Passive Voice

Present Simple Passive

to be + V₃

Present Simple Passive

am

is         V₃

are

I am never invited to the parties.

Butter is made from milk.

Oranges are imported from Marocco.

Past Simple Passive.

was     V₃

were

Passive Voice

Tense

Simple

Present

Continuous

Past

Perfect

Future

Present Simple Passive

+ V 3

to be

Present Simple Passive

am

is

are

v 3

I am never invited to the parties.

Butter

is made

from milk.

Oranges

are imported

from Marocco

Past Simple Passive

v 3

was

were

This house was built 100 years ago.

How were these windows broken ?

Change the sentences to use passive structures

• Pupils collect old papers .

2.They built a new hospital last year.

• Old papers are collected by pupils .

2. A new hospital was built last year.

Change the sentences to use passive structures

3. We don’t translate poems at home.

4. Pupils didn’t visit the boy last week.

3. Poems are not translated at home.

4.The boy was not visited last week.

Passive Voice

V 3

V 3

Страдательный залог образуется с помощью глагола-помощника и 3 формы смыслового глагола.

Transform the sentences. Use the Passive Voice .

1. My mother washes our clothes on Saturdays.

2. The pupils on duty clean the blackboard during the break.

3. Vasnetsov painted nice pictures.

4. Mr Bell listens to the radio in the evenings.

5. We take tests in English regularly.

6. I visited my relatives last week.

7.Helen collected her classmates’ photos for her new album.

8. They built the theater in 1970.

9. The mechanic repairs the car every day.

10. I gave a nice present to my friend on his birthday.

V 3

V 3

Active voice

The teacher gave him a book . –

Учитель дал ему книгу .

Passive voice

A book was given to him. – Книга была дана ему.

He was given a book. – Ему дали книгу.

Переведи:

Мне позвонили вчера.

I was phoned yesterday.

Нам показали фильм.

We were shown a film.

Тебе послали письмо.

You were sent a letter.

Им рассказали историю .

They were told a story .

Кате предложили помощь.

Kate was offered help .

My mother makes tasty every Sunday.

cakes

Моя мама печёт вкусные торты каждое воскресенье.

Вкусные торты выпекаются каждое воскресенье.

Tasty cakes are made every Sunday.

Tasty cakes are made by my mother every Sunday.

The Passive Voice. Present Simple.

Fill into the gaps these verbs

to send, to write, to copy, to be

This letter………………….every day. We ……………..it to the different offices.

The letter ……………………by the chief engineer of our firm. It ……………..

an important one.

to situated , to proud, to visit, to located

The Kremlin ……………………by many tourists every day. Twenty towers…………………….in the Kremlin. People of our country ………………….

of the Moscow Kremlin and the whole centre of Moscow, which …………………

…………… .on the Red Square.

The Passive Voice. Past Simple.

Fill into the gaps these verbs

to be, to rebuild, to found, to burn

The Bolshoi Theatre ……………………………..one of the most important opera

and ballet theatre in the world. It………………………….in 1779 as the Petrovsky Theatre . But this theatre …………………………. to the ground in 1853. The theatre ……………………….in 1856.

to translate, to give, to use, to build

The stories about Sherlock Holms……………………….into 43 languages.

The Statue of Liberty ………………………..to the USA by France in 1886.

The Tower of London………………………….as a fortress four centuries ago.

This palace ………...completely……………….in 1740.

Passive Voice

V 3

V 3

V 3

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of the verb

• The letter ……………. yesterday. (to receive)
• Nick ………….. to Moscow next week. (to send)

3. Mushrooms …………... in autumn. (to gather)

4. I ………… at the lesson yesterday. (to ask)

5. These trees ……………….last autumn. (to plant)

6. This work …………….tomorrow. (to do)

7. This text ………….........at the last lesson. (to translate)

8. The shop …………..at 7 p.m. (to close)

9. Many houses …….…… during the Great Fire of London. (to burn)

10. We ………………. to a concert next Saturday. (to invite)

Choose the correct form of the verb

1. The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room.

2. Your luggage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift.

3. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloakroom downstairs.

4. They can (leave, be left) the key with the clerk downstairs.

5. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel.

6. Tomorrow he will (take, be taken) them to the Russian Museum.

7. At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the station.

8. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs.