Passive Recap

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Recapping the passive

Recap the passive in the present simple and in the past simple. 

You know how to change an active sentence to the passive using the correct forms of 'to be' and the past participle.

Mr Alan ________ Geography at school.

1. teaches
2. teacher
3. were taught
4. was teached

Geography ___ at school.

1. teaches
2. teacher
3. were taught
4. is taught

German __________ in Austria.

1. speaks
2. is spoken
3. is speaked
4. speaketh

A lot of houses ___________ by the earthquake in 1906.

1. were destroying
2. destroy
3. have destroyed
4. were destroyed

Henry Ford ________ the assembly line.

1. invented
2. was invented
3. is invented
4. were invented

The bus driver ________ yesterday.

1. hurts
2. were hurt
3. was hurt
4. is hurting

Rewrite Active --> Passive

Mrs Groen teaches the pupils in TTOHA2a.

The pupils in TTOHA2a are taught by Mrs. Groen.

John painted the house last week.
(you can leave out the 'by phrase')

People drink champagne on New Year’s Eve.
(you can leave out the 'by phrase')

They renovated the restaurant in 2004.
(you can leave out the 'by phrase')

Chefs use these machines to mix the ingredients.
(you can leave out the 'by phrase')

The teachers informed the students that the class had been cancelled.
(you can leave out the 'by phrase')

Exercise

Close your iPad, get your notebook out and a pen!

Rewrite the sentences into the passive; present or past simple

Rewrite the sentences;

1. Mrs. Groen teaches English at the CCC.
2. She explains a new grammar item is class. 
3. The police arrested the thieves yesterday. 
   
4. Mercedes manufactured the first car in 1901.
5. Max Verstappen won the Formula One Cup last year.
6. The chairman directs the disruptor to the exit of the building. 

Rewrite the sentences;

• 1. English is taught at the CCC (by Mrs. Groen). 
• 2. A new grammar item is explained in class.
• 3. The thieves were arrested (by the police) yesterday.
• 4. The first car was manufactured in 1901 (by Mercedes).
  
• 5. The Formula One Cup was won by Max Verstappen.
• 6. The disruptor is directed to the exit of the building (by the chairman).

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