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Passive Voice

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Verb forms

Transitive and
intransitive verbs
Transitive verbs
 Transitive verbs are action verbs that require an object to
complete its meaning. Without an object the sentence
will not be clear.

 Tom broke.
 Tom broke a plate.

 They clean.
 They clean the house every day.
 She dances.

 She took.

 She took flowers.


Intransitive verbs
 Intransitive verbs are action verbs that do not require
an object to complete its meaning.

 She smiles.
 They run.
 Intransitive verbs can be followed by a compliment.

 She smiles beautifully.


 They run two kilometers every morning.
Transitive or intransitive ?
 I eat before going to school.
Intransitive
 I eat rice for my breakfast.
Transitive
 Jane reads a lot.
Intransitive
 Jane reads novels everyday.
Transitive
 I’ll cook tonight.
Intransitive

 I went there early.


Intransitive

 Jane gave me a book.


Transitive

 He writes lot of good books.


Transitive
Passive voice
A sentence

Active voice Passive voice

 Jane writes letters.


 Letters are written by Jane.

The meanings of the two sentences are the same, but


they are expressed in a different way.
Active voice Passive voice

 use an active verb to  use the passive voice to


say what the subject say what happens to the
does subject

 My grandfather was a  This house is quite old. It


builder. He built houses. was built in 1930.
 It’s a big company. It  Two hundred people are
employs two hundred employed by the company.
people.
Uses of the Passive Voice

Who or what causes the action is unknown or


unimportant.
 This room was cleaned yesterday.
 Most of the vehicles are made in Japan.
If we want to say who does or what causes
the actions ,we use ‘BY’
 This house was built by my grandfather.
 The room is cleaned by the students.
 Food is cooked by my mother.
To make more polite or formal statements.

 The car hasn’t been cleaned. (more polite)


 You haven’t cleaned the car. (less polite)

When the action is more important than the agent, as


in processes, instructions, events, reports, headlines,
new items, and advertisements.

 30 people were killed in the earthquake.


Subject + auxiliary verb +past participle + by + doer.

 Somebody cleans these rooms everyday.

 These rooms are cleaned everyday (by somebody).


Present simple
Active voice

He delivers the letters.

Passive voice

S + am/is/are + PP

The letters are delivered.


Present continuous
Active voice

He is delivering the letters.

Passive voice

S + am/is/are + being + PP

The letters are being delivered.


Present perfect
Active voice

He has delivered the letters.

Passive voice

S + have/has + been + PP

The letters have been delivered.


Past simple
Active voice

He delivered the letters.

Passive voice

S + was/were + PP

The letters were delivered.


Past continuous
Active voice

He was delivering the letters.

Passive voice

S + was/were + being + PP

The letters were being delivered.


Past perfect
Active voice

He had delivered the letters.

Passive voice

S + had + been + PP

The letters had been delivered.


Future simple
Active voice

He will deliver the letters.

Passive voice

S + will + be + PP
The letters will be delivered.
going to
Active voice

He is going to deliver the letters.

Passive voice

S + V be (am/is/are) + going to + be + PP
The letters are going to be delivered.
Future perfect
Active voice

He will have delivered the letters.

Passive voice

S + will have + been + PP


The letters will have been delivered.
Infinitive
Active voice

He has to deliver the letters.

Passive voice

S + V + infinitive + PP
The letters have to be delivered.
Modals
Active voice
He must deliver the letters.
He can’t deliver the letters.

Passive voice
S + modal + be + PP
The letters must be delivered.
The letters cannot be delivered.
Modals in the past
Active voice
He should have delivered the letters.
He could have delivered the letters.

Passive voice
S + modal + have been + PP
The letters should have been delivered.
The letters could have been delivered.

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