ENGLISH MS.HUE- “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

TOPIC 5: PASSIVE VOICE (CÂU BỊ ĐỘNG)

Câu bị động

Bảng công thức các thì ở thể bị động:

Tense Active Passive

Simple Present S+V+O S + is/ am/ are + V3 + by + O

Present
S + am/is/are + V-ing + O S + am/is/are + being + V3 + by + O
Continuous

Present Perfect S + has/have + V3 + O S + has/have + been + V3 + by + O

Simple Past S + V-ed + O S + was/were + V3 + by + O

Past Continuous S + was/were + V-ing + O S + was/were + being + V3 + by + O

Past Perfect S + had + V3 + O S + had + been + V3 + by + O

Simple Future S + will/shall + V + O S + will + be + V3 + by + O

S + will/shall + have + V3 + S + will + have + been + V3 + by +

Future Perfect
O O

S + am/is/are + going to + V S + am/is/are + going to + be + V3 +

Be + going to
+O by + O

S + model verb + V + O S + model verb + be + V3 + by + O

Model Verbs
S + modal Verb + have +V3 S + modal Verb + have been +V3

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CÁC DẠNG ĐẶC BIỆT CỦA CÂU BỊ ĐỘNG

Dạng 1: Với động từ “Need”

CĐ: S + need + to V1 + O
BĐ: S (O) + nedd + Ving (đây là dạng bị động của gerund)
Hoặc: S(O) + need + to be + V3/ed

Ví dụ: I need to cut my hair. => My hair needs cutting. => My hair needs to be cut.

Dạng 2: Với động từ theo sau là to + V1 hoặc Gerund (Ving)

Chủ động Bị động

S + V + (O) + to + V1 S + V + to be + V3/ed

S + V +(O) + gerund S + V + being+ V3/ed

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Ví dụ: I want my sister to tell this story again.

=> I want this story to be told again by my sister.

She likes me taking some photos.
=> She likes some photos being taken. I
enjoy reading these novels.
=> I enjoy these novels being read.

Dạng 3: Với động từ chỉ giác quan:

Các động từ chỉ giác quan như: see, watch, hear, smell, taste...

Chủ động Bị động

S+V + O + V1 S (O) + be +V3/ed + to V1

S + V + O + Gerund S (O) + be + V3/ed + gerund

Ví dụ: I saw her sing a song. => She was seen to sing a song. I
saw her singing a song. => She was seen singing a song.
Dạng 4: Với động từ Make và Let.

Chủ động Bị động

S + make + O + V1 S (O)+be + made + to V1

S (O) + be + let/ allowed + to V1

S + let + O + V1
(allow thường được dùng hơn)

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Ví dụ: He makes me cry a lot. =>I am made to cry a lot.

She lets her children play soccer in the garden on Sunday afternoon.

=> Her children are allowed to play soccer in the garden on Sunday afternoon.

Dạng 5: Với thể nhờ bảo: Ta dùng động từ Have hoặc Get (nhờ vả ai |đó làm gì)

Chủ động Bị động

S + have Sb do Sth S + have sth + V3/ed by Sb

S +get Sb to do sth S + get sth + V3/ed by Sb

Ví dụ: I have my brother repair this bike.

=> I have this bike repaired by my

brother. She gets him to do this
exercise.
=> She gets this exercise done.

Dạng 6: Bị động với công thức

CHỦ ĐỘNG:

It is/was + Adj (important / necessary /impossible...) + to V inf + O

BỊ ĐỘNG:

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It is/was + Adj (important/ necessary / impossible...) + for + O + to be + V3/ed

Ví dụ: It is very necessary to solve this problem.

=> It is very necessary for this problem to be solved.

EXERCISE

Exercise 1. Chuyển sang câu bị động.

1. My brother broke this mirror last night.

………………………………………..

2. Someone washes the towels in the hotel every day

……………………………………………………

3. They built the house ten years ago.

…………………………………………….

4. They grow this fruit in very hot countries.

……………………………………………….

5. We pay the office workers weekly.

………………………………………

6. He bought all this cheese in France.

………………………………………………

7. Someone found Emily's bike in the river.

……………………………………………..

8. He visits most of the prisoners once a week

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………………………………………………..

9. Someone cleans this car every week.

………………………………………

10. They play a lot of sport on the beach.

…………………………………………..

11. Someone stole all my best jewellery.

………………………………………….

12. They carried the children all the way home.

…………………………………………………

13. Someone watches the palace twenty-four hours a day

…………………………………………………….

14. They leave the grapes to dry in the sun.

………………………………………………

EXERCISE 2. Circle the best answer.

1. My room _________________________ in the house by her now.

A. is being cleaned B. are being cleaned

C. will be cleaned D. would be cleaned

2. Tom ___________________________ by Mary since 10 o'clock.

A. has operated B. have been operated

C. has been operated D. All are wrong.

3. Someone __________________ to take his place.

A. must be find B. might be find

C. should be finds D. must be found

4. 20 demonstrators ________________________ by the police.

A. was arrested B. were arrested C. was arresting D. A & B

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5. That book ______________________ by Tom yesterday.

