Y3 - Passives & Causatives

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Passives & Causatives

Who does the action?
The money was counted by the cashier.

1. The money
2. the cashier
3. unknown

Who does the action?
The lion killed the hunter.

1. The lion
2. the hunter
3. unknown

Who does the action?
The boys were adopted when they were only 6 months.

1. The boys
2. they
3. unknown

Who does the action?
The influencer is being followed by paparazzi at all times.

1. The influencer
2. paparazzi
3. unknown

Who does the action?
Jack had built several houses before changing his career.

1. Jack
2. several houses
3. unknown

Who does the action?
It seems that the office was cleaned on Tuesday.

1. It
2. the office
3. unknown

Who does the action?
A more developed model of this car will be shown in the showroom soon.

1. the car
2. the showroom
3. unknown

Active vs Passive

Who does the action?

Subject does the action &  focus on the subject --> active

The lion killed the hunter.

The action is done to the subject & focus on the action--> passive

The hunter was killed by the lion.

Why do we use a passive?

1) The action is more important than who/what does the action

                              The city was destroyed in 1755.

2) We are unsure who exactly does/did the action

                              Many objects have been stolen.

3) It is obvious or understood who does/did the action

                              The patient was cured.

4) We want to shift focus (object becomes subject)

Make this sentence a passive:
Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.

Make this sentence a passive:
Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

Make this sentence a passive:
The forest fire destroyed the whole suburb.

Make this sentence a passive:
The critic wrote a scathing review.

Causatives

Causatives are used to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person.

Active:           I cleaned my house.

Passive:        My house was cleaned.

Causative:   I had my house cleaned.

Examples

She had her car washed.

Jerry will have his house painted.

They got their washing machine fixed.