1. Present Passive
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2. The passive voice
 The Passive is not a
tense.
 You will find it easier to
understand the passive if
you already know the
basic English verb tenses.

3.  We make an active sentenceWe make an active sentence passivepassive when wewhen we
want to put informationwant to put information at the beginningat the beginning ofof
the sentence because it isthe sentence because it is more importantmore important..
A lot of moneyA lot of money is important.is important.
TouristsTourists spendspend a lot of money in London.a lot of money in London.
A lot of moneyA lot of money is spentis spent in Londonin London byby tourists.tourists.
TouristsTourists is important.is important.
active sentence:active sentence:
passive sentence:passive sentence:

4. To make the passive use the
verb ‘to BE’ in the same tense
as the original sentence – here it
is the present simple tense
…and the 3rd
form or
past participle of the
main verb.
If you need to mention
who is doing the
action, use ‘by’ to
introduce it.
‘is liked ’ is present simple passive
(because ‘is’ is in the present simple).
likes the film “The Lion King”.Everybody
The film “The Lion King” is everybody.byliked
Active sentence
Passive
sentence

5. likeslikes
Present Passive
 Here isHere is an active verban active verb in the present simple:in the present simple:
 Now let’s change the sentence toNow let’s change the sentence to the passive.the passive.
▪▪ When we make an active sentenceWhen we make an active sentence passivepassive, the, the
objectobject becomesbecomes subjectsubject..
The film “The Lion King”The film “The Lion King”isis everybody.everybody.
EverybodyEverybody likeslikes the film “The Lion King”.the film “The Lion King”.
ObjectObjectSubjectSubject
byby
SubjectSubject ObjectObject
the film “The Lion King”.the film “The Lion King”.EverybodyEverybody
likedliked

6. Take a look at some more sentences
in the present simple passive.
English teachers are loved by everybody.
The verb ‘to be’ is plural
in this sentence to agree
with ‘teachers’.

7. Make the verb ‘to BE’
negative in the usual
way.
‘by …’ may not be
necessary. If it’s not
important, leave it out.
English teachers are not loved by everybody.
You don’t have to agree with that statement!
You’re thinking ‘Some people don’t love English teachers!’
So let’s make that passive!
English teachers are loved by everybody.

8. Can you remember the past participles of
these verbs? Fill in the blank.
find
read
Check
eat
teach
eaten
taught
Check
Check
cut
cut
Check
read
made
make
found
sung
sing
seen
see
Check
Check
Check
Check

9. Do you need
to practice this
again?

10. Fill in the blank
A lot of coffee in Brazil.
(produce)
A lot of dogs in England Ben.
(call)
Check
is produced
are called
Check

11. A million drawings in The Lion King.
(use)
Fill in the blank
are used
Simba by his friend, Nala.
(find)
is found
Check
Check

12. Complete each sentence in
the passive.
 People eat millions of bars of chocolate every day!
Millions of bars of chocolate every day!
 We plant hundreds of trees every year.
Hundreds of trees every year.
are eaten
are planted
Check
Check

13. Complete each sentence in
the passive.
 Nowadays people cut down many trees for
no reason.
Nowadays many trees for no
reason.
 A Portuguese person teaches my sister.
My sister by a Portuguese person.
are cut down
Check
is taught Check

14. Complete each sentence in
the passive.
 People read millions of newspapers every day.
Millions of newspapers every day.
 Smith and Co publish Tom’s new book.
Tom’s new book by Smith and Co.
are read
Check
is published Check