In the Active voice, the subject performs the action.

For example:

Joseph draws a picture.

Joseph is the subject and he is doing something (drawing).

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In passive voice the action is more important than the subject who performs it.
For example:

The picture was drawn by Joseph.

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ACTIVE VOICE Mary wrote a novel Peruvians speak Spanish. She made a cake. Alisson bought a dress.

PASSIVE VOICE A novel was written by Mary .Spanish is spoken by

Peruvians

A cake was made by her . .A dress was bought by

Alisson

There are two special forms for verbs called Active voice , Passive voice
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Present

Las Meninas is kept in the Prado museum.

Passive voice

Past

Las Meninas was painted by Diego Velasquez.

Passive voice

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Who was the Monalisa painted by?

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Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa.

object Subject Who painted the Monapaint? What did he Lisa?

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. object

subject

This is the passive voice

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The object becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

Joseph draws a picture.

A picture is drawn by Joseph.

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Learning goal:
-Make sentences -using the passive voice

A voice
Can be..

active Ex: ..
Passive voice

passive Ex:
Homework is corrected by Rosa .. by Name Object Prn.
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Rosa corrects homework

subj

be

Past part verb

Change these sentences into passive

1. The secretary typed this letter This letter was typed by the secretary . 2. The fire destroyed the old buildings The old buildings were destroyed by the fire . 3. A French architect designed the bridge. The bridge was designed by .a French architect. 4. Steven Spielberg directed the movie The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg . 5. My sister made these cookies. These cookies were made by my sister. .
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Form the passive voice with a form of BE and the past participle of a verb.
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 The yen is used in Japan.

By Japanese

Both Spanish and Portuguese are spoken in Latin America.

By people living there

 A lot of coffe is grown in Brazil. (by farmers)

The doer of the action in each of these sentences is obvious, so the BY phrase can be easily omitted.
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We also use the passive without the BY phrase when it is not very important who or what did the action, or when the doer is unknown for example The house was painted last year.
The man was killed on the way to work

unknown
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Change these sentences into passive They use the pound in England. The pound is used in England . they grow pineapples in Hawaii. Pineapples are grown in Hawaii. . They raise llamas in Puno. Llamas are raised in Puno They often eat rice twice a day in Japan Japan. Rice is often eaten twice a day in
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Complete these sentences with the passive of the verbs in parenthesis is spoken 1. English in Australia 2. Lots of vegetables are sold . in the market are taught 3. German and French at this school ( speak) (sell) (teach)

are exported 4. Computers and radios ... In Japan (export) is grown 5.Rice in California (grow)

are made 6. Many American cars in Detroit,Michigan. (make)

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grammar

1. was this vase made in Peru? 2. where was this vase made? What are the differences between these two sentences?
1. YES/NO question 2. WH/ question
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YES/NO question

These wood bowls were made in Africa A: Were these wood bowls made in Africa? B: Yes, they were.

WH/ question

A: Where were these cloth figures made? B: These clothes figures were made in Brazil.
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WH- word Where When Who Who What What What What currency
What language

auxiliary is was was was is is is is is

subject Acapulco Peru Monalisa Thriller

Verb-past participle Located founded painted composed

rest ?

by? by ?

manufactured in Japan? in Viru? grown in Arequipa? mined used spoken in Peru in USA?
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