Passive Voice

Meeting 1
 Today’s Learning

A passive voice’s material involve of social

function, textual structure, linguistics features
of passive voice.
 What is Passive Voice?
 Active:
A active voice emphasizes the person or agent who performs an action,
in short, the “actor”.
 Passive:
A passive voice emphasizes the subject receives the action, and the
object does the action.
 Types of Passive Voice
Short Passive – In this type of construction, the subject or the performer is
not known. For instance, in the phrase “a mistake is made,” there is no subject,
or the subject is unknown.
Long Passive – In this type of construction, the object becomes the subject of
the sentence. For instance, in the sentence, “The house was cleaned by aunty,”
the object “the house” has become the subject.
 Simple Present Tense
Types Active Passive

S + V1s/-es + O S + to be (are, am, is) + V3 + by + O

(+)
( She cleans the bathroom) (The bathroom is cleaned by her)

S + auxiliary + not + V1 +O
S + to be (are, am, is) + not + V3 + by + O
(-) ( She does not clean the
(The room is not cleaned by her)
bathroom)

Auxiliary + S + V1 + O To be + S + V3 + by + O + (?)
(?)
(Does she clean the bath room?) (Is the bath room cleaned by her?)
 Exercises
Please find a passive voice:
1. The door is opened by him (T/F)
2. She eats hamburger (T/F)
3. The ball is kicked by Messi (T/F)
4. A rice ball cooked by Sandra (T/F)
5. The boy blow a balloon (T/F)
 Simple Past Tense
Types Active Passive

S + was/were + V2 + O S + to be (was/were) + V3 + by + O
(+)
(She was cleaned the bathroom) (The bathroom was cleaned by her)

S + was/were + not + V3 +O
S + to be (was/were) + not + V3 + by + O
(-) (She was not cleaned the
(The bathroom was not cleaned by her)
bathroom)

Was/were + S + V3 + O
To be + S + V3 + by + O
(?) (Was she cleaned the
(Was the bathroom cleaned by her? )
bathroom?)
 Exercises
Please find a passive voice:
1. We were cleaned our house everyday (T/F)
2. Were Math problems solved very quickly by her? (T/F)
3. I was not invited to the party (T/F)
4. A noodle was eaten by them (T/F)
5. Three books were read by her last month (T/F)
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