PASSIVE VOICE REVIEW

PASSIVE VOICE REVIEW

1. Read the information in order to clarify and understand the rules to form the passive voice.
Read the four infographic charts paying special attention to the changes in tenses.
REMEMBER: IN PASSIVE VOICE THE MAIN VERB GOES IN PAST PARTICIPLE FORM AND THE PASSIVE SENTENCE
FOLLOWS THE SAME TENSE THAN THE ACTIVE ONE.
Read the four infographic charts, compare them, and use the information in the four to write a new complete
chart in your notebook. BE CAREFUL WITH CHANGES IN THE AUXILIARY VERB AND THIRD PERSON SINGULAR.
In addition to the provided examples in each one of the tenses write three more example following the same
structure than that one as follows.
- Use of Passive
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action not the subject. It is not important or not known,
however, who or what is performing the action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:
Example: A mistake was made.
In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a
mistake.).
- Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)
Example: A letter was written.
When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
the object of the active sentence beco
mes the subject of the passive sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

PASSIVE VOICE - PRACTICE EXCERCISES.

Ctrl + click on the link para seguir vnculo en pgina web.

ACTIVITY 1.
First click on the link
Then answer the exercises and check your answers.
After that, point the mouse on the clue button without clicking on it to read the grammar explanation for the
sentences.
Next click on the show answers button and read the sentences again.
Finally, click on shuffle exercise to solve a different one.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/objects_tenses.htm
(SOLVE THE 4 DIFFERENT EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE)
ACTIVITY 2.
First click on the link and click on the Start Test button
Then answer the exercises and check your answers
Next click on the show answers button and read the sentences again.
Finally, click on New test to solve a different one.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/passive2/index.php
(SOLVE THE 6 DIFFERENT EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE)
PLAY SOCCER answering passive voice.
http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/football/passive%20voice/passive%20voice.html
PLAY BASKETBALL answering passive voice.
http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/basketball/active%20vs.%20passive%20voice/active%20vs.
%20passive%20voice.html

ACTIVITY 3.

Take a look at the glossary of the reviewed lessons on the book in class.

ACTIVITY 4.
Click on the link and do the exercises. REMEMBER: DO THE ACTIVITY IN ORDER.
FIRST:
Read and Study the information.
NEXT:
Click on the links, solve, and answer the exercises in order.
AFTER THAT
After answering a complete exercise check your answers.
FINALLY
Copy all the correct sentences from the four links exercises in your notebook.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/hadrians-wall
http://www.grammarbank.com/passive-voice-exercises.html

Look at the example: ACTIVITY 3. Following the example, continue and complete the chart in your notebook.
ACTIVE VOICE
SIMPLE PRESENT
VERB- Infinitive / simple form
They make cars in Germany
They sell ice cream here
They sell books here
Ali studies English
Karina writes a letter
1. People usually buy food at the supermarket
.
2. The museum gallery exhibits artworks in winter.
3. Engineers work implies working with numbers and
measurement.
.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
am/is/are + Verb (ing)

PASSIVE VOICE
SIMPLE PRESENT
BE: am/is/are + V past participle
Cars are made in Germany
Ice cream is sold here
Books are sold here
English is studied by Ali
A letter is written by Karina
Food is usually bought at the supermarket
Artworks are exhibited in the museum gallery in winter.
Working with numbers and measurement is implied
commonly used by engineers to work.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
am/is/are + being + V past participle

1.
2.
3.
PAST SIMPLE
Verb in past simple form. (regular/irregular verb)

PAST SIMPLE
was/were + V past participle

1.
2.
3.
PAST CONTINUOUS
was/were + Verb (ing)

PAST CONTINUOUS
was/were being + V past participle

1.
2.
3.
PRESENT PERFECT
have/has + V past participle

PRESENT PERFECT
have/ has been + V past participle

1.
2.
3.
PAST PERFECT
had + V past participle

PAST PERFECT
had been + V past participle

1.
2.
3.
FUTURE SIMPLE - WILL
Will + V simple form (will write)

FUTURE SIMPLE WILL

Will be + V past participle (will be written)

1.
2.
3.
FUTURE GOING TO
Am/is/are + going to ( + V simple form) going to buy

FUTURE - GOING TO
am/is/are going to be + V past participle

1.
2.
3.

