passive voice

2010-1011 S.5 English

Grammar: passive voice

References: Developing skills: Grammar and Usage Set B, unit 3; Set A: unit 5

Example: Thousands of people use the MTR every day.

  Passive: The MTR ____ ________ by thousands of people every day.

Why do we use the passive voice?

1.   We don’t know the ____________.

e.g  My book is stolen.

2. The doer is not _____________.

e.g. The door is locked.

3.       The doer is _______________.

e.g. The homework has been marked.

Tenses:

1. Present tense

   

    Every morning my alarm clock wakes me up.

  

    Passive: I _______________________________________________________________

2. Past tense

I ate a string of fishballs yesterday.

Passive: _________________________________________________________________

3. Simple future tense

I will take the first HKDSE exam in 2012.

Passive: The first HKDSE exam __________________________________________________

4. Present continuous tense

   Some construction workers are building a swimming pool in our school.

 Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

       ___________________________________________________________________

5. Past continuous tense

Some construction workers were building a swimming pool near our school.

 Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

       ___________________________________________________________________

6. Present prefect tense

I have downloaded a movie.

Passive: ____________________________________________________________________

He has completed his homework.

Passive: ___________________________________________________________________

Notes:   Not all verbs have a passive voice

e.g I have an I-phone.

(passive=?)