1. Passive voice Autor: Mgr. Jana Bálková Datum: 3. 10. 2012

2. What is the difference between these two sentences? William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. How is passive voice formed? To be + past participle

3. What are the past participle forms of these verbs? Fight Hear Sell Teach Understand Wear Win Light Rise Pay Feed Freeze Forget Bring Shake Cost

4. Positive sentence: The telephone was invented by Alexander G. Bell Negative sentence: America wasn’t discovered by James Cook. Question: When was Hamlet written?

5. I often send e-mails to my friends. E-mails are often sent to my friends. My mother wrote a book about dogs. A book about dogs was written by my mother. Professor will describe his project later at the meeting. The project will be described later at the meeting by the professor. Present simple Past simple Future simple

6. Present perfect Past perfect Modal verbs I’ve bought the tickets for the concert. The tickets for the concert have been bought. Children had broken the window. The window had been broken. He must answer all the questions. All the questions must be answered.

7. Present continuous Going to Past continuous I’m washing the car. The car is being washed. Peter was preparing lunch. Lunch was being prepared. Mr. Brown is going to translate the book. The book is going to be translated.

8. Change these sentences into the passive voice: 1. They’re going to close down this company. 2. My father was fixing the lights at 9 o’clock. 3. They didn’t find the truth. 4. They will never find the stolen car. 5. Nobody has cleaned the windows. 6. They won’t dub this film. 7. They’re preparing the room for the party. 8. Someone must tell me about the accident. 9. Somebody robbed 3 banks in this area. 10. They haven’t repaired the lift yet. 11. They’re going to open a new supermarket next month. 12. The police stopped us behind the crossroad. 13. You can’t solve the problem. 14. John was repairing his bike.

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