Passive voice

To learn passive voice structure

 Active voice
• The subject of a sentence is the person or
thing we talk about.
• When the subject does something, we use
ACTIVE VOICE
Active verb ( it can be in diff. tenses)
Subject (doer)

• E.g.: The bandwidth is a range of frequency

thought ...
Object (receiver)
 Present simple
Passive voice
• It is used when the subject is not the does
of an action.
• We put the receiver of an action as the
subject.
• We put the does of an action as the object.
Subject ( receiver) Passive verb Object (Doer)
(It can be in diff. tenses)

• E.g.: Blackberries are made by Research in

motion.
• Java ME is used in mobile phones.
 The form of passive voice
-It is formed by: be + past participle

Active Passive
Use Is/are used
make Is/are made
do Is/are done
be
Is/are been
invent
Is/are invented
develop
Is/are developed
 Practice
• Present simple passive
Information is transmitted by devices such as the
telephone, radio, tv or …

The satellite is __________(connect) by devices such

as antenas.
The smartphone is connected by Android technology.
The programs are ________ (write) by programmers
 Present continous passive
• New technologies are being deviced to allow
you to watch tv on your mobile.

• The new smartphones are comming deviced

to allow with 5G technology.

• Gps signals are being detected by phones.

 Practice Present continous
• 1.- The Google glass are __being_____ (be) used
by few these days.

• 2.- The news smarthphones are

comming_________ (come) deviced allow to 6G
technology.

• 3.- GPS signals are __being (be) incorporated in

your arms.
 Past simple passive
• The term cyborg was invented by M clynes and N Kline in
1960.

• The University Times was _given____ (give) the certification

by Sara in May 2002.

• The term “Java”was _created_____(create) by James Gosling.

• C++ and Phyton were created by Bjarne Stroustrup and Guido

Van Rossum
 Past continous passive
• My TV was being repaired, so I couldn’t watch
the match.

• Vtr Internet Connection wasn’t transmitting

entered the english class, So i couldn’t do my
test.
Cobol was being used by Banks.
 Present perfect passive ( 2 class)
• It has been predicted that about one third of
all work could eventually be performed
outside the workplace.

• I have written in my blog web.

• Microsoft has created the last versión
• I have done the C++ programs about e-book.
 Past perfect passive
• The system had been infected by a virus.
• The loom software had been colapsed.
 Future simple passive
• In the next few years, GPS chips Will also be
incorporated into most mobile phones.
 Modal verb in passive voice
• It has been predicted that about one.third of
all work could eventually be performed
outside the workplace.
 Workclass
• Let’s go to on page 65 activity.
• Choose the passive voice to complete these facts about the Google glass.

•1. Google Glass _____________________ (was developed / developed) by Google

X, the facility within Google devoted to technological advancements.
2. In May 2012, Google demonstrated for the first time how Google Glass
_____________________ (could use / could be used) to shoot video.
3. Google Glass _____________________ (is using / was used) in Military for the
first time by Nepal.
4. Google Now _____________________ (is activated / was activating) by saying
“Okay Glass”.
5. Google Hangout _____________________ (can use / can be used) for a group
conference.
6. A camera, a microphone, a touchpad, speakers, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS
__________________ (are packed / could pack) within the Google Glass