GRADE 9 - UNIT 2

PASSIVE VOICE
SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT

SUBJECT + BE + V3 + (BY OBJECT)

1. Simple Present : AM / IS/ ARE + V3

2. Present Continuous: ……………………………………………………………..
3. Present Perfect: ……………………………………………………………..
4. Simple Past : ……………………………………………………………..
5. Past Continuous: ……………………………………………………………..
6. Past Perfect: ……………………………………………………………..
7. Simple Future: ……………………………………………………………..
8. Future Continuous: ……………………………………………………………..
9. Future Perfect: ……………………………………………………………..
10. MODAL VERBS ( CAN, COULD, MAY…) + BE + V3
11. BE GOING TO + BE + V3
12. HAVE TO + BE + V3
13.USED TO + BE + V3

NOTES:
1. PASSIVES WITH TWO CLAUSES:
a) They say that they build a new bridge.
→ It ______________________________________________
→ They ______________________________________________
→ A new bridge ______________________________________________
 b) They say that they are building a new bridge.
→ It ______________________________________________
→ They ______________________________________________
→ A new bridge ______________________________________________
c) They say that they built a new bridge.
→ It ______________________________________________
→ They ______________________________________________
→ A new bridge ______________________________________________
d) They say that they have built a new bridge.
→ It ______________________________________________
→ They ______________________________________________
→ A new bridge ______________________________________________

2. HAVE / GET + sth/ sb + V3

HAVE + sb + V-bare
GET + sb + TO-inf.
Ex:
- I will have / get my hair DONE tomorrow.
- I will have the barber DO my hair tomorrow.
- I will get the barber TO DO my hair tomorrow.
- They had their only child kidnapped yesterday.
(→ something bad happens unexpectedly)

3. Use GET + V3 instead of BE + V3 as a passive, usually in informal situations.

- I’ll get paid on Monday.
- My books got damaged when the basement got flooded last year.
- Professor Brown got stuck in traffic.
- Did anyone get injured?
4. Verb with TWO Objects:

I gave him an umbrella.

→ He was given an umbrella.
→ An umbrella was given TO him.

5. Passive with SENSE VERBS:

SEE, WATCH, NOTICE, HEAR, FEEL, SMELL, TASTE

I heard her cry. → She was heard TO CRY.

I heard her crying. → She was heard CRYING.

Change the sentences to passive voice.

EXERCISE 1:

1. They introduced me to her husband. → _______________________________________

2. Someone sold this old hat to my wife. → _______________________________________
3. They are pushing the car. → _______________________________________
4. Someone broke into my office. → _______________________________________
5. They were talking about you. → _______________________________________
6. You ought to clean the desk. → _______________________________________
7. The headmaster will contact you. → _______________________________________
8. Nobody has given out the news yet. → _______________________________________
9. Didn’t she tell you the truth? → _______________________________________
10. The thieves had stolen all the gold. → _______________________________________
11. The students are using the computers right now. → _________________________________
12. People suppose that children can learn foreign languages quickly and easily.
→_______________________________________
13. Someone has suggested that the shop should close. → ________________________________
14. He claimed that Sandy had stolen something. → _________________________________
15. They rumor that she inherited a lot of money. → _________________________________
 16. Someone is knocking at the door. → _________________________________
17. They might take the old man to the hospital. → _________________________________
18. How do you write that word? → _________________________________
19. Can you learn French easily? → _________________________________
20. The assistant handed me a note. → _________________________________
21. They could have kicked her out of the restaurant. → _________________________________
22. We will have to give them more attention. → _________________________________
23. They told us that the water is clean. → _________________________________
24. Millions of fans will see the final game tomorrow. → _________________________________
25. They told us to leave the room. → _________________________________

EXERCISE 2:

1. They don’t expect you to win the match.

______________________________________________________________________________________ .

2. He will finish the puzzle by tomorrow.

______________________________________________________________________________________ .

3. The judge has sentenced many criminals in his career.

_______________________________________________________________________________________ .

4. Millions of people around the world love football.

______________________________________________________________________________________ .

5. They are tearing down the old bridge at the moment.

_______________________________________________________________________________________ .

6. Has anyone opened these letters?

_____________________________________________________________________________________ ?

7. The boys pushed Tom into the river.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

8. They say he is an excellent pianist.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

9. They gave him a new outfit for the performance.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

10.What are they going to ask him?

_____________________________________________________________________________________ ?

11.We will have to do this work by next Monday.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .
12.They could not reach the crash site in time.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

13.Mom is ironing your shirt.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

14.The headmaster did not allow students to smoke.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ .

15.The police should bring him to the station.

___________________________________________________

16. Everyone went to bed after they had switched off the lights.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

17. Stephen Spielberg is directing a major action film at the moment.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

18.The local authorities have cut down three trees in our street.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

19.They serve lunch from 12 to 2.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

20.When I got there, they were paving the road.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

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