Passive Voice
Active or Passive:
The ball was heading towards the goalie's face.
Active
She asked Tom, `Do you like fish?` She asked Tom..............
..........if he liked fish.
"I know the answer" - Mary
(do not answer with say or tell)
Mary demonstrated that she knew the answer.
Her performance was insulted/ insulting. I couldn't believe she acted in that way.
insulting
Who wears a tall white hat and apron?
a chef
Change to active:
This church was built by George San Vander.
G S V built this church
She asked,`Will they visit Estonia?` She asked.............
............if they would visit Estonia
Tom said to his mother, `I will be home early` Tom............
(do not answer with say or tell)
..............promised his mother he would be home early.
Use Perplexed in a sentence
I was perplexed by his actions
What does RO stand for?
Run on sentence
When do we use the passive?
When we don't know the subject or it's not important
Mother asked me,`What are you doing?` Mother asked me............
..............what I was doing.
`You are honest students` The teacher ............
(DO NOT ANSWER WITH SAY OR TELL)
She described her students as being honest.
Correct the sentence:
Everything you have told me is technical correct, but I have no idea what to do with this information.
technically
In our reading this week, we read about two men one in a hot air balloon and another giving him directions. What were their jobs?
manager, engineer
English has been spoken all over the world.
Fix the error:
She asked George,`When will you call me?` She asked George if he would call her.
....................when he would call her.
The policeman said to me,`Don`t move!`
(do not answer with say or tell)
The police man ordered me not to move.
use run of the mill in a sentence
That restaurant is just run of the mill, nothing special.
Yoko did research on an odd job, we also spoke about it when we practiced the passive. What are the Japanese train pushers called?
Oshiya
Create a passive sentence in the past continuous tense and present simple.
The window was being cleaned by the workers.
Soccer is played by millions of people.
Write a question then change it to reported speech in the present perfect.
Have you ever gone to Spain?
She asked if i had ever gone to Spain.
Tom said.`I was watching TV at 6.00 pm.`.............
(do not answer with say or tell)
Tom confirmed that he had been watching TV at 6.00p pm.
use green thumb in a sentence
she has quite the green thumb, she can make anything grow.
True or False
There is an Emoji Translator job position.
True