Passive and active voice

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………2 1. Passive voice..………………………………………………………………………3 2. Reasons to use passive voice...……………………………………………………...3 3. Present simple…………………...…………………………………………………..4 4. Past simple………………………..…………………………………………………4 5. Present perfect……………………..………………………………………………..5 6. Going to……………….…………….………………………………………………6 7. Role play…………………………….………………………………………………6 Conclusion…………………….…………………………………………………………….8 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………..9 Introduction This work is about passive voice. We have two form of voice and passive voice is one of them other is active voice, when we want to pass one tense in active voice to passive voice we may use the verb to be and the principal verb in past participle, in same case we put by to identify the agent who make the action. The passive voice is used in all tenses, but on this work we can found the definition of passive voice, the reason to use the passive voice and how can we use the passive voice in present simple, past simple, present perfect and going to form. In the end of the work have the role play about the topic. 1. Passive voice The passive voice is a grammatical construction(specifically, a voice). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as ‘our troops defeated the enemy’) appears as the passive voice (e.g. the…

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………2 1. Passive voice..………………………………………………………………………3 2. Reasons to use passive voice...……………………………………………………...3 3. Present simple…………………...…………………………………………………..4 4. Past simple………………………..…………………………………………………4 5. Present perfect……………………..………………………………………………..5 6. Going to……………….…………….………………………………………………6 7. Role play…………………………….………………………………………………6 Conclusion…………………….…………………………………………………………….8…

Use of Passive Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known however, who or what is performing the action. Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: Example: A mistake was made. In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do…

Passive Voice Voz Passiva a) Their arrival was announced by the waiter. (A sua chegada foi anunciada pelo criado.) b) I was told that he has been ill. (Disseram-me que ele esteve doente.) Mais exemplos: a) 1. Believe me, my dear sir; my gratitude is warmly excited by such affectionate attention. (Creia-me meu caro senhor; a minha gratidão é fortemente despertada por tão carinhosa solicitude.) 2. Elizabeth was sitting with her mother… when Sir William Lucas…

Trabalho de Inglês Simple Present Active Voice: Lucas washes the car. Passive Voice: The car is washed by Lucas. Present Continuous Ative Voice: The student is writing a work about technology in the 21 century. Passive Voice: A work about technology in the 21 century is being written by the student. Present Perfect Ative Voice: She has worked at the hospital since april. Passive Voice: Since april she has been worked at the hospital.…

Brasil, voz ativa) O passive voice pode ser utilizado em quase todos os tempos verbais do inglês, exceto o "future progressive" e os "perfect progressive". USOS DA VOZ PASSIVA 1. A voz passiva é empregada para enfatizar mais a ação ou o seu resultado do que a pessoa que pratica a ação. Assim é enfatizado o que acontece a alguém ou a algo: Alfred raises cows and pigs. (active voice) - Dá ênfase a Alfred. Cows and pigs are raised by Alfred. (passive voice) - Dâ ênfase ao que…

e a forma, tendo também em mente que toda língua tem sua diversidade e sua cultura. Palavras-chaves: Dificuldades; Falantes do português; Semelhança; Voz passiva ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present the passive voice in english and the difficulties of portuguese speakers in Brazil with the passive voice in english. The passive voice is designed to give an emphasis on action and not the agent. To form a sentence in passive voice we use the direct or indirect object as…

Use of this tense – uso deste tempo 1 - Usamos este tempo para dizer que estaremos fazendo algo em certo tempo no futuro. a) The movie begins at 8:00 and ends at 9:30 . So , at 8:30 I will be watching the movie O filme começa as 8:00 h e termina as 9:30h. Então as 8:30 estarei assistindo ao filme. b) David works from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. . Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. he will be working David trabalha das 9 as 17 horas.Amanhã a 1 da tarde ele estara trabalhando. 2 -Podemos usar este…

PASSIVE VOICE REVIEW: Subject in a sentence: Who practices the action Object in a sentence: who suffers the action or complete the verb. Use Example To focus on when or where something is done, or what is done. Gunpowder was invented in China. To introduce general opinions It is believed that Eskimos once migrated from Asia to Arctic Canada. To describe processes and facts Coffee has been grown in Brazil for hundreds of years. When the agent that performs an action is…

Practice A) Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice? 1) The bus driver was hurt. 2) Bingo is played in Britain. 3) They often read e-mail B) Rewrite the sentences in Passive voice. Example: The students wrote letters. Letters were written by the students. 1) The teacher closes the window. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2) Frank takes photos.…