Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES A Taste 4 English Passive voice

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES Active voice The students invited the teachers. The teachers were invited by the students. Passive voice Verb To Be (in the same tense as the main verb in the active sentence) Past Participle + + Agent Object Subject

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES Coffee verb to be in present simple produced is They produce coffee in Brazil. past participle of produce produce is in present simple This is the procedure to turn any sentence from active into passive voice. Let’s see other examples. + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES broken was The window Remember Remember !!! Verb To Be in the same tense as the main verb in the active sentence plus the Past Participle of that verb Somebody broke the window last week. past participle of break verb to be in past simple broke is in past simple + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES by Tim invitedwill be Betty If it is important to mention the agent (the person who does the action) we introduce it with the preposition by. Tim will invite Betty to his birthday party. verb to be in future simple invite is in future simple past participle of invite + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES written have been The walls Tip!Be careful! Tip! Be careful! When the object in the active sentence becomes the subject the form may change in number from singular to plural Somebody has written the walls with a marker. verb to be in present perfect and plural past participle of write write is in present perfect + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES posted must be This letter Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive of the verb To Be. You must post this letter today. modal + verb to be in infinitive modal + verb in infinitive past participle of post + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES stolen may be Your wallet Somebody may steal your wallet if you are not careful. modal + verb to be in infinitive modal + infinitive past participle of steal Let’s see another example. + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES sent was A present to Kate With verbs which take two objects, such as: ask, bring, tell, send, show, teach, promise, offer, give, pay, lend… we can form the passive in two ways but remember: add “to” before the person in the object. Someone sent Kate yesterday. a present verb to be in past simple past participle of send send is in past simple + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES Let’s see the other way. sent was Kate a present Someone sent Kate yesterday. a present verb to be in past simple past participle of send send is in past simple This is called idiomatic passive. The indirect object becomes the subject of the passive sentence. + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES opened are being The mails They are opening the mails now. verb to be in present continuous past participle of open open is in present continuous Let’s turn a sentence from active into passive voice using the present continuous. + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES was being cooked A delicious pie Someone was cooking a delicious pie at the baker’s. verb to be in past continuous past participle of cook cook is in past continuous Now, let’s use the past continuous. + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES Was repaired the computer To make questions, follow the same rule but with the verb to be in the interrogative form. Let’s see an example with a Wh-question Did they repair the computer yesterday morning? verb to be in past simple interrogative repair is in past simple interrogative past simple of repair + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES published the new dictionary was We hope you have enjoyed this PPT! Who published the new dictionary? by? verb to be in past simple interrogative publish is in past simple past participle of publish + +

Inglês | 10.º ano | Nível de continuação A LEXANDRA S AMPAIO ● A NA M ATEUS ● A NABELA B OTAS ● M. P AULA J ALES