PASSIVE VOICE

The verb is in the passive voice when the grammatical subject suffers the
action made by the object:
EG. This letter has been written by Lucy.
Form. It is formed with the auxiliary verb ,,to be” and the past participle of
the verb.

ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE

Present simple The flowers are watered by me every
I water the flowers every Sunday. Sunday.

Present continuous The book is being read by her now.

She is reading the book now.
Past simple
Mary bought a car last week.
Past Continuous
They were watching a documentary
at six o clock .
Present perfect simple
I have always wanted that book.
A car was bought by Mary last week.
A documentary was being watched
by them at six o clock.
That book has always been wanted
by me.

Present perfect continuous E-mails have been being written by

I have been writing e-mails all
morning.
Past perfect simple
They hadn t discovered the ruins
yet.
Past perfect continuous
My friends had been watching the
movie by the time I arrived.
Future simple
I will attend this faculty .
Be going to
I am going to do that project.
Future continous
I will be collecting stamps by this
me all morning.
The ruins hadn t been discovered by
them yet.
The movie had been being watched
by my friends by the time I arrived.
This faculty will be attended by me.
That project is going to be done by
me.
Stamps will be being collected by me.
 time next month.
Future perfect Work will have been finished by 3
They will have finished work by 3 pm.
pm.
She can learn Chinese. Chinese can be learned by her.

1.Verbs with 2 object (e.g. bring, give, buy, allow) have 2 passive forms.
They gave her sister the prize.
Her sister was given the prize.
The prize was given to her.
2. Verbs which take a TO-INFINITIVE are followed by TO BE+PAST
PARTICIPLE in the passive.
They didn t want the houses to be made by wood.
We can use the passive to-infinitive after some adjectives.
Ef. I was very happy to be invited.
3. Verbs which take the -ING form are followed by BEING +PAST
PARTICIPLE in the passive.
They enjoy being welcomed.
OBS. We can use some (passive) past participles as adjectives. Many of these
describe feelings. Eg. Bored, disappointed, excited, interested, worried.
E.g. I was bored by the film.

4. Passive forms of BELIEVE, EXPECT, FEEL, REPORT, SAY, THINK,

UNDERSTAND are common in nreports, particullarly where the speaker is
not necessarily agreeing with the statement or there is some uncertainty about
the report.
A lot of people are thought to use the bridge every week.
It is thought that.....
5. We use HAVE+OBJECT+PAST PARTICIPLE to talk about getting
someone else to do something for us.
They had the houses built of a new material.
We also use have+object+past participle to talk about something that has been
done by someone else.
I had my phone stolen.
6. In informal language we can replace have+object +past participle with
get+object+past participle.
I got my TV fixed.
7. Need+to be+past participle has a passive meaning but we can also use
need+-ing.
The door needs to be fixed.

COMMON MISTAKES
The photocopier has serviced recently.
The photocopier has been serviced recently.

A famous Tv star is resembled by Steve.

Steve resembles a famous TV star.

This omelette was made by eggs and cheese.

This omelette was made with eggs and cheese.

Who was this portrait painted?

Who was this portrait painted by?

The woman was heard scream.

The woman was heard to scream.
He is said he has stolen some money.
He is said to have stolen some money.

How often have you your house painted?

How often do you have your house painted?

PHRASAL VEBS
Give away= to reveal sth, betray, to lose or waste something;
Give in= surrender, hand in
Give off=emit (heat, fumes, smell etc)
Give out= come to an end, distribute, hand out
Give up=stop/abandon an attempt, habit; surrender/ stop doing or having
something
Go ahead=continue
Go along=advance, make progress / go on
Go along with= agree with sb/sth, advance with something
Go back= date back to..
Go by= pass, let it pass without taking it
Go back on=break a promise or agreement
Go down= be reduced/ set(of the sun)
Go down with= become ill
Go in for= take part in
Go into=investigate
Go off=explode, ring,
go bad, be switched off
Go on= happen, make progress
Go out= stop burning, be extinguished
Go over=examine details/repeat
Go round= be enough for everyone to have a share, visit, look round
Go through= examine carefully , go over
Go through with= complete sth in spite of opposition, carry out
Go up= rise(in price), increase
Go without=endure the lack of sth, do without.