A. were bought B. bought C. A & B D. was bought

6. Much of the city ______________________ by fire in the 17th century.

A. was destroyed B. is destroyed

C. are destroyed D. were destroyed

7. Work _________________________ by the teacher.

A. are being watched B. was being watched

C. is being watched D. B & C

8. My house __________________ red and blue.

A. are painted B. is painted C. was painted D. All are wrong.

9. The grain _________________ to the factory, where it _______________ and

____________________.

A. are taken / cleaned / is checked B. is taken / is cleaned / is checked

C. was taken / was cleaned / was checked D. is taken / is cleaned / checked

10. Jag Niwas _______________________ by Prince Maharana Jagat Singh II.

A. were built B. are built C. was built D. is built

11. The wall _______________________ before you paint it.

A. must be cleaned B. should cleaned

C. might been cleaned D. No answer is right

12. The Garden of Clear Ripples ___________________ by The Qing Emperor

Quinlong in the middle of the 16th century.

A. designed B. was designed C. were designed D. B & C

13. This computer _________________________ to use

A. will be continued B. would continued

C. should continue D. must continues

14. A lot of food _____________________ these days.

A. are thrown B. were thrown C. is thrown D. was thrown

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15. People should send their complaints to the head office.

A. Their complaints were sent to the head office.
B. The head office was sent their complaints.
C. Their complaints should be sent to the head office.
D. The head office should be sent complaints.
16. People don’t use this road very often.
A.This road don’t be used very often. B. This road is not used very often.
C. This road is used not very often. D. This road is not often used.
17. Miller has taken a lot of photographs.
A. Photographs have been taken by Miller.
B. Photographs have been taken a lot of by Miller.
C. A lot of photographs were taken by Miller.
D. A lot of photographs have been taken by Miller.
18. The teacher gave us two very difficult exercises.
A. We were given two very difficult exercises.
B. Two very difficult exercises were given to the teacher.
C. Two very difficult exercises were given to us.
D. Both (A and (C are correct.
19. They said that he was all right .
A.He said he was all right . B.They were said him was all right .
C.He was said he was all right . D.He was said to be all right .
20. The lawyer is interviewing the witness.
A. The witness is interviewed B. The witness is being interviewed
C. The lawyer is interviewed D. The lawyer is being interviewed
21. They are taking photographs of the event.
A. The event was taken photographs.
B.The event is taken photographs.
C. Photographs are taken of the event.
D. Photographs of the event are being taken.

22. How do people learn languages?

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A.How are languages learned? B.How are languages learned by people?

C. How languages are learned? D.Languages are learned how?
23. Nobody told me that George was ill.
A. I was told that George wasn't ill. B. I wasn't told that George was ill.
C. Geoge wasn't told to be ill. D. George was told not to be ill.
24. His colleagues gave him a present when he retired.
A. He was given a present when he retired.
B. A present was given by his colleagues when he retired.
C. He was given a present by his colleagues when he retired.
D. A present was given him when he retired.
25. We will send you the results as soon as they are ready.
A. You will be sent the results as soon as they are ready,
B. You will be sent the results as soon as they are ready by us.
C. The results will be sent you by us as soon as they are ready.
D. The results will be sent you as soon as they are ready by us.
26. Brian told me that somebody had attacked him in the street.
A. I was told by Brian that somebody had attacked him in the street.
B. I was told by Brian that he had been attacked in the street.
C. Brian told me to have been attacked in the street.
D. Brian told me that he had been attacked in the street.
Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer.
1. We can’t go along here because the road _____.
a. is repairing b. is repaired c. is being repaired d. repaires
2. The story I’ve just read _____ Agatha Christie.
a. was written b. was written by c. was written from d. wrote by
3. Why don’t you have your brother _____ the roof?
a repairs b. repair c. repaired d. to repair
4. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____.
a. be have called b. been called c. be called d. have been called
5. Something funny _____ in class yesterday.
a. happened b. was happened c. happens d. is happened
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6. Many US automobiles _____ in Detroit, Michigan.

a. manufacture b. have manufactured
c. are manufactured d. are manufacturing
7. Some film stars _____ difficult to work with.
a. are said be b. are said to be c. say to be d. said to be
8. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It _____ everything in its path.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed
c. was being destroyed d. has been destroyed
9. Vitamin C _____ by the human body. It gets into blood stream quickly.
a. absorbs easily b. is easily absorbing
c. is easily absorbed d. absorbed easily
10. All bottles _________ before transportation.
A. frozen B. is frozen C. was frozen D. were frozen
11.The telephones_________ by Alexander Graham Bell.
A. is invented B. is inventing C. invented D. was invented
12. Lots of houses_________ by the earthquake.
A. are destroying B. destroyed C. were destroyed D. is destroyed
13. Gold_________ in California in the 19th century.
A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was discover D. they discover
14. Sarah is wearing a blouse. It___________ of cotton.
A. be made B. are made C. is made D. made
15. They had a boy _________ that yesterday.
A. done B. to do C. did D. do
16. Somebody cleans the room every day.
A. The room everyday is cleaned. B. The room is every day cleaned.
C. The room is cleaned every day. D. The room is cleaned by somebody every day.
17. The new computer system _________ next month.
A. is be installed B. is being installed
C. is been installed D. is being installed by people

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