The formation of the passive voice………………. . . 1
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- We use the infinitive after modal verbs and a number of other verbs. The passive infinitive is to be done / to have done.
- Ex. 1. Find the passive verbs in this text. What tenses are they?
- Ex. 2. Underline all the passives.
- Ex.4. Put the sentences into the Passive voice.
- Ex. 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Progressive Passive.
- Ex. 13. Complete the text with expressions given below.
- Ex. 14. Open the brackets, using the correct form in the Passive.
- Ex. 18. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense in the passive.
- Ex. 20. Rewrite these sentences in the Passive.
- Ex 22. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect in the Active or in the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 26. Put the sentences into the passive voice.
- Passive verbs with prepositional objects
- Ex. 31. Put the sentence with a verb + preposition/adverb combination into the passive.
- Ex. 33. Express in the passive the second of each of the following pairs of sentences. Do not mention the active subjects. The first two sentences are done for you.
- Ex. 38. Rewrite these verbs as passives, keeping them in the same tense, and removing they, we, someone, etc.
- Ex. 40. Rewrite the sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the Passive. Make any other changes necessary.
- Ex. 42. Read this information about what happened to the Watsons.
- Passive structures of the verbs
- Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 49. Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Correct it of write “right”.
- Ex. 52. Use passive or active, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 53. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 54. Use the required passive forms.
- Ex. 55. Use the required active or passive tense forms.
- Ex. 56. Translate into English.
- Ex. 58. Translate into English.
- Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
- A) Rewrite these instructions, using simple commands instead of the passive.
- Complete these sentences using a passive construction. Only use by if it’s natural to do so.
- Turn these newspapers headlines into radio news headlines. (Informal, spoken form.)
- Ex. 66. Practice saying these sentences and answer the questions.
- Ex. 68. You are telling a friend some news. Use the notes and write each sentence in the Present Perfect, active (has done) or passive (has been done).
- Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
- The formation of the passive voice………………. . . 1
- Progressive forms……………………………………. . 11
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DOOR
WALLS
CEILING
Kitchen
Blue Ö
White — pale green
White — pink
Study
Dark green Ö
Pale green — white
Green — red
Living room
Tan Ö
Tan — brown
White — tan
Hall
Blue — red
Pale blue Ö
Grey — blue
Front door
White — grey
Bedroom
Orange — red
Orange Ö
White Ö
Bathroom
White — blue
Blue — white
Pale blue Ö
Example:
A. Was your kitchen painted all right?
B. No, the kitchen ceiling should have been painted white instead of pink, and walls were painted pale green instead of white.
A. And how about the door?
B. The door was painted blue which was fine.
Ex. 72.
Has everything been done?
Pair work.
Student A. Imagine that you took your car to be serviced at your local garage, and these are the jobs you wanted them to do. Phone the garage and find out from your partner (owner of the garage) which jobs have been done. Use the pattern: Has anyone checked the oil?
Student B Imagine that you work at the garage. Your partner is going to phone you to check which jobs have been done to his/her car. The job that have been done are shown with a check (Ö).Use the patterns:
· Yes, the oil has been checked.
· No, the hood has not been polished yet, but I’ll make sure it is done before you get here.
Check oil Ö
Fix door lock Ö
Polish hood
Replace broken headlight bulb Ö
Install new rear tyres
Change spark plugs
Wash windshield Ö
Clean out trunk Ö
Adjust carburator Ö
Fill tank with gas
Ex. 73. Present Progressive Passive. Imagine you are in a busy hotel at midday. Make sentences to say what is being done, using words from the list below and Present Progressive Passive. E.g.: Beds are being made.
Beds bills coffee drinks food luggage
money new guests reservations rooms tables
Bring down change clean lay make order
pay prepare serve take welcome
Ex. 74. Present Perfect Passive. Imagine that, rich and famous, you returned to your old homed after 50 years. A lot of things are different. Make sentences, using words from the list below and the Present Perfect Passive. E.g.: The Cafe Royal has been turned into a casino.
Cafe Royal house boats new car park new schools
opera house old fire station ring road station streets
town centre statue of you Super Cinema your house
build modernise put up in park rebuild widen
turn into casino (floating restaurant / museum / supermarket / theatre / pedestrian precinct
Ex. 74. Infinitive and -ing forms. Make some sentences beginning I (don’t) like …-ing orI (don’t) want to …using words from the list.
E.g.: I like being talked to. I don’t want to be forgotten.
Admire, criticise, forget, give presents, ignore, invite out, laugh at, like, listen to, look at, laugh, need, shout at, take seriously, talk about, talk to, undervalue
THE PASSIVE VOICE
(Contents)
SECTION I.
MODAL VERBS……………………………………………………2
USES OF THE PASSIVE VOICE PECULIAR TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE…………………………………………………2
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