ENGLISH FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

PASSIVE VOICE
_MS FEBRI_
WHEN TO USE PASSIVE
VOICE???
TO SHOW A PERSON OR AN OBJECT
SUBJECTED TO AN ACTION.
WHEN WE DON'T KNOW OR DON'T WANT TO
MENTION THOSE WHO DO THE ACTION.
 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SUBJECT: TO BE: VERB:

I am Verb 1
You are Verb 1
They are Verb 1
We are Verb 1
He is Verb 1 + s / es
She is Verb 1 + s / es
It is Verb 1 + s / es
 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SUBJECT PRONOUN: OBJECT PRONOUN:
I Me
You You
They Them
We Us
He Him
She Her
It It

I like you.
You like me.
He likes her.
She likes him.
 SUBJECT + VERB 1 + OBJECT
We cook fried rice.
I write some letters.
She drinks the juice.

Simple PASSIVE:
SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB 3
Present Object Subject
Tense
Subject Object

Fried rice is cooked by us.

Some letters are written by me.
The juice is drunk by her.
 PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
SUBJECT + TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) + VERB-ING + OBJECT

PASSIVE:
EXAMPLES: SUBJECT + TO BE + BEING + VERB 3 + OBJECT

Antoni is playing games. Games are being played by Antoni.

They are reading the books. The books are being read by them.
the dog is barking me. I am being barked by the dog.
 PAST TENSE
SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

TO BE PAST:
Was / Were
SUBJECT: TO BE:
I was
You were
They were
We were
He was
She was
It was
 PAST TENSE

PASSIVE:
EXAMPLES: SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB 3 + OBJECT

We studied English. English was studied by us.

They washed the clothes. The clothes were washed by them.
He ate Pizza. Pizza was eaten by him.
Group Work
Projects that will be completed by teams

Make a group of 3 and find

another formula of Passive
Voice. Explain it with your
group members.