English Lesson

Olga Moreva

Rīga 2023
 Achieved Result
• To revise Passive Voice.
 Passive
Example: This house was built in 1980.

-Was built – is passive.

Compare:
Ex.: Somebody built this house in 1980. (active)
Ex.: The house was built in 1980. (passive)
 Passive
to be + V3
(is/was/have been...+
done/cleaned...)

V3: regular (-ed: cleaned/worked)

V3: irregular (done/seen/built)
 Passive
• We use an active verb to say what the subject
does:
- It’s a big company. It employs two hundred
people.

• We use a passive verb to say what happens to

the subject:
- Two hundred people are employed by the
company.
 Passive
• When we use the passive, who or what causes
the action is often unknown or unimportant:
Example:
A lot of money was stolen in the robbery.

! If we want to say who does the action, we use

BY:
Example:
This house was built by my grandfather.
 Practice 1
1. Many accidents are caused by danagerous
driving (cause).
2. Cheese ...............from milk (make).
3. The roof of the building ...............in a storm a
few days ago (damage).
4. You ...........to the wedding (invite). Why
didn’t you go?
5. A cinema is a place where films ........(show).
 Practice 2 (questions)
1. When was the telephone invented?
(invent)
2. How ..........glass ..........? (make)
3. When ...........Australia ..........?
(discover)
4. What ...........silver ..............? (use for)
5. When .............TV ..............? (invent)
 Video: Passive
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=N7uvEllP5Jg
 Self-evaluation (AS)
1. Have I achieved the achieved result (SR)?
2. What is not achieved yet?
3. What shall I do more to improve my skills?
Good luck!