OTHER FUNCTIONS OF TAG QUESTIONS

TAG QUESTIONS
Basic structure
AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE

TAG QUESTIONS

Examples:

+ Positive statement,

- negative tag? (the same subject pronoun)

You are coming, arent you?

Snow is white,

isn't it?

We have finished, havent we?

- Negative statement,

+ positive tag? (the same subject pronoun)

It isnt raining, is it?

You don't like me,

do you?

They wont report us, will they?

Special cases:
I am right, aren't I?

aren't I (not amn't I)

You have to go, don't you?

you (do) have to go...

I have been answering, haven't I?

use first auxiliary

Nothing came in the post, did it?

treat statements with nothing, nobody etc like negative statements

Let's go, shall we?

let's = let us

He'd better do it, hadn't he?

he had better (no auxiliary)

Notice that we often use tag questions to ask for information or help, starting with a negative statement. This is quite a
friendly/polite way of making a request. For example, instead of saying "Where is the police station?" (not very polite), or
"Do you know where the police station is?" (slightly more polite), we could say: "You wouldn't know where the police
station is, would you?"
Question tags with imperatives
Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does
not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.
imperative + question tag

notes:

invitation

Take a seat, won't you?

Polite

order

Help me, can you?

quite friendly

Help me, can't you?

quite friendly (some irritation?)

Close the door, would you?

quite polite

Do it now, will you?

less polite

Don't forget, will you?

with negative imperatives only will is possible

ACTIVITY 3. Read, study, and take notes about tag questions. Copy the three charts in your notebook. After that,

Click on the link and do the exercises.

REMEMBER: DO THE ACTIVITY IN ORDER.
FIRST:
Read and Study the information.
NEXT:
Click on the links, solve, and answer the exercises in order.
AFTER THAT
After answering a complete exercise check your answers.
FINALLY
Copy all the correct sentences from the four links exercises in your notebook.
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/B1_question_tags.htm

MAKING REQUESTS POLITE Qs

INDIRECT QUESTIONS / EMBEDDED QUESTIONS

Indirect Questions
- INDIRECT AND EMBEDED QUESTIONS.
Indirect questions are polite, longer forms of normal questions.
- Where's the department store? - Direct question
- Could you tell me where the department store is, please? - Indirect question
- What's his name? - Direct question
- Do you know what his name is? - Indirect question
Form
Indirect questions are formed of two parts: a polite expression, and a question which has no subject/verb inversion like a
normal question.
Polite expression + about/wh-word/if/whether + S + V
What's his name? Direct question
Do you know what his name is? - Indirect question
Do you know what is his name? Incorrect.
Indirect questions do not use the auxiliary verb "to do" (do, does, did) in the main question.
When does the next train arrive? - Direct question
Do you know when the next train arrives? - Indirect question
Do you know when does the next train arrive? Incorrect
When did she leave? - Direct question
Do you know when she left? - Indirect question
Do you know when did she leave? Incorrect
Some common polite expressions include:
- I wonder if/whether...? I was wondering where?
- I can't remember if/whether...? Im not sure what?
- Can you/ Could you tell me if/whether...?
- Would you mind telling me if/whether...? telling me who...?
- Would it be possible for you to...?
- Is there any chance you could...?
- I don't suppose you could...
- I'd like to know if/whether...
- Id be interested to know/hear
-Do you know if/wether
- Do you have any idea where
- He/she has told you wether

Me pregunto si (Wh)/me preguntaba (wh

No recuerdo si/ en donde(wh)
Me puedes/podras decir (wh)
Te importara decirme
Te sera posible
Hay alguna posibilidad de que tu
No creo que puedas
Me gustara saber si
Me interesara saber/escuchar
Sabes si
Tienes alguna idea de donde(wh)
Te ha dicho si

How to answer an Indirect Question?

1.

If/whether ?
Yes/No Question.
Short answer.

2.
Wh?
Wh words /Wh Questions
Open / information Question.
S+V+C

Cmo se dice esto en ingls Sabes dnde est la estacin??

