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Engleski jezik IV
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For today:
The Passive Voice The Passive of the Present Simple and
Present
Continuous
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Use of Passive
when the focus is on the action
it is not important or not known who or what is performing the
action.
Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was
stolen. I do not know who did it.
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Why do we need passive?
Theme rheme
He opens the door.
themerheme
topic, background, often agent, except
in passive
comment, focus
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Steps in forming a passive sentence
5. Add the S in a by phrase to the end of the sentence, if
required
4. Apply the rule: be + past participle (-ed/irreg.)
Note: be is in the same tense as V under 2, MV is in the pp
3. Move the O to the beginning of the sentence
2. Identify the tense of the V
1. Identify the S and O
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Steps in forming an active sentence
5. Add the S (from the by phrase) to the beginning of the
sentence
4. Put the MV in the same tense as be under 2
3. Move the S to the end of the sentence
2. Identify the tense of be
1. Identify the S and O
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Present Simple in the Passive
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Sentences with 2 Os
If you have 2 Os, you can have 2 sentences in the passive with 2
different Ss
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
Put the verbs in brackets into present simple passive:
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Exercise 5
Look a the Hotel Information table and write sentences as in the
example:
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Present Continuous in the Passive
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
Transform into passive
1. I am reading a story.
2. The engine is driving the train.
3. She is singing a song.
4. The carpenter is making furniture.
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Exercise 3
Change these interrogative sentences into the passive:
1. Are the masons building a house?
2. Who is waiting for you?
3. Whom are you waiting for?
4. Why is he not learning his lessons?
5. Whose father is helping you?
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Exercise 4
Make questions in the passive from these cues:
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Exercise 5
Change the sentences to passive voice:
1. Many people begin new projects in January.2. They make shoes
in that factory.3. They also speak German at EU meetings.4. Someone
reads the newspaper to him every day. 5. The boy is eating the
cake. 6. The dentist is cleaning the womans teeth. 7. He is writing
a letter.8. She is collecting the books.9. We are using a different
camera.10. They are showing both films.
