Passive Voice Present Simpe, Continuous, Perfect

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Passive voice

Active voice
The subject of a sentence is the
person or thing we talk about.
When the subject does
something, we use ACTIVE VOICE
Subject (doer) Active verb ( it can be in diff. tenses)

E.g.:People sell good luck


flowers.
Object (receiver)
Passive voice
 Itis used when the subject is
not the doer of an action.
 We put the receiver of an
action as the subject.
Subject ( receiver) Passive verb Object (Doer)
 We put the doer(Itof canan
be inaction
diff. tenses)

as the object.
 E.g.: Good luck flowers are
sold by people.
The form of passive voice
-It is formed by: be + past participle

Active Passive
Collect Is/are collected
Perform Is/are performed
Decorate
Is/are decorated
Light
Sweep
Is/are lit
Burn
Is/are swept
Is/are burnt
Practice

People eat moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival


Moon cakes are eaten (by people) at Mid-Autumn festival
People sweep graves with brooms at Ching Ming Festival.

Graves are swept with brooms (by people) at Ching Ming Festival.
People light lanterns at Mid-Autumn Festivals.

Lanterns are lit (by people) at Mid-Autumn Festivals


M E
G A !
M E
T I
People sweep graves.
Graves
__________________.
Are
Is swept
swept

Sweep Swept
People buy some flowers
Some flowers Are bought
______________.
Is bought bought

Are
Buyed
bought
Miss Lee paints a picture.
A picture Is___________
painted by
Miss Lee.
Painted Are
painted

Paint Is painted
The brother make a cake.
Is made
A cake ___________ by
the brother.
maked Is made

Are
made Is make
John buys some new clothes.
Some new clothesAre bought by
_________
John
bought Is
bought

Are Be
bought bought
The family clean the house
Is cleaned by the family
The house __________________.

Is cleaned by the family


Are cleaned by the family
Cleaned by the family
Clean by the family
Mr. Chan places some
flowers Are placed by Mr. Chan
Some flowers
__________________.
Placed by Mr. Chan
Is Placed by Mr. Chan
Are placed by Mr. Chan
Are place by Mr. Chan
Sally throws the old
things.
The old thingsAre thrown by Sally
___________________.
Are threw by Sally
Is thrown by Sally
Thrown by Sally
Are Thrown by Sally
Peter draws a car
A _________________________
car is drawn by Peter
__.
A car is drew by Peter
A car is drawn by Peter
Peter is drawn by a car
Peter is drew by a car
Mr. and Mrs. Wu bake a cake
A cake is baked by Mr. and
_________________________ Mrs. Wu
__.
A cake are baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake is baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake baked by Mr. and Mrs. Wu
A cake bake by Mr. and Mrs. Wu.
Present Continuous

Present Continuous
 AM/IS/ARE+ BEING + Past Participle
Active
 The teacher is punishing me.
 The teacher is punishing the boy.
 The teacher is punishing the boys.

Passive
 I am being punished by the teacher.
 The boy is being punished by the teacher.
 The boys are being punished by the teacher.
PRESENT PERFECT
Present Perfect
HAVE/HAS+ BEEN+ Past Participle

 Active
 The teacher has punished me.
 The teacher has punished the boy.

 Passive
 I have been punished by the teacher.
 The boy has been punished by the teacher.
Now......

Please change to Passive voice

Present Continuous and Present


Perfect
 I am playing the piano
now.

The piano is being played


by me now.
 Mysister is making a tasty
cake now.
A tasty cake is being made
by my sister now.
 Mona is washing the clothes now.
 The clothes are being washed by Mona
now.
Nickis eating an ice-cream now.
An ice-cream is being eaten by
Nick now.
We are meeting the relatives
now.
 The relatives are being met by
us now.
He has turned off the TV set.
The TV set has been turned
off by him.
Pam has bought a new ring
recently.
A new ring has been bought
by Pam recently.
You have made a lot of
mistakes.
A lot of mistakes have been
made by you.
Thank you

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