Passive Voice
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-
14. Pink -"Get The Party Started"
I'm comin' up so you better get this party
started
I'm comin' up so you better get this party
started
Get this party started on a __________ night
Everybody's waiting for me to arrive
Sendin' out the message to all of my friends
We'll be looking _______ in my Mercedes
Benz
I got lot of style, check my gold diamond
rings
I can go for miles if you know what I _____
I'm comin' up so you better get this party
started
I'm comin' up so you better get this party
started
13. Maroon 5 - "She Will Be Loved"
Beauty queen of only _________
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to __________ else
I drove for miles and miles and _________
at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow I
want more
I don't mind spending every day
Out on your ________ in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay __________
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
12. Selena Gomez -“Love you like a love
song”
It's been __________________
Every beautiful thought's been already sung
And I guess right now here's another one
So your melody will play ________, with
the best of them
You are beautiful, like a dream come alive,
_______________
A centerfold, miracle, lyrical
You saved my life again
And I want you to know baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
peat-peat
11.Miley Cyrus – “Can’t be tamed”
I wanna fly,
I wanna _________,
I wanna go
I wanna be a part of something I don't know
And if you try to hold me back I might
___________
Baby, by now you should know
I can't be saved
I can't be ___________
I can't be __________
I can't, can't, I can't, can't be tamed
I can't be changed
I can't be tamed
I can't be, can't, I can't be tamed
10. Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm
______________
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand,
ending unplanned
Staring at the _______________ before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you
_______________ find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your _________________
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
________________ in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
9. Adele -"Someone Like You"
I heard that _______________________
That you found a girl and you're married
now.
I heard that your dreams ___________
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to
you.
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or
______________
Passive Voice
8. The offspring -"Kristy, Are You Doing
Okay?"
There’s a moment in time
And ________________ in my mind
Way back, when we were just kids
'Cause your eyes told the ________
Of an act of betrayal
I knew that somebody did
Oh, waves of time
Seem to wash away
The scenes of our crimes
For you this never ends
______________________?
Can you go on?
Kristy, are you doing okay?
A rose that won’t __________
Winter’s kept you
Don’t waste your whole life trying
To get back what was _______________
7. Fall out boy - "Just One Yesterday"
(feat. Foxes)
I thought of angels
Choking on their ________
Get them drunk on rose water
See how dirty I can get them
Pulling out their _______________
And clip their tiny wings
Anything you say can and will be held
against you
So only say my name
It _____________ against you
Anything you say can and will be held
against you
So only say my name
If heaven's grief brings hell's rain
Then __________ all my tomorrows for just
one yesterday
(I know I'm bad news)
For just one yesterday
(I saved it all for you)
Oh, I want to teach you a lesson in
________ kind of way
Still I'd trade all my tomorrows for just one
yesterday
(I know I'm bad news)
For just one yesterday
(I saved it all for you)
For just one yesterday
6. Lana Del Rey – “Born to die”
Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road
gets tough
_______________________
Keep making me laugh, let’s go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the _______________
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls __________
Choose your last words
This is the last time
'Cause you and I, _____________________
5. Hurts -"Wonderful Life"
On a bridge across ___________ on a
Saturday night,
Susie meets the man of her dreams.
He says that he'd got in trouble and if she
______________
He doesn't want the company.
But there's something in the air
They share a look ___________
And everything is understood.
Susie grabs her man and puts ________ on
his hand
As the rain puts a tear in his eye.
She says:
Don't let go
Never give up, it's such a wonderful life.
4. Lady Gaga – “Born this way”
I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no __________
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in _________
Just love yourself and you're set
____________________, baby
I was born this way
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
Baby I was born this way
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't be a drag ‒ just be a queen
Don't be!
Passive Voice

3. “Sweet dreams” (cover) 1. “Love is all you need” (cover)

Sweet dreams are made of this There's nothing you can do that
Who am I to ___________ _______________
I travel the world and the seven seas There's nothing you can sing that can't be
Everybody's looking for something sung
___________ want to use you There's nothing you can say but you can
Some of them want to get used by you learn how to play the game
Some of them want ________ you ______________
Some of them want ________________
Nothing you can make that can't be made
2. MGMT- “Kids” No one you can save that
The water is warm __________________
But it's sending me ____________ There's nothing you can do but you can learn
A baby is born how to be you in time
Crying out for attention It's easy
Memories fade
Like looking through a __________ mirror All you need is love
Decisions too All you need is love
Decisions are made and not bought All you need is love, love
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot Love is all you need
I ______________
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

Nothing you can know that isn't known

Nothing you can see that isn't _________
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're
meant to be
It's easy

All you need is love

All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
Passive Voice

Exercise 1. Write out all the examples of Passive Voice.

Exercise 2. Change from Active into Passive.

Active Voice Passive Voice

1. I’m sending out the message to all of
my friends.

2. You should look for the girl with the

broken smile.

3. The Dj will play your melody on and

on.

4. She said: Open up the dirty window!

5. No one else can speak the words on

your lips.

6. Your eyes told the tale of an act of

betrayal.

7. I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one

yesterday.

8. He doesn’t want the company.

9. They share a look in silence.

10. The rain puts the tear in his eye.

11. The water is sending me shivers.

12. You can learn how to play the game.

Passive Voice

Complete the song lyrics in the passive. Then listen to the songs, check and
choose the correct option. Why is the passive voice used?

1. Look for the girl with the broken heart / smile / crying. Ask her if she
wants to stay a while and she __________________ (love). WILL
2. Sweet dreams __________________ (make) of this. Who am I to
disagree? I travel the world / word / roads and the seven
seas. PRESENT SIMPLE
3. Drench yourself in words unspoken, live your life with arms wide open.
Today is where you play / book / story begins, the rest ______ still
______________ (unwrite). PRESENT SIMPLE
4. It ___________________ (say) and done. Every beautiful thought
__________________ already ____________ (sing). And I guess here’s
another love / one / song so your melody will play on and on. PRESENT
PERFECT
5. There’s nothing you can do that ____________________ (do). Nothing
you can sing that ____________________ (sing). Nothing you can play /
pray /say, but you can learn how to play the game. It’s easy. CAN
6. This road ____________________ (pave) by the hopeless and the
hungry, this road ____________________ (pave) by the winds of
change. Running / Standing / Walking beside the guilty and the
innocent, how will you raise your hand when they call your name? PAST
SIMPLE
7. Maybe I don’t know that much, but I know this much is you / blue / true: I
was blessed because ______________________ (love) by you. PAST
SIMPLE

These are the songs included: 1) “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5. 2) “Sweet Dreams” by
Eurythmics. 3) “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. 4) “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena
Gomez. 5) “All You Need Is Love” by The Beatles. 6) “We Weren’t Born to Follow” by Bon Jovi.
7) “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion.