PASSIVE VOICE

PREPARED BY MENŞURE TARIMCI

CONTENTS

• A Review of a film”,Selvi boylum al yazmalım”

• Passive forms

• Exercises on passives

• Sources

• Thanks

LEAD IN

• Do you go to the cinema or the theatre?

• What kind of films do you like watching?

• Have you ever watched the film”Selvi boylum Al yazmalım?”

• Look at the review in the following slayt and find the passive sentences.

A REVIEW ‘’SELVİ BOYLUM AL YAZMALIM’’

This is my favorite Turkish film..It is based on a novel by Cengiz Aytmatov and directed by Atıf Yılmaz. It was made in 1990s. The stars of the film are Türkan şoray ,Kadir inanır and Ahmet

Mekin.It is a drama and It is about love.

I want to talk about the story because if you don't know the story you can't understand the message at the end of the film. Kadir comes from istanbul to Asya's (Türkan) village, and they love each other. Then, they get married and have a baby, whose name is Samet. By the way, Kadir is a lorry driver and always goes to other cities. One day, he goes and doesn't come his home again. Asya gets so upset and escapes from the village. She meets another man, ilyas, he is interested in her and her son. They start to live together. One day, ilyas finds a man.

He is Kadir and he has had an accident. They treat him. Asya is very surprised because she still loves him. At the end of the film, Kadir wants her to come with him. However, she says 'Love is a labor, ilyas looked after my child. Samet calls him as ‘’father’’. He is very nice to us. You cheated me. I can't come with you.' She goes home with ilyas and Samet but she still loves him.

I love this film because of the message at the end of the film. I think that it's important to every culture in the World because love is an international feeling. This is a Turkish language film, and it is my favorite film because love is explained very well.'Selvi Boylum' means 'He is very tall like a tree' and 'Al yazmalim' means 'my wife with the red scarf'.

PASSIVE FORMS1.THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEACTIVE:The man waters the flowers every evening.PASSIVE: The flowers are watered by the man every evening.ACTIVE:Helen doesn’t drink anything in parties.PASSIVE: Nothing is drunk by Helen in parties.ACTIVE:Who sells umbrellas?PASSIVE: Who are umbrellas sold by?

2.THE SIMPLE PAST TENSEACTIVE: The teacher corrected the mistakes.PASSIVE: The mistakes were corrected by the

teacher.ACTIVE: Did the little boy sell all the flowers?PASSIVE: Were all the flowers sold by the little boy?ACTIVE: Lewis didn’t eat any oranges.PASSIVE: No oranges were eaten by Lewis.

3.THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEACTIVE: The cat is eating the meatPASSIVE: The meat is being eaten by the cat.ACTIVE: What is he doing at the moment?PASSIVE: What is being done by him at the moment?

4.THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSEACTIVE: The boy was throwing the Stone.PASIVE: The Stone was being thrown by the boy.ACTIVE: My father wasn’t carrying my bag.PASSIVE: My bag wasn’t being carried by my father.

5.THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSEACTIVE: She has cleaned the window.PASSIVE: The window has been cleaned by her.

6.THE PAST PERFECT TENSEACTIVE: The little girl hadn’t broken the window.PASSIVE: The window hadn’t been broken by the little girl.

7.THE SIMPLE FUTUREACTIVE: Will the manager sign the contract tomorrow?PASSIVE: Will the contract be signed by the manager tomorrow?8.(be) GOING TOACTIVE: My friends are goıng to invite me.PASSIVE: I am going to be invited by my friends.

Change the sentences from the active to the passive. They grow coffee in Kenya.1 ______________________________________________________ . They publish The Times newspaper in London.2 ______________________________________________________ . They make shoes in Calatayud.3 ______________________________________________________ . They transport oranges from Valencia to Germany in special crates.4 ______________________________________________________ . They are sending the parcel by sea.5 ______________________________________________________ . They are destroying the forests in Indonesia.6 ______________________________________________________ . The shark ate the man.7 ______________________________________________________ . The arsonist started the fire.8  ______________________________________________________ . The police took him away.9  ______________________________________________________ . They’ve treated him very well.10  ______________________________________________________ . They haven’t cleaned the kitchen yet.

SOURCES

-e KOLAY İNGİLİZCEGRAMMAR BOOK MAIN APPROACH

http://www.ımb.com/http://www.google.comtr/images

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