Passive voice

Active or passive?????
• He opens the door

the door is opened by him

• Ahmed opens the door

• Fatima writes the text

• Yamina closes the window

 Active or passive?????
• Melody writes the article
the article is written by Melody
Put the sentences in the passive voice
• Faiza prepares the article
The article is prepared by Faiza
• Ayoub did the experiment
The experiment was done by Ayoub
• Aziza is speaking English
English is being spoken by Aziz
• Siham cuts the orange
The orange is cut by Sihamm
Put the sentences in the passive voice
• He stopped the machine
The machine was stopped by him
• She gave him the keys
The keys were given to him by her
• Houssam is dropping watter
Watter is being dropped by Houssam
• My grandparents were playing football
Football was being played by my grandparents
• When we arrived they were serving dinner
When we arrived, dinner was being served
Are the sentences written in Active or Passive
voice?
2. Bingo is played in Britain.
Active voice
Passive voice
3.Steven likes to play baseball.
Active voice
Passive voice
4.The bus driver was hurt.
Active voice
Passive voice
5.A letter was written.
Active voice
Rewrite the sentences in Active voice.
1.Coffee is sold by Marie.
. Marie sells coffee
2.The bag was packed by his mother.
. His mother packed the bag
3.The president was elected by the people.
.
4.This book elected
The people was written by an Irishman.
the president
.
An Irish
5.The man
child wrote
was hitthis
by book
a car.
Rewrite the sentences in Passive voice.

1-The lady gave me the keys.

. The keys were given to me by the lady
2-People said that the President is ill.
. The president is said to be ill
3-Who said it?
It was said by who?
4-They develop a new type of washing powder.
. A new type of washing powder is developped
5-The professor is going to show the students an
old bone.
. An old bone is going to be shown by the professor
What is done by people in the picture
sara
sami
lara
Rachida/salah
lina

Safae/Mahdi
fadi
chadi
 Steps of passive voice

Way I • Way II • Way III

1- the object becomes • 1- subject • 1- It
subject • 2-the verb to be in •
2- the verb to be in the 2- the verb to be in
the same tense of the
same tense of the the same tense of
first verb
main verb the first verb
• 3-the past participle
3- the past participle • 3-the past participle
of the main verb
of the main verb
of the main verb
4- the subject becomes• 4- the infinitive of the
object second verb • 4- that
Example:
The journalist said that scientists have invented the vaccine
subject v. in the present perfect object
WAY I: The vaccine has been invented by scientists
object
WAY II: The scientists were said to invent the vaccine
subject
WAY III: It was said that scientists have invented the vaccine