Passive voice
PRESENT PASSIVE
SUBJ + IS + PAST PART. + BY ( ....) ARE AFF. Rivers are polluted by factories NEG. Rivers are not polluted by factories INT. Are rivers polluted by factories?
PAST PASSIVE
SUBJECT + WAS + PAST PART. + BY ( ....) WERE AFF. The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison NEG. Wheels were not invented by the Chinese INT. Were wheels invented by the Chinese?
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE Active Mary eats a cake subj obj Passive A cake is eaten by Mary agent
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE Active Isaac Peral invented the submarine Passive The submarine was invented by Isaac Peral
ACTIVITY 1 COMPLETE USING PRESENT OR PAST PASSIVE 1. Paper ................ ( invent) in 100 B.C by the Chinese. 2. Plastic bags ........................... ( often reuse) in shops. 3.Trees ........................... ( preserve) by governments nowadays. 4. The printing press .............................( invent ) in 1439 by Gutenberg. 5.Airplanes .............................. ( invent) by the Wright brothers. 6. Rubbish .......................... (bury) in many towns. 7. Most electronic gadgets ........................... ( recycle) by people today. 8. Penicillin ................................. ( discover ) by Fleming in the XX century. 9. The Steam engine ........................ ( invent) by the Scottish inventor James Watt .
ACTIVITY 2WRITE THESE SENTENCES IN PASSIVE 1. Mickey Muñoz and Phil Edwards invented the skateboard. The skateboard...........................................................by.......................................... 2. Samuel Morse created the telegraph. 3. This factory makes shoes. 4. Pierre Micheaux made the first bicycle. 5. This shop doesn´t sell cakes. 6. Louis Daguerre took the first picture.
That´s all!!!
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Passive voice
PRESENT PASSIVE
SUBJ + IS + PAST PART. + BY ( ....) ARE AFF. Rivers are polluted by factories NEG. Rivers are not polluted by factories INT. Are rivers polluted by factories?
PAST PASSIVE
SUBJECT + WAS + PAST PART. + BY ( ....) WERE AFF. The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison NEG. Wheels were not invented by the Chinese INT. Were wheels invented by the Chinese?
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE Active Mary eats a cake subj obj Passive A cake is eaten by Mary agent
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE Active Isaac Peral invented the submarine Passive The submarine was invented by Isaac Peral
ACTIVITY 1 COMPLETE USING PRESENT OR PAST PASSIVE 1. Paper ................ ( invent) in 100 B.C by the Chinese. 2. Plastic bags ........................... ( often reuse) in shops. 3.Trees ........................... ( preserve) by governments nowadays. 4. The printing press .............................( invent ) in 1439 by Gutenberg. 5.Airplanes .............................. ( invent) by the Wright brothers. 6. Rubbish .......................... (bury) in many towns. 7. Most electronic gadgets ........................... ( recycle) by people today. 8. Penicillin ................................. ( discover ) by Fleming in the XX century. 9. The Steam engine ........................ ( invent) by the Scottish inventor James Watt .
ACTIVITY 2WRITE THESE SENTENCES IN PASSIVE 1. Mickey Muñoz and Phil Edwards invented the skateboard. The skateboard...........................................................by.......................................... 2. Samuel Morse created the telegraph. 3. This factory makes shoes. 4. Pierre Micheaux made the first bicycle. 5. This shop doesn´t sell cakes. 6. Louis Daguerre took the first picture.
That´s all!!!