Passive Voice

Present Simple Passive

Present Continuous Passive
Active Cookie Monster eats the cookies.
voice object
subject verb

Passive The cookies are eaten.by Cookie

voice
object subject verb Monster.
 Why Passive?

Unknown The buildings are vandalized.

Somebody vandalizes the buildings.
Not The roads are being fixed.
important The road builders are fixing the roads.

Obvious The terrorists are arrested.

The police arrests the terrorists.
 Why Passive?
People speak English all over the
world.
Sentence English is spoken all over the
variety world.
 Why Passive?
John Pemberton invented Coca-cola.

Shift focus Coca – cola was invented by

John Pemberton.
The plane was invented in
the early 20 century.
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 Present Simple Present Simple
(Active Voice) (Passive Voice)

am
V / Vs is
are
+ V³
IT-manager
I service the
buys
car
hardware
every sixfor My
Hardware
car is serviced
is bought
every
for six
computers.
months. computers.
months.
 Present Continuous Present Continuous
(Active Voice) (Passive Voice)

am am
is + Ving is
are
being + V³
are

Weisare
He redecorating
writing the
a new poem. TheAhouse
new poem
is being
house. isredecorated.
being written.
 Check yourself

I am eating the cake.

1. Active
2. Passive
 Check yourself

The cake is being eaten.

1. Active
2. Passive
 Check yourself

I make a lot of mistakes.

1. Active
2. Passive
 Check yourself

A lot of mistakes are made.

 

1. Active
2. Passive
 Check yourself

Dolphins ___________ to be among the most

intelligent animals on Earth.

1. believe
2. are believe
3. are believed
4. is believe
 Check yourself

The Olympics _______ by millions of people.

1. watch
2. are watched
3. are watch
4. is watched
 Check yourself

Are you watching the news? The criminals

_______ by the police.

1. are followed
2. follow
3. are being followed
4. are following
 Check yourself

Usually the personnel _______ by HR manager.

1. is recruited
2. is being recruited
3. is recruiting
4. recruits
 Present Simple Present Simple
(Active Voice) (Passive Voice)

am
V / Vs is
are
+ V³
IT-manager buys hardware for Hardware is bought for
computers. computers.
 Present Continuous Present Continuous
(Active Voice) (Passive Voice)

am am
is + Ving is
are
being + V³
are

He is writing a new poem. A new poem

is being written.