PASSIVE SONG_ ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY

 

1. EXERCISE

2. EXERCISE

PASSIVE GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES

 Grammar and exercises form Liveworksheets. 

1. Grammar and exercises

2. Exercise 2

3. Active voice into passive

4. Complete the sentences

5. Present, Past and Future

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

English exercises about Passive Voice for 4º ESO students

 PASSIVE ON SIMPLE PRESENT

 PASSIVE ON SIMPLE PAST

 PASSIVE WITH FUTURE

 PASSIVE WITH AUXILIARY VERBS

MIXED EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE AND EXERCISES

CARACTERISTICAS

1. Se dice que una oración está en VOZ ACTIVA cuando la significación del verbo es producida por la persona gramatical a quien aquél se refiere: Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. (Shakespeare escribió Hamlet).

2. Se dice que una oración está en VOZ PASIVA cuando la significación del verbo es recibida por la persona gramatical a quien aquél se refiere: Hamlet was written by Shakespeare. (Hamlet fue escrito por Shakespeare).

3. Se forma con el auxiliar del verbo to be y el participio pasado del verbo que se conjuga, si el verbo es irregular estamos hablando de la 3ª columna.

4. El complemento de la oración activa pasa a sujeto de la pasiva. Como en castellano, el sujeto de la activa se puede conservar como sujeto agente.

5. Cuando un verbo tiene dos complementos se pueden hacer dos estructuras de pasiva: a) A book was sent to Tom by Mr. Smith, Un libro fue enviado a Tom por Mr. Smith. b) Tom was sent a book by Mr. Smith (pasiva idiomática). Esta estructura no es posible en castellano.

VOZ ACTIVA Y PASIVA: REGLAS PRACTICAS

1. La voz pasiva se forma con el verbo to be conjugado más el participio del verbo principal. En inglés es mucho más frecuente que en español y, normalmente, aparece cuando no es importante quien realiza una acción sino el hecho en sí. Por eso, no siempre que veamos una pasiva, tenemos que traducirlo literalmente, puesto que en español suena más forzado. Sólo es posible el uso de la voz pasiva con verbos transitivos (verbos que llevan complemento directo).

VOZ ACTIVA
Tom writes a letter
Tom wrote a letter
Tom will write a letter
Tom can write a letter
Tom could write a letter                  

VOZ PASIVA
A letter is written by Tom
A letter was written by Tom
A letter will be written by Tom
A letter can be written by Tom
A letter could be written by Tom
 

2. El sujeto agente se expresa con by. Sin embargo, en la mayoría de las ocasiones se prescinde del sujeto ya que no nos interesa saber quién exactamente ejecuta la acción. Si una oración activa tiene complemento directo e indirecto, cualquiera de los dos complementos puede ser sujeto paciente de la pasiva:

ACTIVE: Someone gives me a dog
PASSIVE 1: A dog is given to me
PASSIVE 2: I am given a dog (forma pasiva idiomática)

 Here you have some links to practise Passive voice.

EXERCISES

EXERCISES 2

EXERCISES 3

 EXERCISES 4

EXERCISES 5

EXERCISES 6

EXERCISES 7

GRAMMAR FOR 3º and 4º ESO

Here you have English grammar for ESO. Have fun!

        3º / 4º ESO

Adjectives:
1 / 2 / 3

Wh- Questions:
1

Present Continuous:
1

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Past Simple:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11

Present Perfect:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

For / since / during:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

Just / already / still / yet:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

For / since / ever / never / still / just / already / yet:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Present Perfect Continuous "I have been running" ("he estado corriendo"):
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7

Future Continuous "will be + verb-ing" (estaré corriendo):
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Future Perfect "will have + past participle" (habré corrido):/
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Simple Future, Future Continuous, Future Perfect:
1 / 2

Future Continuous vs. Future Perfect Continuous:
1

Tenses Cocktail (intermediate level):
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20

Reported Speech:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Reporting Verbs "Say / tell / ask":
1 / 2

Relative Clauses:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

0 Type Conditional:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

1st Type Conditional:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

2nd Type Conditional:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

1st and 2nd Type Conditional :
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Comparatives and Superlatives:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Passive voice:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11

Sentence Structure Writing Practice

1. Yes/No Questions (1)
2. Yes/No Questions (2)
3. Wh- Questions (1)
4. Wh- Questions (2)
5. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Present Tense (1)
6. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Present Tense (2)
7. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Present: Yes/No Questions
8. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Present: Wh- Questions
9. Scrambled Sentences - The Present Continuous Tense (1)
10. Scrambled Sentences - The Present Continuous Tense (2)
11. Scrambled Sentences - The Present Continuous: Questions
12. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Past Tense (1)
13. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Past Tense (2)
14. Scrambled Sentences - The Simple Past Tense: Questions
15. Scrambled Sentences - The Present Perfect Tense (1)
16. Scrambled Sentences - The Present Perfect Tense (2)
17. Scrambled Sentences - The Future Tense
18. Passive Voice (1)
19. Passive Voice (2)
20. Passive Voice (3)
21. Adjective Clauses (1)
22. Adjective Clauses (2)
23. Noun Clauses (1)
24. Noun Clauses (2)
25. Reported Speech

PASSIVE VOICE

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 not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Examples of Passive 

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

Examples of Passive 

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Rita	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Rita.
Past Progressive	Active:	Rita	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Rita.
Past Perfect	Active:	Rita	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Rita.
Future II	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.
Conditional I	Active:	Rita	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Rita.
Conditional II	Active:	Rita	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Rita.

Excercises

Exercises on Passive (Form)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present 
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past 
• Exercise on Passive with Present Perfect 
• Exercise on Passive with Future I 

Exercises on Passive (Active → Passive)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present 
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past 
• Exercise on Passive with Present Perfect 
• Exercise on Passive with Future I 
• Exercise on Passive with Auxiliary Verbs 
• Mixed Exercise on Passive with Passive 
• Sentences with 2 Objects (Indirect Object, Personal Passive)  (neu)
• Sentences with 2 Objects (Direct Object)  (neu)
• Personal Passive (verbs of perception)  (neu)

• Exercise on Passive with Present Progressive 
• Exercise on Passive with Past Progressive 
• Exercise on Passive with Past Perfect 
• Exercise on Passive with Future II 
• Exercise on Passive with Conditional I 
• Exercise on Passive with Conditional II 

Exercises on Passive (Active or Passive)

• Exercise on Simple Present 
• Exercise on Simple Past 
• Exercise on Present Perfect 
• Exercise on Future I with will 
• Exercise – The Statue of Liberty  (neu)
• Exercise – Portal Dolmen  (neu)
• Summary – The Fellowship of the Ring, part 2, part 3 

Grammar in Texts

• Show Passive Voice in „The Canterville Ghost“ 
• Grammar Exercise on „Washington, DC“ 
• Show Passive Voice in „History of Snowboarding“