PROFESOR: Ugron Erika
DISCIPLINA: limba engleză
PASSIVE VOICE
TASK 1: Listen to the song, read the lyrics and pay attention to the verb forms in bold. Do you
recognize the verb form? Is it active or passive voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlJeNTZwa_w
BOB DYLAN: BOWIN’ IN THE WIND
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
PASSIVE FORMS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jr07Y17qn8
TASK 2: Copy into your notebooks with today’s date
ACTIVE VOICE (Diateza activă: arată că acțiunea este făcută de subiectul gramatical al propoziției.):
I do my homework on Saturday.
PASSIVE VOICE (Diateza pasivă: arată că subiectul gramatical suferă acțiunea făcută de alticneva).
My homework is done on Saturday by me.
Explanation:
*Complementul direct al propoziției cu verbul în diateza activă: homework devine subiectul propoziției
cu verbul în diateza pasivă.
*Subiectul propoziției cu verbul în diateza activă I devine complementul de agent al propoziției cu verbul
în diateza pasivă: by me. Când agentul se cunoaște sau este evident nu trebuie folosit, poate fi omis.
FORM: the verb TO BE + 3RD FORM of the verb
TENSE ACTIVE PASSIVE
Present Simple I do my homework every day. My homework is done every day (by me).
He eats a lot of meat. A lot of meat is eaten by him.
Present Continuous I am studying Passive voice now. Passive voice is being studied (by me).
Past Simple I did my homework yesterday. My homework was done yesterday (by
me).
Present Perfect Simple I have just finished writing the e- The e-mail has just been finished (by me).
mail.
Present Perfect I have been making a cake. A cake has being made (by me).
Continuous
Past Perfect Simple I had opened the agenda before I The agenda had been opened before I
started working. started working.
WILL I will do my homework tomorrow. My homework will be done tomorrow.
GOING TO I’m going to do my homework. My homework is going to be done
tomorrow.
TASK 2: Do the following exercises:
1. Go through the following sentences and decide whether they should be naturally used in the passive or in the
active, by choosing the correct verb form.
a) English also speaks / is also spoken in New Zealand and Australia.
b) We spent / were spent too much money last summer holidays.
c) Jaguars don´t make / aren´t made in USA.
d) The factory produces / is produced thousands of sports shoes and most of them export / are exported.
e) Can we play on the football pitch?
No, the grass is cutting / is being cut.
f) The two lost children have found / have been found alive in a suburban park.
2. All the sentences are in the passive. Read them any correct any verb forms that are incorrect. Tick the correct
answers.
a) Our passports were taking by a woman in uniform. ______________________________________________
b) Three men were arrested last night when they tried to break into the Museum. ________________________
c) Stamps can be buying at the post office. _______________________________________________________
d) Simon´s car has be stolen from the car park. ___________________________________________________
e) We have been invited to Helen´s party. _______________________________________________________
f) The new library won´t be building in the town centre. ____________________________________________
3. Make these sentences passive, mentioning the agent only when necessary.
a) Yesterday morning somebody attacked Mr. Foster on his way to work.
b) The Prince of Wales has opened a new university in York.
c) Paul and Karen are redecorating the living room.
d) Tim gave Lucy a diamond ring on her birthday.
e) We must warn them of the danger.
f) Phil will leave the tickets for us in the box office.
g) They sent a birthday card to Gary.
Answer key for TASK 2
a) is spoken
b) spent
c) aren´t made
d) produces…are exported
e) is being cut
f) have been found
2.
a) were taken
b)
c) can be bought
d) has been stolen
e)
f) won´t be built.
3.
a) Yesterday morning Mr. Foster was attacked on his way to work.
b) A new university has been open in York by the Price of Wales.
c) The living room is being redecorated by Paul and Karen.
d) A diamond ring was given to Lucy on her birthday.
e) They must be warned of the danger.
f) The tickets will be left for us by Phil in the box office.
g) A birthday cart was sent to Gary.
