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    English For Vocational School: Passive Voice

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    This document provides information about passive voice and its uses in English. It discusses when to use the passive voice, such as to show that a person or object is undergoing an action or when the actor is unknown or unspecified. It then provides examples of using the passive voice in simple present, present continuous, and past tenses by changing the subject and verb form compared to the active voice. Students are instructed to form groups of three to discuss and explain another formula for using passive voice.

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    This document provides information about passive voice and its uses in English. It discusses when to use the passive voice, such as to show that a person or object is undergoing an action or when the actor is unknown or unspecified. It then provides examples of using the passive voice in simple present, present continuous, and past tenses by changing the subject and verb form compared to the active voice. Students are instructed to form groups of three to discuss and explain another formula for using passive voice.

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    This document provides information about passive voice and its uses in English. It discusses when to use the passive voice, such as to show that a person or object is undergoing an action or when the actor is unknown or unspecified. It then provides examples of using the passive voice in simple present, present continuous, and past tenses by changing the subject and verb form compared to the active voice. Students are instructed to form groups of three to discuss and explain another formula for using passive voice.

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    English For Vocational School: Passive Voice

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    ENGLISH FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

    PASSIVE VOICE
    _MS FEBRI_
    WHEN TO USE PASSIVE
    VOICE???
    TO SHOW A PERSON OR AN OBJECT
    SUBJECTED TO AN ACTION.
    WHEN WE DON'T KNOW OR DON'T WANT TO
    MENTION THOSE WHO DO THE ACTION.
    SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

    SUBJECT: TO BE: VERB:


    I am Verb 1
    You are Verb 1
    They are Verb 1
    We are Verb 1
    He is Verb 1 + s / es
    She is Verb 1 + s / es
    It is Verb 1 + s / es
    SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
    SUBJECT PRONOUN: OBJECT PRONOUN:
    I Me
    You You
    They Them
    We Us
    He Him
    She Her
    It It

    I like you.
    You like me.
    He likes her.
    She likes him.
    SUBJECT + VERB 1 + OBJECT
    We cook fried rice.
    I write some letters.
    She drinks the juice.

    Simple PASSIVE:
    SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB 3
    Present Object Subject
    Tense
    Subject Object

    Fried rice is cooked by us.


    Some letters are written by me.
    The juice is drunk by her.
    PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
    SUBJECT + TO BE (AM, IS, ARE) + VERB-ING + OBJECT

    PASSIVE:
    EXAMPLES: SUBJECT + TO BE + BEING + VERB 3 + OBJECT

    Antoni is playing games. Games are being played by Antoni.


    They are reading the books. The books are being read by them.
    the dog is barking me. I am being barked by the dog.
    PAST TENSE
    SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

    TO BE PAST:
    Was / Were
    SUBJECT: TO BE:
    I was
    You were
    They were
    We were
    He was
    She was
    It was
    PAST TENSE

    PASSIVE:
    EXAMPLES: SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB 3 + OBJECT

    We studied English. English was studied by us.


    They washed the clothes. The clothes were washed by them.
    He ate Pizza. Pizza was eaten by him.
    Group Work
    Projects that will be completed by teams

    Make a group of 3 and find


    another formula of Passive
    Voice. Explain it with your
    group members.

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