Презентация, доклад Grammar: The Passive voice

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1. Презентация Grammar: The Passive voice
2. Form verb “to be” + past participle
3. We Use The Passive Without Mentioning the
4. We Use The Passive:We don’t want to
5. We Use The Passive When With the
6. Prepositions When we mention the doer, we
7. Reporting What People Say or Think in
8. The Passive Is Used in TensesPresent simple:
9. Future simple: More cars will be
10. Going to: More cars are going
11. The Passive Is Not Used in:Future continuousFuture perfect continuousPresent perfect continuousPast perfect continuous
12. The End Thank You

Form verb “to be” + past participle (= V3)NB: we don’t change the past participle; we change the verb “to be” in the tense we need (Present, Past, Future).

Слайд 1English Grammar
The Passive Voice

O.Tasenyuk, ELT
Kurchatov School

Слайд 2Form
verb “to be” + past participle (= V3)

NB: we don’t

change the past participle;
we change the verb “to be” in the
tense we need (Present, Past, Future).

Form verb “to be” + past participle (= V3)NB: we don’t change the past participle;

Слайд 3We Use The Passive Without Mentioning the Doer/Agent:
We don’t know the

doer of the action:
The letter was written.
The action is MORE important than the doer:
My car has been stolen.
The doer is obvious:
The criminal will be arrested.
We want to make statements more polite/formal:
My new hat was ruined. (He has ruined my new hat.)

We Use The Passive Without Mentioning the Doer/Agent:We don’t know the doer of the action: The

Слайд 4We Use The Passive:
We don’t want to take responsibility for the

action, or the event is unpleasant:
Hundreds of people were killed.
In newspapers, in news headlines, in formal notices:
New bill has been put forward.

We Use The Passive:We don’t want to take responsibility for the action, or the event is unpleasant:

Слайд 5We Use The Passive When With the Doer/Agent:

We want to emphasize

the doer:
The hospital was visited by the President.

It is important for us WHO is the doer:
This work was done by Nick.

We Use The Passive When With the Doer/Agent:We want to emphasize the doer: The hospital was

Слайд 6Prepositions
When we mention the doer, we use BY :

The elections were won BY V. Putin.
When we want to mention what the agent used in order to carry out an action, we use WITN :
That picture was drawn WITH a blue
crayon.

Prepositions When we mention the doer, we use BY : The elections were won BY V.

Слайд 7Reporting What People Say or Think in General

We use: It is said/ believed/ claimed/ thought that … :
It is claimed that economy will be/get stronger over the next few years.

Reporting What People Say or Think in General We use: It is said/ believed/

Слайд 8The Passive Is Used in Tenses
Present simple:
More cars

are sold now.
Present continuous:
More cars are being sold next month.
Past simple:
More cars were sold in 2005 than in 2008.
Past continuous:
More cars were being sold this time last year.

The Passive Is Used in TensesPresent simple: More cars are sold now.Present continuous: More cars

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Future simple:
More cars will be sold next year,

I hope.
Present perfect:
More cars have already been sold.
Past perfect:
More cars had been sold before he managed to sell his one.

Future simple: More cars will be sold next year, I hope.Present perfect: More cars have

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Going to:
More cars are going to be sold

by this salon.
Modal verbs – present:
More cars can be sold by this salon.
Modal verbs – past:
More cars may have been sold under some other conditions.