Usage of the Passive Voice tense (used in the news or in historic documents)

1. PASSIVES

2. WHO’S HE?
SIMON BOLIVAR
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE FREED

3. WHO´S HE?
 MANUEL ELKIN
PATARROYO
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE DEVELOPED THE SYNTHETIC VACCINE FOR MALARIA

4. WHO’S HE?
 WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE WROTE THE FAMOUS PLAY ROMEO AND JULIETH

5. WHO FREED COLOMBIA,
VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR?
 WERE FREED BY SIMON
BOLIVAR

6. WHO DEVELOPED THE MALARIA
VACCINE?
 WAS DEVELOPED BY

7. WHO WROTE ROMEO AND JULIETH?
 WAS WRITTEN BY

8. SO, WE CAN SAY THE SAME
THING IN A DIFFERENT WAY!
 SIMON BOLIVAR FREED COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA
AND ECUADOR
 MANUEL E. PATARROYO DEVELOPED THE MALARIA
VACCINE
 SHAKESPEARE WROTE ROMEO AND JULIETH
COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR WERE FREED
BY SIMON BOLIVAR.
THE MALARIA VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED BY MANUEL
E. PATARROYO
ROMEO AND JULIETH WAS WRITTEN BY
SHAKESPEARE

9. THE PASSIVE VOICE IS FORMED…..
 PASSIVE SUBJECT + TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
 The passive voice is used when the subject of the sentence
is not important. It is used when the object is more
important.
 EG:
The Malaria vaccine was invented
We are not saying who invented it that is optional.

10. PASSIVE VOICE STRUCTURE:
ACTIVE PASSIVE TIME REFERENCE
They make Fords in Cologne Fords are made in Cologne Present Simple
Susan is cooking dinner Dinner is being cooked by Present Continuous
Susan
James Joyce wrote "Dubliners" was written by Past Simple
“Dubliners” James Joyce.
They were painting the house The house was being painted Past Continuous
when I arrived. when I arrived.
They have produced over 20 Over 20 models have been Present Perfect
models in the past two years. produced in the past two
years.
They are going to build a new A new factory is going to be Future Intention with Going to
factory in Portland. built in Portland.
I will finish it tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow. Future Simple

11. NOW A LITTLE PRACTICE
 WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN PASSIVE VOICE
 1. They speak English in India. .
2. Mrs Jones had cleared the table. .
3. You must keep dogs on a leash at all times. .
4. They have just arrested the thief. .
5. My sister, Laura, has decorated the house. .
6. They will ask you to open your cases. .
7. Someone stole my bicycle. .
8. They do not allow dogs in that shop. .
9. They might have sold the flat. .
10. If the girls had seen the accident ... ...
11. They will certainly reduce taxes soon. .
12. They are going to repair the bridge. .

12. ANSWERS
 1. ENGLISH IS SPOKEN IN INDIA .
2. THE TABLE HAD BEEN CLEARED BY MRS JONES
3. DOGS MUST BE KEPT ON A LEASH AT ALL TIMES
4. THE THIEF HAS JUST BEEN ARRESTED .
5. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN DECORATED BY MY SISTER,
LAURA .
6. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO OPEN YOUR CASES .
7. MY BICYCLE WAS STOLEN .
8. DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THAT SHOP. .
9. THE FLAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD. .
10. IF THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN SEEN BY THE GIRLS ...
11. TAXES WILL CERTAINLY BE REDUCED SOON .
12. THE BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED .