Vocabulary
The jeans are______________. (ripped / cracked)
ripped
What is more important in the passive: subject or the object?
subject
They displayed the painting in the main hall.
The painting is displayed in the main hall.
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Bill will deliver the monitor tomorrow.
The smartphone is ______________. (broken /dead)
broken
What are the two components of passive sentences?
The verb "to be" and the past participle
Factories in South Korea build modern robots.
Modern robots are built by factories in South Korea.
People sent about 200 billion emails yesterday.
About 200 billion emails were sent yesterday.
Electric cars will be driven (by everyone) in the future.
The battery in my smartphone is _________. (scratched / dead)
The past participle of:
make
hear
understand
made
heard
understood
Dad makes me turn off my phone before I go to bed.
I am made to turn off my phone before I go to bed (by my dad).
I downloaded an antivirus program.
An antivirus program was downloaded (by me).
They will play games this weekend.
Games will be played this weekend.
The keys on my keayboard are ___________. (blank / missing)
missing
Which verbs need the "to"- infinitive before you make the passive?
Make, hear, see
My cousin teaches me how to use the program.
I am taught to use the program (by my cousin).
Jerry asked his mom to sign the form.
His mom was asked to sign the form.
Josh won't order those shoes online.
Those shoes won't be ordered online (by Josh).
Mike dropped his phone and the screen is ___________. (dirty / cracked)
cracked
Why do we use the passive?
To emphasize the action and not the subject (or the doer) of the action.
The inventor's new light is powered by solar energy.
Homer wrote the greek epic, The Odyssey.
The Greek epic, The Odyssey was written by Homer.
A professional web designer will make a website for the store.
A website for the store will be made by the professional web designer.