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Passive Voice, Past Tense

Questions and Negative Passive Voice.

As is the case for other English conjugations, verbs in the Passive Voice form questions and negative statements using the first auxiliary.

a) To form a question, the first auxiliary is placed before the subject. For example:

(passive)You were shown the sights.
(passive question) Were you shown the sights?

(passive) She is being shown the sights.
(passive question) Is she being shown the sights?

Convert the sentences from the active voice to the passive.

1. Did the bull kill the matador?

_________ the matador killed by the bull?

2. Have the police found the body?

_______ the body been found by the police?

3. Why has the government banned the film?

Why has the film _________ by the government?

4. Do the hounds kill the fox?

Is the fox _____________ ?

5. How did your host family treat you?

___________ treated by your host family?

6. Have the police found the body?

_______ the body been found by the police?

7. Has anyone cleaned the oven yet?

________________ been cleaned yet?

8. Did they catch the thief?

Was the thief _________ ?

9. When did they hijack the plane?

When ____________ hijacked?

10. Will The King inaugurate the new bridge?

Will the new bridge __________ by The King?

Irregular Verbs - Past Tense and Past Participles

LISTEN TO THE "VIDEO" AND WRITE THE SENTENCES YOUR TEACHER ASKS FOR.

Active Voice

Change the sentences below to the active voice.

1. The statue is being visited by hundreds of tourists every year.

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2. My books were stolen by someone yesterday.

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3. These books had been left in the classroom by a careless student.

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4. Coffee is raised in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers.

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5. The house had been broken into by someone while the owners were on vacation.

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6. A woman was being carried downstairs by a very strong firefighter.

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7. The streets around the fire had been blocked off by the police.

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8. Have you seen the new movie that was directed by Ron Howard?

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9. My car is in the garage being fixed by a dubious mechanic.

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10. A great deal of our oil will have been exported to other countries by our government.

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Passive Voice Exercise

Change the sentences below to the passive voice. TRANSLATE.

1. Children cannot open these bottles easily.

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2. The government built a road right outside her front door.

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3. Mr. Ross broke the antique vase as he walked through the store.

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4. When she arrived, the changes amazed her.

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5. The construction workers are making street repairs all month long.

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6. The party will celebrate his retirement.

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7. His professors were discussing his oral exam right in front of him.

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8. My son ate all the homemade cookies.

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9. Corrosion had damaged the hull of the ship.

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10. Some children were visiting the old homestead while I was there.

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At the Mom and Pop Grocery Store

Read the text, and then write down the passive voice sentences you find.

Supervisor: You're late!

Employee: I know, I know... I'm sorry. I'll get right to work. I'm going to stock the shelves this morning.

Supervisor: The shelves have already been stocked.

Employee: Really? By whom?

Supervisor: By Sandra.

Employee. Sandra stocked the shelves? Okay, then I'll clean the aisles.

Supervisor: The aisles have already been cleaned.

Employee: Sandra did those too?

Supervisor: No, they were cleaned by Jonathon.

Employee: Jonathon cleaned the aisles? I see. Okay, why don't I unload the truck?

Supervisor: Because it has already been done, too.

Employee: You're kidding me. By whom?

Supervisor: By me!

Employee: You unloaded the truck! Oh, I'm sorry. You have a sore back, don't you? Supervisor: Yes, I do. My back has been sore since the last time you were late. I had to unload the truck that day, too.

Employee: You should have had Jonathon do it.

Supervisor: That's it, you're fired!

Employee: But Dad...?!?

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Review of the Passive Voice

The transformation of an active sentence into a passive sentence is a three-step process:
1. Move the object of the active sentence to subject position in the passive sentence.

2. Change the verb to passive form (two parts).

3. Move the subject of the active sentence to object position preceded by the preposition by (optional).

In order to change the active verb to its corresponding passive form, we need to do two things:

1. Put the verb to be in the same tense as the verb in the active sentence. In this example the verb is in the simple past, so we use the past tense of be.

2. Use the past participle of the verb in the active sentence.

The passive verb, therefore, has two parts.

a) The verb to be indicates the tense, and the b) past participle indicates the action.