my Passive voice power point presentation

1. PASSIVE VOICE
Alejandro Jiménez Vincent

2. Passive Voice: Uses
• 1. When the agent of the action is unknow
• 2. When the agent is unimportant
• 3. When the agent of the action is obvious from
the context
• 4. To emphasize (put importance on) the
recipient (receiver) of the action
• To connect ideas in different clauses more clearly
• 6. To make generic statements, announcements,
and explanations

3. Rules
• In passive sentences, the thing receiving the
action is the subject of the sentence and the
thing doing the action is optionally included near
the end of the sentence. You can use the passive
form if you think that the thing receiving the
action is more important or should be
emphasized. You can also use the passive form if
you do not know who is doing the action or if you
do not want to mention who is doing the action.
• [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of
verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

5. Active to passive

6. 5 Sentences
• We are going to watch a movie tonight. (active)
A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. (passive)
• Mom read the novel in one day. (active)
The novel was read by Mom in one day. (passive)
• I will clean the house every Saturday. (active)
The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday. (passive)
• The wedding planner is making all the reservations. (active)
All the reservations will be made by the wedding planner.
(passive)
• Thousands of tourists view the Grand Canyon every year.
(active)
The Grand Canyon is viewed by thousands of tourists every
year. (passive)