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Flashcards by Lucas Sandoval, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lucas Sandoval
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| PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH | Active or passive voice? |
| In the active voice, the subject of the verb is the person or thing that does the action. | Jean cooks delicious cakes. |
| How do we form passive constructions? It is simple, every tense can be turned into passive voice, BUT ONLY THOSE SENTECNCES WHOSE VERBS HAVE AN OBJECT. | You can connect your phone-charger anywhere. They hold a meeting before starting that new project. He had to write on her timeline greeting her for her bithday. |
| What's direct object? The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon (i.e., the receiver of the action). | Play the guitar. Every actor played his part. The crowd will cheer the President. We can climb the hill and fly the kite. |
| How to Find the Direct Object of a Sentence You can find the direct object by identifying the verb and then, asking what? (or whom?). For example: | |
| LET'S CLARIFY... | He feds her baby. (Step 1. Find the verb = fed) (Step 2. Ask What? = her baby (Therefore, the direct object is 'her baby'.) The students will do the task. (Step 1. Find the verb = will do) (Step 2. Ask What? = the task) (Therefore, the direct object is 'the task'.) |
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Phrases and Clauses Can Be Direct Objects...
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She thought that the train had left. (Step 1. Find the verb = thought) (Step 2. Ask What? = that the train had left) (Therefore, the direct object is that the train had left.) |
| Let's try another phrese used as an object... | The constable described what he saw at the scene. (Step 1. Find the verb = described) (Step 2. Ask What? = what he saw at the scene) (Therefore, the direct object is what he saw at the scene.) |
| Ok... just in case, let's give phrases as objects another try... | The cat wants to eat our Guinea pig. (Step 1. Find the verb = wants) (Step 2. Ask What? = to eat our guinea pig) (Therefore, the direct object is to eat our guinea pig) (Note: This direct object has its own verb with its own direct object. (Question: to eat what? Answer: our guinea pig.) |
| Do Not Confuse Complements with Direct Objects... | If you ask what? with a linking verb, you will find a verb complement not a direct object. For example: Peter is happy. (Step 1. Find the verb = is) (Step 2. Ask What? = happy.) (However, on this occasion, happy is not the direct object. This is because is (i.e., the verb to be) is a linking verb.) |
| The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. | The subject of the active verb becomes the ‘agent’ of the passive verb. The agent is very often not mentioned. When it is mentioned it is preceded by by and placed at the end of the clause. |
| Let's practice... | REMEMBER ! Find the verb and then ask what or whom... |
| 1. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. 2.Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. 3.Someone painted the office last week. 4.Several people saw the accident. 5.Where do they make these video recorders? | . . . |
| Rewrite the following passage in the Passive. | Some people saw a UFO in the sky above London last night. They reported it to the police. The army sent a helicopter to look at it more closer. The UFO shot the helicopter down and killed both men in it. People have given photographs of the UFO to the police. Experts are looking at them now. |
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