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The passive voice

The passive voice. When do we use the passive voice?. We use the passive voice to say what is done to the subject. In Book 2B, we learnt how to use the passive voice in the simple present and the simple past. We can also use the passive voice with other tenses. The present continuous and

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The passive voice

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  1. The passive voice

  2. When do we use the passive voice?

  3. We use the passive voice to say what is done to the subject. In Book 2B, we learnt how to use the passive voice in the simple present and the simple past. We can also use the passive voice with other tenses.

  4. The present continuous and the past continuous We form the passive voice in the present continuous like this. Subject I The football match The hosts am being is being are being presented shown helped with an award. live on TV. by the assistants. am / is / are + being Past participle

  5. We form the passive voice in the past continuous in the same way. However, we use was / were instead of am / is / are. I was being presented with an award. The football match was being shown live on TV. The hosts were being helped by the assistants.

  6. The present perfect and the past perfect We form the passive voice in the present perfect like this. Past participle Subject The actor Many contestants has been have been given made three film awards. famous. has / have + been

  7. We form the passive voice in the past perfect in the same way. However, we use had instead of has / have. The actor had been given three film awards before he became a director. Many contestants had been made famous by the time the show ended.

  8. The simple future We form the passive voice in the simple future like this. Subject Janice will be interviewed by Eric tomorrow. will be Past participle

  9. Forming questions in the passive voice We form questions in the passive voice like this. Is the football match being shown live on TV? Were the hosts being helped by the assistants? Has the actor been given three film awards? Had many contestants been made famous by the time the show ended? Will Janice be interviewed by Eric tomorrow? Where are the subjects in these questions? The subject is found after the question word.

  10. More information on how to form the passive voice

  11. We form the passive voice with: • The appropriate form of the verb to be / to have + the past participle of the main verb. Simple present Hong Kong is visited by many tourists every year. We aren’t expected to win the football match. Is the Big Buddha made of metal? Simple past He was thought to be the cleverest student in the class. They weren’t asked to go to the party. Was the football match held last week?

  12. Present perfect The dog has been taught to be friendly. The Olympic Games have not been opened yet. Have you been given any homework? Past perfect David had been taken to the principal before. We had not been told what to do when we got to the school office. Had the window been broken? Simple future The exam result will be posted on the notice board tomorrow. Students won’t be allowed to use a calculator. Will we be required to wear our uniforms? Future with ‘be going to’ The house is going to be sold. The computer isn’t going to be repaired until next week. Is this going to be finished today?

  13. Read the article and complete it with the correct forms of verbs. Practice

  14. The programme Survivor (is not being shown / had not been shown) for very long in the US before it caught the public’s attention. Since then, many reality shows (have been made / will be made), and now they (are being shown / had been shown) all around the world. Today, reality TV is very popular, but (had it been replaced / will it be replaced) by something else one day? Diane Leung, a TV critic, thinks it will. ‘Audiences loved dramas before reality shows (were being produced / will be produced), and I’m sure they’ll love something different again in the future.’

  15. According to TV producer Marcus Lee, the most popular shows in the future (are being based / will be based) around interaction. ‘Audiences (had been given / will be given) the chance to control what happens in the shows, simply by pressing their remote controls,’ says Lee. Whether interactive shows will be the next big thing in TV no one knows, but what is certain is that TV itself (is being loved / will be loved) for many more years.

  16. The end

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