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Mark: Teacher:

USE We often use the passive when it is not so important who or what did the action, or it is difficult to say. Anyway, if you want to say who or what caused the action, you use by.

FORM A passive verb is a form of be + the past participle of the main verb.

ACTIVE PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT WILL GOING TO MODALS They make their wine from the best grapes. Ann made the cake herself. They are making new laws. They were making too many rules. They have made cheap clothes in China. They had made some rude comments. We will make the story public. The President is going to make the first speech. They should make regulations to protect children.

PASSIVE Their wine is made from the best grapes. The cake was made by Ann herself. New laws are being made. Too many rules were being made. Cheap clothes have been made in China. Some rude comments had been made. The story will be made public. The first speech is going to be made by the President. Regulations should be made to protect children.

DOUBLE OBJECT VERBS There are some verbs that can have two objects like, for example, ask, answer, bring, cal, give, lend, make, offer, pay, send, show, tell and write. These verbs form the passive in two ways. E.g.: They offered Kate a well-paid job. (active sentence) A well-paid job was offered to Kate. (The direct object is the subject of the passive sentence) Kate was offered a well-paid job. (The indirect object is the object of the passive sentence.)

1. Rephrase the following sentences by means of the passive. 1. Everybody wears practical clothes. _______________________________________________________ 2. Designers have followed the trends. _______________________________________________________ 3. You may hurt someone with that hammer. _______________________________________________________ 4. He told the children a beautiful story. _______________________________________________________ 5. We have proved our point. _______________________________________________________ 6. Will you read this book? _______________________________________________________

2. Rephrase the sentences in two ways. 1. He gave Celia a bouquet of 25 roses.

2. John will send his curriculum vitae to several banks.

3. She has written him beautiful love letters.

4. They showed me the new computer.

5. They have paid him $300 up to now.

6. He had told the children a beautiful story.

ANSWER KEY 1.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 2.

Practical clothes are worn by everybody. The trends have been followed by designers. Someone may be / get hurt with that hammer. The children were told a beautiful story. Our point has been proved. Will this book be read by you?

1. A bouquet of 25 roses was given to Celia. / Celia was given a bouquet of 25 roses. 2. Johns CV will be sent to several banks. / Several banks will be sent Johns CV. 3. Beautiful love letters have been written to him. / He has been written beautiful love letters. 4. The new computer was shown to me. / I was shown the new computer. 5. $300 has been paid to him up to now. / He has been paid $300 up to now. 6. A beautiful story had been told to the children. / The children had been told a beautiful story.