PASSIVE VOICE

 REMEMBER
Active voice = Subject + verb + COMPLEMENT
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Passive voice = reverse elements 1 & 3
New subject + be + past participle / + by + new complement
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$ OBSERVE
 Present simple / singular Present simple / plural
 Father buys bread * Mothers make the meals
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3 2 1 3 2 1
Bread is bought by father The meals are made by mothers

 Past simple / singular Past simple / plural

 The policeman arrested the thief * Sister wrote letters
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3 2 1 3 2 1
The thief was arrested by the policeman. Letters were written by sister.

J PRACTISE
Write correct sentences in the passive
Past simple
 Telephone / invented / Graham Bell / by / was /
Telephone was invented by Graham Bell
 Brother / bitten / a dog / was / by
My brother was bitten by the dog.
 A thief / stolen / were / by / My keys
My keys were stolen by a thief.
 The lightening / was / damaged / by / the house
The house was damaged by the lightening.
 Present simple
Football / played / everybody / is / by
Football is played by everybody
Repaired / cars / are / by / mechanics
Cars are repaired by mechanics.
Are / woodcutters / cut down / by / trees
Trees are cut down by woodcutters.
Grass / is / gardeners / by / cut
Grass is cut by gardeners.

 Choose the correct sentence

 people choose the president
 People are chosen by the president
 The president is chosen by people
 The president is choose by people
 Columbus discovered America
 America was discovered by Columbus
 America were discovered by Columbus
 America is discovered by Columbus
? APPLY
 Turn into the passive
 The maid cleans the house every day.
 We make glass from sand.
 They built the bridge some years ago.
 The boy broke three windows.
 The fire damaged many houses.
 Many persons speak English
 English was spoken by many persons
 English is spoken by many persons
 Many persons are spoken by English
 Benjamin Franklin created the first public library
 Benjamin Franklin is created by the first public
library
 The first public library were created by Benjamin
Franklin
 The first public library was created by Benjamin
Franklin
…The house is cleaned by the maid every day.
…Glass is made from sand .
…The bridge was built some years ago.…………..
…Three windows were broken by the boy. ……………………...
…Many houses were damaged by the fire.………………………...
 My friend offered me a nice present. … A nice present was offered to me by my friend. …
 The Germans invented handball. …Handball was invented by the Germans. ……………………..
 Mother irons our clothes. …Our clothes are ironed by mother. ………………...