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English Grammar
English Grammar
The Passive Voice
The Passive Voice
O.Tasenyuk, ELT
O.Tasenyuk, ELT
Kurchatov School
Kurchatov School
FormForm
verb “to be” + past participle (= V3)
NBNB: we don’t change the past participle;
we change the verb “to be” in the
tense we need (Present, Past, Future).
We Use The Passive Without
We Use The Passive Without
Mentioning the Doer/Agent:
Mentioning the Doer/Agent:
• We don’t know the doer of the action:
The letter was written.
• The action is MORE important than the doer:
My car has been stolen.
• The doer is obvious:
The criminal will be arrested.
• We want to make statements more
polite/formal:
My new hat was ruined. (He has ruined my
new hat.)
We Use The Passive:
• We don’t want to take responsibility for
the action, or the event is unpleasant:
Hundreds of people were killed.
• In newspapers, in news headlines, in
formal notices:
New bill has been put forward.
We Use The Passive When With
the Doer/Agent:
• We want to emphasize the doer:
The hospital was visited by the President.
• It is important for us WHO is the doer:
This work was done by Nick.
Prepositions
• When we mention the doer, we use BY :
The elections were won BY V. Putin.
• When we want to mention what the agent
used in order to carry out an action, we use
WITN :
That picture was drawn WITH a blue
crayon.
Reporting What People Say or
Think in General
We use: It is said/ believed/ claimed/
thought that … :
It is claimed that economy will be/get
stronger over the next few years.
The Passive Is Used in Tenses
• Present simple:
More cars are sold now.
• Present continuous:
More cars are being sold next month.
• Past simple:
More cars were sold in 2005 than in 2008.
• Past continuous:
More cars were being sold this time last
year.
• Future simple:
More cars will be sold next year, I hope.
• Present perfect:
More cars have already been sold.
• Past perfect:
• More cars had been sold before he
managed to sell his one.
• Going to:
More cars are going to be sold by this
salon.
• Modal verbs – present:
More cars can be sold by this salon.
• Modal verbs – past:
More cars may have been sold under
some other conditions.
The Passive Is Not Used in:
• Future continuous
• Future perfect continuous
• Present perfect continuous
• Past perfect continuous
Grammar Passive voice.ppt
