Passive voice for 10th grade

Passive Voice

Secondary school: K. Mambetaliev

Teacher: Eliza Kydyrova

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• Use Passive Voice in speech; differentiate it from active voice;
• Fill in blanks and do tests;
• Make their own sentences;

Why do we use Passive Voice?

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences an action rather than the person or object that performs the action. In other words, the most important thing or person becomes the subject of the sentence.

EXAMPLES

• The passive voice  is used  frequently. (= we are interested in the passive voice, not in who uses it.)
• The house  was built  in 1654. (= we are interested in the house, not in who built it.)

FORMING THE PASSIVE VOICE

The passive voice in English is composed of two elements:

the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + past participle or V+ ed

Subject + to be (conjugated) + past participle + rest of sentence

Simple present

The house is clean ed every day.

Simple past

The house wa s clean ed yesterday.

am

Waste materials  are disposed  of in a variety of ways.

In present tenses

are

Is

was

were

This house  was built by  my father.

In past tenses

Affirmative

Negative

The house was built in 1899.

Interrogative

The house wasn't built in 1899.

These houses were built in 1899.

Was the house built in 1899?

These houses weren't built in 1899.

Were these houses built in 1899?

What is the difference?

Active Passive

1. Many aero planes are flown every day.

1. The first aero plane was invented in 1903

2.

2.

3.

3.

4.

4.

Resources:

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/passive-voice/

https://www.pinterest.com/eliivamgi/passive-voice/

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/active-passive-voice/