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- 1. Present simple passive The mouse is eaten by the cat The cat eats the mouse
- 2. Active sentence: paints verb the picture object He subject paints verb the pic Who does the action? It’s important Passive sentence: Who does the action? It’s not important The object is important. is painted verb by him the picture subject
- 3. paints verb the picture object He subject paints verb he is painted verb by him the picture subject So, the object of the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice
- 4. Maybe you don’t want to mention the person doing the action. the picture subject is painted verb
- 5. How do we do the present simple passive? past participle Simple present of verb to be -ed Regular verbs 3rd column Irregular verbs
- 6. Hollywood is known for its movies. The door is opened.
- 7. Jackie milks the cow every morning. The cows is milked every morning.
- 8. Benny doesn’t understand the new teacher The new teacher is not understood
- 9. Everybody loves chocolate Chocolate is loved by everybody
- 10. Kids always eat candies Candies are always eaten by kids
- 11. YOUR TURN Change the sentences from active to passive: 1)The shark eats the man. 2) The police takes him away. 3) The boy kills the spider. 4) The wood cutter cuts the trees. 5) We discover a new medicine. .
- 12. Exercises Change the sentences from active to passive: 1)The man is eaten by the shark. 2) He is taken away. 3) The spider is killed by the boy. 4) The trees are cut by the wood cutter . 5) A new medicine is discovered by us.
- 13. Exercises Change the sentences from active to passive: . 6)The police arrest the thief. 7)The children make kites. 8)He writes a novel. 9)The hunter shoots the tiger. 10)He makes a discovery. 11)Everybody loves him. 12)My cousin draws a beautiful picture.
- 14. Exercises Change the sentences from active to passive: 6) The thief is arrested by the police. 7) The kites are made by the children. 8)A novel is written by him. 9) The tiger is shot . 10) A discovery is made. 11) He is loved by everybody. 12) A picture is drawn by my cousin.