Engleski jezik IV

For today:
The Passive Voice
The Passive of the Present Simple and Present
Continuous

Use of Passive
when the focus is on the action
it is not important or not known who or what is
performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was
stolen. I do not know who did it.

Why do we need passive?

Theme rheme

He opens the door.

theme
topic, background,
often agent, except
in passive

rheme

comment, focus

Steps in forming a passive sentence

1. Identify the S and O

2. Identify the tense of the V

3. Move the O to the beginning of the sentence

4. Apply the rule: be + past participle (-ed/irreg.)

Note: be is in the same tense as V under 2, MV is in the pp

5. Add the S in a by phrase to the end of the sentence, if required

Steps in forming an active sentence

1. Identify the S and O

2. Identify the tense of be

3. Move the S to the end of the sentence

4. Put the MV in the same tense as be under 2

5. Add the S (from the by phrase) to the beginning of the sentence

Present Simple in the Passive

Sentences with 2 Os
If you have 2 Os, you can have 2 sentences in the passive
with 2 different Ss

Exercise 1

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Exercise 2

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Exercise 3

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Exercise 4
Put the verbs in brackets into present simple passive:

Exercise 5
Look a the Hotel Information table and write sentences as in the example:

Present Continuous in the Passive

Exercise 1

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Exercise 2
Transform into passive
1. I am reading a story.
2. The engine is driving the train.
3. She is singing a song.
4. The carpenter is making furniture.

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Exercise 3
Change these interrogative sentences into the passive:

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Are the masons building a house?

Who is waiting for you?
Whom are you waiting for?
Why is he not learning his lessons?
Whose father is helping you?

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Exercise 4
Make questions in the passive from these cues:

Exercise 5
Change the sentences to passive voice:
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Many people begin new projects in January.

They make shoes in that factory.
They also speak German at EU meetings.
Someone reads the newspaper to him every day.
The boy is eating the cake.
The dentist is cleaning the womans teeth.
He is writing a letter.
She is collecting the books.
We are using a different camera.
They are showing both films.