Grammar 8-3-2022

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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What's the difference between these sentences?

Somebody built this house in 1935.

This house was built in 1935.

Slide 2 - Slide

What's the difference?

Slide 3 - Open question

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Passive
  • The emphasis is on what happens to a subject. Who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant. 
  • A lot of money was stolen in the robbery.
    (Somebody stole it, we don't know who)
  • Is this room cleaned everyday?
    (does someone clean it? Not important who)

Slide 5 - Slide

Passive
  • If you want to say who does or what caused the action, you use "by ...."

  • This house was built by my grandfather. 
  • Two hundred people are employed by the company. 

Slide 6 - Slide

Passive
How to form the passive

be (is/was etc.) + past participle (done, cleaned, seen etc.)

Present simple -> am / are / is + past participle
Past simple -> was / were + past participle

Slide 7 - Slide

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Passive sentences in 5 steps
  1. Identify the subject, verb and object 
  2. Identify the tense by looking at the verb
  3. Use object as new subject (singular/ plural)
  4. Add form of 'to be' and change verb into past participle
  5. Add rest of the sentence and "by ..." if needed

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How to recognize a passive sentence...
  • Check if there is a form of 'to be' used (am, are, is, was, were, 
     been)
  • Is it followed by a past participle?
  • Is it followed by 'by + noun or pronoun?
     If not, can it be followed by  'by zombies'?

  • Are all answers 'yes'? Congratulations, you have a passive
     sentence!

Slide 10 - Slide

Boys like to play soccer.
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 11 - Quiz

This room has been painted blue.
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 12 - Quiz

Cricket is played in Australia
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 13 - Quiz

You might see dolphins here.
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 14 - Quiz

They were singing a song in the lesson yesterday.
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 15 - Quiz

A letter was written to her some days ago.
A
Active
B
Passive

Slide 16 - Quiz

Make this sentence passive:
She bought four apples.

Slide 17 - Open question

Make this sentence passive:
The police arrested the thieves.

Slide 18 - Open question

Make this sentence passive:
The policemen help the children.

Slide 19 - Open question

Make this sentence passive:
Mother waters the flowers.

Slide 20 - Open question

Make this sentence passive:
The students handed in the reports.

Slide 21 - Open question

Make this sentence passive:
Sue puts the bag on the floor.

Slide 22 - Open question

Time for work

Do: Unit 42+43

Slide 23 - Slide