the
beginning to emphasize her importance)
b. Erina was chosen as best student, and of course this made her happy.
(the teacher who chose Erina is not what we want to emphasize)

162. 5. To connect ideas in different clauses more clearly:
a. Pharmacologists would like to study the natural ‘pharmacy’ known as
the rainforest, if this can be done before clear-cutting destroys it. (in this
sentence, keeping THIS near the first clause makes the sentence’s meaning
clearer)
b. The music was being played too loud by the students, who were finally
asked to turn it down.

163. 6. To make generic statements, announcements, and explanations:
a. Something should be done about the traffic jams in this town.
b. Patrons are asked not to smoke.
c. It's said that it's going to rain tonight.(Often, people will say, 'They say
that it's going to rain tonight', the they being the weatherman.)

180. Let’s exercise…
01ª Cards