The Passive
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Why is the passive form useful?
A
to talk about things without knowing who did them
B
to talk about things without focussing on who did them
C
focussing on who did something
D
active sentences are too direct
Slide 5 - Quiz
Choose the sentence in the passive.
A
The Headmaster gives the present.
B
The Headmaster is giving the present.
C
The present was given to the Headmaster.
D
The Headmaster gave the present.
Slide 6 - Quiz
Choose the passive sentence.
A
The zookeeper picked up the leaves.
B
The woman was sweeping the floor.
C
Leaves were swept up.
D
The people were laughing.
Slide 7 - Quiz
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
A
The farmer is harvasting the corn.
B
The farmer has harvasted the corn.
C
The corn is harvested by the farmer.
D
Harvasting corn is a heavy job.
Slide 8 - Quiz
Choose the sentence in the passive.
A
Our book is handed to our teacher.
B
We will hand our book to the teacher.
C
We hand our book to the teacher.
D
We're going to hand our book to the teacher.
Slide 9 - Quiz
Choose the sentence in the passive
A
Our maths teacher graded the tests.
B
Our maths teacher is grading the tests.
C
Our maths teacher grades the tests.
D
The tests are graded by our maths teacher.
Slide 10 - Quiz
The thief was caught right after the robbery.
The student was hit by a green car.
I am walking in the forest right now.
My manager was fired the other day.
My bike was stolen last week.
She broke up with me on Valentine's day.
Active
Passive
Passive
Passive
Active
Active
Slide 11 - Drag question
The secretary writes an email
The musicians play another song
The emails are sent by the secretary now
The songs are played in a different order
Active
Passive
Passive
Active
Slide 12 - Drag question
Rewrite in the Passive Voice:
They won the game
(you don't have to write 'by...')
They won the game
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 13 - Open question
Put into the passive:
Somebody stole my bike.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Somebody stole my bike.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 14 - Open question
Change into the passive:
Storms destroy villages.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Storms destroy villages.
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 15 - Open question
Change into the passive the passive:
Serena tells the truth
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Serena tells the truth
(you don't have to write 'by...')
Slide 16 - Open question
Do you understand the passive now?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Maybe
D
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