XPLORE 10 PowerPoint Passive

Voice 1

Passive Voice # 1
Worksheet
Study!
1. Look at the example and try to explain the changes that occur
when you build a passive sentence.
An Active Sentence (AS)
focuses on who performs
the action.
Someone carries out a
certain activity.

A Passive Sentence (PS)

focuses on the action
performed.
An activity has been
carried out.

2. Study the diagram and complete the sentences below in order

to explain the verb transformations in the passive voice.

oice, the __________ changes into the ____________ and you must add an ____________ to be conjugated i
3. Put these steps in the correct order according to the passive
voice transformation.
a. Identify the verb tense of the AS.

b. Change the subject of the AS into the agent.

c. Add the verb to be in the same tense of the AS.

d. Identify the subject and the object of the AS.

e. Put the main verb into the past participle.

f. Change the object of the AS into the subject of the PS.

Practise!
A. