Voice in english. Active and passive voices

1. Voice in English

Active and Passive voices

2. Active voice definition

Generally native speakers tend to use the
active voice.
When the verb of a sentence is in the active
voice, the subject performs the action
denoted by the verb
Examples: I visited my uncle last weak

3. Passive voice

In the passive voice the object of the active voice
becomes the subject of a sentence.
The passive voice is formed with the appropriate tense
of the verb to be + V3
Example: My uncle was visited by me

4. Examples of active and passive voice for different tenses in English

5. Passive voice usage

When the person who does the action is
unknown, unimportant or obvious from the
context
Jane was shot (We don’t know who shot
her)

6. Usage

To make more polite or formal statements
The trees haven’t been watered (more
polite)
You haven’t watered the trees (less polite)

7. Passive voice quiz

Harry Potter _______by J.K. Rowling
A. was written
B. written
C. Wrote

8. Passive voice quiz

The judge ______Smith to five years in
prison
A. Sentenced
B. Was sentenced

9. Passive voice

Smith _________to five years in prison
A. Was sentenced
B. Sentenced

10. Passive voice quiz

Over a million dollars in cash _____from a
bank in Los Angeles
A. Has stolen
Has been stolen

11. Grammar. ОГЭ 2020

Many languages are in danger
today. Chinese ____have taken
steps to protect the Chinese
language…
AUTHORITY
Сказуемое have taken
требует подлежащего
во множественном
числе

12. Grammar. ОГЭ 2020

With economic and
social development
foreign languages ____
more often in all types
of publications
USE
Are used
Иностранные языки
используются.
Present simple
Passive

13. Wordbuilding ОГЭ 2020

Aesop lived in the 6th
century BC. He was a
___ Greek author
FAME
Перед
существительным
author может стоять
только
прилагательное

14. Wordbuilding ОГЭ 2020

Through these many
fables Aesop showed
the wise and foolish
___ of men
BEHAVE
Behavior
После
прилагательных в
большинстве случаев
идет существительное
образованное с
помощью суффикса or