Wednesday, July 24, 2013



Active or Passive - Exercise 1 



Example: E-mails are answered. - ______

Answer: E-mails are answered. - Passive


1) They often listen to music. - _____________
2) She is reading the newspaper now. -_____________ 
3) These cars are produced in Japan. - _______________
4) Alan teaches Geography. - ______________
5) German is spoken in Austria. - _______________
6) Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in 1906. -______________
7) Henry Ford invented the assembly line. -________________
8) The bus driver was hurt yesterday. - _______________
9) You should open your workbooks. - ________________
10) Houses have been built. - _____________


Passive - Use
We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action.
Example: Appointments are required in such cases.
We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence.

Form
to be + past participle
How to form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given:
- object of the "active" sentence becomes subject in the "passive" sentence
- subject of the "active" sentence becomes "object" in the "passive" sentence" (or is left out)



Active:
Peter
builds
a house.

Passive:
A house
is built
by Peter.



Examples

Active
Peter
builds
a house.
Simple Present

Passive:
A house
is built
by Peter.



Active:
Peter
built
a house.
Simple Past

Passive:
A house
was built
by Peter.



Active:
Peter
has built
a house.
Present Perfect

Passive:
A house
has been built
by Peter.



Active:
Peter
will build
a house.
will-future

Passive:
A house
will be built
by Peter.



Active:
Peter
can build
a house.
Modals

Passive:
A house
can be built
by Peter.


Credit : http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive.htm


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