Si eres uno de los muchos hablantes de espaol que dira Do you know where is the station?, cometes un error muy
comn y debes leer esto para saber cmo formular correctamente las llamadas preguntas indirectas: indirect questions.
Qu son indirect questions (preguntas indirectas en ingls)?
Primero entendamos las directas para pasar a las indirectas direct questions (preguntas directas). Una pregunta directa
es una pregunta que empieza con la palabra interrogativa o, en su ausencia, el verbo auxiliar. Por ejemplo:
Where is the station?
Dnde est la estacin?
Whos that man?
Quin es ese hombre?
What time is it?
Qu hora es?
What do you want?
Qu quieres?
When does the concert start?Cundo empieza el concierto?
Why have they changed it? Por qu lo han cambiado?
Puesto que Ingls es un idioma muy corts y formal, una pregunta directa puede resultar un poco abrupta o incluso
maleducada sobre todo en situaciones formales o si no conoces a la persona a la que haces la pregunta.
En estas situaciones se suele emplear otra clusula al principio de la pregunta para introducirla como, Do you know
(Sabes ?), Can you tell me (Puedes decirme .?), etc.
No es nada extrao porque en espaol tambin se hace:
Sabes dnde est la estacin? Puedes decirme quin es ese hombre?
Pero si traduces este tipo de pregunta literalmente o directamente, la dirs mal en ingls:
Do you know where is the station?

Can you tell me who is that man?

Bsicamente, el verbo auxiliar al principio de la oracin Do; Does, Did, Can, Will, etc. forma la pregunta as que
despus de la palabra interrogativa where, why, what, when, etc. se mantiene el orden de una frase, es decir, sujeto
+ verbo. Por ejemplo:
Sabes dnde est la estacin? Do you know where the station is?
[Literal: Sabes dnde la estacin est?
sujeto + verbo
Puedes decirme quin es ese hombre? Can you tell me who that man is? [Literal: Puedes decirme quin ese hombre es?
sujeto + verbo
Sabes qu hora es?
Do you know what time it is?
NO Do you know what time is it?
[* Nota: no se contrae it is a its (o is con cualquier sustantivo) cuando son las dos ltimas palabras de la oracin.]
Si traduces literalmente, realmente haces dos preguntas:
1. Do you know? 2. where is the station?
Y no hay dos preguntas sino una de las dos, as las dos preguntas
directas son una pregunta indirecta siendo ahora ms amable por ser una peticin.
Tampoco se coloca ningn verbo auxiliar despus de la palabra interrogativa. Simplemente se mantiene el orden de una
frase de sujeto + verbo. Por ejemplo:
Puedes decirme qu quieres?(o Puedes decirme lo que quieres?)
Can you tell me what you want?NO Can you tell me what do you want?
Sabes cundo empieza el concierto?
Do you know when the concert starts?
NO Do you know when does the concert start?
NI Do you know when starts the concert?
Entiendes por qu lo han cambiado?
Do you understand why they have changed it? NO Do you understand why have they changed it?
Tambin se aplica esta regla a rdenes el imperativo y otras frases, por ejemplo:
Tell me where the pen is. Dime dnde est el bolgrafo. NO Tell me where the is pen.
I dont know how much the sofa costs. No s cunto cuesta el sof.
NO I dont know how much does the sofa cost. NI I dont know how much costs the sofa.
De hecho, este tipo de oracin ni siquiera es una frase as que no hay ningn motivo para emplear la estructura de una
pregunta.
Recuerda que siempre que haya una preposicin delante de la palabra interrogativa (Wh); esa preposicin normalmente
se coloca al final de la oracin. Por ejemplo:
Can you tell me what youre interested in?
Puedes decirme en qu ests interesado?
Do you know what theyre thinking about?
Sabes en qu estn pensando?
Do you know what your friends afraid of?
Entiendes de lo que tiene miedo tu amigo?
Ahora te toca a ti practicar un poco. Cmo se dira lo siguiente?
1. Puedes decirme cunto es?
2. Sabes por qu est rota?
3. No entiendo lo que (qu) necesitas
4. Dime dnde puedo encontrarlo.
5. Sabes de lo que estn hablando?
ACTIVITY 4. Read, study, and take notes about tag questions. Copy the three charts in your notebook. After that,
Click on the link and do the exercises.
REMEMBER: DO THE ACTIVITY IN ORDER.
FIRST:
Read and Study the information.
NEXT:
Click on the links, solve, and answer the exercises in order.
AFTER THAT
After answering a complete exercise check your answers.
FINALLY
Copy all the correct sentences from the four links exercises in your notebook.
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_questions.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/questions/gr.indirect.i.htm
JUST WATCH AND LISTEN CAREFULLY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE VIDEOS AS FOLLOW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCCJ3iSPJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77184l_zQ9U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78PMYQN1Uyg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSVe2ehjls