To learn Passive voice it is necessary to know the past participles. If you do not know the past participles go to our post on Past participle and learn the irregular verbs first. Once you do not have any problems with past participles, it is time to learn the Passive voice in English.
Passive voice is used if the subject (the thing before the verb) does not do the action described by the verb. Then you have to insert the verb “TO BE” in the correct form in front of the verb in past participle.
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Passive – graphical presentation
[/su_heading] First there is a mind map describing the form of the passive.ADVERTISEMENT:
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The second graphic clearly shows the usage of passive voice: Your task is to write two sentences under each picture using present simple tense and past simple. The sentences in the first column should be in active voice and the sentences in the second column should be in passive voice.
[su_heading size=”16″]Passive – games
[/su_heading] Here you have a chance to learn the passive through games. Play each game at least twice and then I think that you will understand the basic rules of passives.The first game is a simple online quiz. Try to fill in the verbs in the correct form.
The second game is called Hoop shoot. Once again, choose the correct form and then stop the sliders in the center.
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Category: English games, Grammar, Intermediate
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