Grammar recap: the passive

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Welcome!

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Goals
- Grammar recap
- Practice for test
- The passive
- Pitfalls

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The Passive

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We make the passive by using the verb ‘be’ and adding a past participle. 
 For example, here’s a normal, active sentence with an object.
James cleans the kitchen.
This is the present simple tense. The main verb is ‘cleans’. The subject is ‘James’ and the object is ‘the kitchen’. To make the passive, we move the object to the front.
The kitchen
Then we make the tense we need using the verb ‘be’. In this case, it’s the present simple.
The kitchen is
Then we add the past participle of the main verb. In this case, the main verb is ‘clean’.
The kitchen is cleaned
If we want, we can add the person who does the cleaning (or whatever the main verb is) using ‘by’.• The kitchen is cleaned by James. 





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Present simple

active

he/she/it + verb + (e)s
I/we/you/they + verb
Present simple

passive

am/is/are + past participle

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Make the sentences passive:
I eat an apple.

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He opens the door.

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We can make the passive of the past simple in the same way, using the past simple of the verb ‘be’.
• Active:       Someone stole my bike.
• Passive:    My bike was stolen (by someone).
• Active:       We ate all the cake.
• Passive:    All the cake was eaten (by us).
• Active:       He fixed the computer.
• Passive:    The computer was fixed (by him).


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Past simple

active

regular verb: verb + ed
irregular verb: 2nd form
Past simple

passive

was/were + past participle

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Easyjet canceled all flights for tonight

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Now you:
The police must help these people

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A new committee will verify the facts

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Jane fixed the computer.

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More practice
- Make exercises 24+25 on page 77 of activity book A
- Check your work
- Make test yourself of T3
- Check the practice links on IL

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Pitfalls

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