The prisoner is known to have escaped from the jail Ex: People say that 2 people were killed in explosion Two people are said to have killed in the explosion Ex: People say that the want[r]
(1)Week 7, PASSIVE VOICE Aims: To help Sts review passive voice in curriculum
To help Sts apply the usages to exercise Teaching aids: Reference books
Method: Communicative approach Time allotted: 90’
Procedure A/ Presentation *General form
Ex1: Active: Hurricanes destroy a great deal of property each year
Ex: Passive: A great deal of property is destroyed by hurricanes each year Ex2: Active: The committee is considering several new proposals
Ex: Passive: Several new proposals are being considered by the committee Ex3: Active: The company has ordered some new equipment
Ex: Passive: Some new equipment has been ordered by the company
* Notes: After some passive verbs: say, think, believe, report, expect, know, suppose, consider, understand, feel, find we use infinitive constructions
* At the same time
Active: S1 + V1 (that) S2 + V2 + O Passive: It be + V1 (PP) that S2 + V2 + O S2 be + V1(PP) + V2 (to inf) + O * Different time
Active: S1 + V1 that S2 + V2 + O
Passive: S2 be + V1 (PP) + to have +PP + O * At the same time but different tense S1 + V1 that S2 be + Ving + O
S2 + be + V1 (PP) to be + ving + O
Ex: People say that Henry eats 10 eggs a day It’s said that Henry eats 10 eggs a day
Ex: They know that the prisoner escaped from the jail The prisoner is known to have escaped from the jail Ex: People say that people were killed in explosion Two people are said to have killed in the explosion Ex: People say that the wanted man is living in New York It’s said that the wanted man is said to be living in New York *Detail form
TENSE SIMPLE PROGRESSIVE PERFECT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS PRESENT IS/ARE/AM +
V3/ED BEING + V3/EDIS/ARE/AM + BEEN + V3/EDHAS/HAVE +
PAST WAS/WERE +
(2)FUTURE WILL/SHALL + BE + V3/ED BE GOING TO
BE + V3/ED
WILL HAVE
BEEN + V3/ED
B/ Practice
I/ Chooset the best answer
1.Bicycles ……….in the driveway
(must not leave/ must not be leaving/ must not be left/ must not have left) Beethoven’s fifth sympony ……….next weekend
(is going to be performed/ has been performed/ will be performing/ will have performed)
3 Reagan……….an actor years ago
(is said to be/ was said being/ was said have been/ is said to have been) I hate ………… personal questions newly-acquainted friends
(to be asking/ to be asked/ being asking/ of asking) All bottles………… before transportation
(frozen/ were froze/ were frozen/ are froze) The trees………
(were grown by John yesterday in the backyard/ were grown in the backyard by John yesterday/ were grown in the backyard yesterday by John/ in the backyard were grown by John)
7 ……… yet?
(Have the letters been typed/ have been the letters typed/ have the letters typed/ Had the letters typed)
8 The telephone……… by Alexander Graham Bell (is invented/ is inventing/ invented/ was invented) Lots of houses………….by the earthquake
(are destroying/ destroyed/ were destroying/ were destroyed) 10 It …………that learning a foreign language ………….a lot of time
(says/ is taken, is saying/ has been taken, is said/ takes, was said/ was taken) 11.The boy _ by the teacher yesterday
( punish/ punished/ punishing/ was punished)
12.James…… the news as soon as possible
(should tell/ should be told/ should told/ should be telled) 13 My wedding ring yellow and white gold
( is made/ is making/ made/ make)
14.Mr Wilson is _ as Willie to his friend (known/ knew/ is known/ know)
15 References _ in the examination room
(not are used/ is not used/ didn’t used/ are not used)
16 Laura in Boston
(are born/ were born/ was born/ born) 17 His car needs
(be fixed / fixing/ to be fixing/ fixed 18 Her watch needs _
(repairing/ to be repaired/ repaired/ A and B) 19 My mother is going _ this house
(sold/ sell/ to be sold/ to sell)
(3)(being followed/ are followed/ follow/ following) 21 Somebody cleans the room every day
A The room everyday is cleaned B The room is every day cleaned
C The room is cleaned every day D The room is cleaned by somebody every day 22 People don’t use this road very often
A This road is not used very often B Not very often this road is not used C This road very often is not used D This road not very often is used 23 How people learn languages?
A How are languages learned? B How are languages learned by people? C How languages are learned? D Languages are learned how?
24 Tom bought that book yesterday
A That book was bought by Tom yesterday B That book was bought yesterday by Tom
C That book yesterday was bought by Tom D That book was bought yesterday II/ Error identification
1.The wanted man is believed to living in New York A B C D
2 Many people is said to be homeless after the floods A B C D
3 The Prime Minister is know to be in favour of the new law A B C D
4 We can’t go along here because the road is repairing A B C D