Passive (present and past)

Passive
                                                  What is the difference?
 
He paints the house every year.            vs     The house is painted every year.
Thieves stole lots of cars last year.       vs      Lot of cars were stolen last year.
Teenagers read fashion magazines.    vs        Fashion magazines are read.
 Mr. Jones taught German at school.    vs       German was taught at school.
Grandma bakes great cakes.                     vs       Great cakes are baked.
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Passive
                                                  What is the difference?
 
He paints the house every year.            vs     The house is painted every year.
Thieves stole lots of cars last year.       vs      Lot of cars were stolen last year.
Teenagers read fashion magazines.    vs        Fashion magazines are read.
 Mr. Jones taught German at school.    vs       German was taught at school.
Grandma bakes great cakes.                     vs       Great cakes are baked.

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Passive
Used because:
- It is not important who did it 
- If you don’t know who did it. 

- Used in newspapers

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Present Simple Passive
General truths & the present
 
Created with am/are/is + verb+ed (irregular: 3rd word)

The house is painted every year.
Many accidents are caused by reckless driving.







Slide 3 - Diapositive

Past Simple Passive
It is finished in the past, you can see this because there is usually a date in the the sentence. (last year, in 1980, yesterday)
 
Created with was/were + verb+ed (irregular: 3rd word)

A letter was written yesterday.
The buildings were built in 1990.
Computers weren’t used in schools in 1985.

Slide 4 - Diapositive

Past Simple Passive
This room ___ (clean) every Friday.
The roof of the building ___ (destroy) in a storm a few days ago.
Many accidents ___ (cause) by reckless driving.
In the Netherlands, elections for Parliament ___ (hold) every four years.
You can’t see the school from here. It ___ (surround) by a gate.
Six hundred people ___ (employ) by this company last year.
Can you tell me how mountains ___ (form)?

Slide 5 - Diapositive

Past Simple Passive
Rewrite the sentences into the passive voice.

They asked the teacher a difficult question.
The teacher always answers the students’ questions.
Sue changed the flat tire.
Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.
The saltwater corroded the metal beams.


Slide 6 - Diapositive

Past Passive
Present Passive
1 The roof of the building ___ (destroy) in a storm yesterday. 
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2 Many accidents ___ (cause) by reckless driving.
3 In the Netherlands, elections for Parliament ___ (hold) every four years.

4 Six hundred people ___ (employ) by this company last year.

5 Can you tell me how mountains ___ (form)?
6 The teacher ______ (ask) a difficult question. She didn't know how to respond.

Slide 7 - Question de remorquage

The words ______ (explain) by the teacher today.

Slide 8 - Question ouverte

A letter ________ (send) the day before yesterday.

Slide 9 - Question ouverte

He _______ (invite) to the party yesterday.

Slide 10 - Question ouverte

These phones ______ (make) in China.

Slide 11 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
My mum does all the housework.

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
She bought four apples.

Slide 13 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
The man stole the blue car.

Slide 14 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
I play football all the time.

Slide 15 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
The police arrested the thieves.

Slide 16 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
He reads comics every day.

Slide 17 - Question ouverte

Rewrite the sentence into the passive:
Oliver taught the children.

Slide 18 - Question ouverte