PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH

PASSIVE VOICE TENSES Simple Present Present continuous Simple Past Past continuous Present Perfect Past Perfect Simple Future Modal verbs ACTIVE S + V1-s/es S + am / is / are + V-ing S + V-ed /VPI S + was / were + V-ing S + have / has + PP S + had + PP S + will + V(bare infinitive) can may must S + have to + V(bare infinitive) should be going to PASSIVE S + am / is / are + PP S + am / is / are + being + PP S + was / were + PP S + was / were + being + PP S + have / has + been + PP S + had + been + PP S + will + be + PP can may must S + have to + be + PP should be going to Exercise 2:Passive voice: The simple present tense People don’t use this road very often  This road I wash the dishes in the evening  The dishes Daisy always sings country songs  Country songs Nam and Peter often water these trees.These trees Do pupils clean the room every day?  Is 1) People play soccer all over the world Soccer………………………………………….… … 2) Nam buys a new shirt A new shirt……………………………………………………………… 3) I visit Dam Sen park with my family 4) Mai’s aunt eats cucumbers for dinner Dam Sen……………………………………………… Cucumbers…………………………………………… 5) Mr Minh builds this house for Mr Jonh This house………………………………………… 6) They mix the glass with certain specific chemicals The glass………………………………… 7) Nam speaks English very well English……………………….………………………………… 8) Somebody cleans the room in the morningThe room…………………………………………… 9) Mr Tan teaches French in a school French…………………………………………………… 10) The milkman brings bottles of milk to houses Bottles of milk……………………………… 11)People use milk for making butter and cheese _ 12) My sister often washes my clothes. _ 13) Everyone believes him right. _ 14) She needs English for her work. _ 15) The workers clean the street every day _ Exercise 3:Passive voice: The Past simple tense The waiters cleaned the rooms last night  The rooms They caught the elephant again  The elephant They built the house in 1950  The house The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday  The letters Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story  Kieu story They made this car in Japan  _ She decided to paint her house blue  _ People invented color TV in 1950  _ My father took me to Ho Chi Minh City last week  _ 10 They bought many souvenirs in Nha Trang  _ 11 She read the letter many times last night  _ 12 Hoa met Tim at the market yesterday  _ 13 She didn’t introduce me to her mother  _ 14 My father planted this tree  _ 15 Thu helped him his homework  _ Exercise 4:Passive voice: The future simple tense They will ask you a lot of question at the interview  You Tom will visit his parents next month  His parents The State will assign our students to different jobs  Our students When will you the work?  When He won’t tell me the truth about the situation  The truth about the situation People will use cloth bags in the future. My cousin will meet you at the station. They will hold the meeting before May Day  Will you invite her to your wedding party? _ 10 Nam will buy a new shirt  _ Exercise 5:Passive voice: The present continuous tense My friends are eating an orange  An orange They are watching the film  The film We are doing the exercises  The exercise She is cutting the paper right now  The paper They are singing the songs in the room  The songs Exercise 6:Passive voice: The past continuous tense He was painting the house when I came  The house The teacher was reading the book when we came  The book Mary’s mother was washing the clothes  The clothes Her friends were drinking coffee at the cafe  Coffee He was boiling the eggs when I saw him  The eggs Exercise 7:Passive voice: The present perfect tense They have cancelled the meeting  The meeting Someone has given him a lot of money  He We have invited all the students in the school  All the students Our teachers have explained the English grammar  The English grammar Have you finished the above sentences?  Have above sentences Exercise 8:Passive voice: The past perfect tense She had mended the bicycle  The bicycle He hadn’t eaten the cakes  The cakes My friend had bought the house before 1990  The house Had he asked some questions?  Had some question The school boys had wasted a lot of time  A lot of time Exercise 9:Passive voice: Modal verb Parents should give children a lot of love  children You must wash your hands  Your hands He can speak four languages  Four languages Children should treat old men with respect  Old men My classmates used to call me John  I We might find life on another planet  We have to improve all the schools in the city  _ You must This exercise carefully. _ We can solve the problem  10 People should stop experiments on animals  Exercise 10:Passive voice: Mixed types Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice My father waters this flower every morning  A stone broke the window  The servants didn’t the work  The army will complete that project next year  They won’t punish him  People don’t use this road very often  The keepers were feeding the lions  They have taken her to the hospital  They had fastened his whole body to the ground  10 The school boys had wasted a lot of time  11 The police arrested two hundred people  12 They have cancelled the meeting  13 We have invited all the students in the school  14 They will hold a meeting before May Day  15 The teacher is going to tell a story  They grow rice in tropical countries.→ Mr Green loves his children very much.→ People don’t speak French here.→ Someone broke his windows last night.→ The police didn’t find the lost boy yesterday → _ About thirty million people are watching this live show now → _ They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time → _ Jack has typed the article recently.→ _ The police haven’t found the murderer yet → _ 10 They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time → ... She is cutting the paper right now  The paper They are singing the songs in the room  The songs Exercise 6 :Passive voice: The past continuous tense He was painting the house... Exercise 10 :Passive voice: Mixed types Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice My father waters this flower every morning  A stone broke the window  ... Exercise 7 :Passive voice: The present perfect tense They have cancelled the meeting  The meeting Someone has given him a lot of money  He We have invited all the students in the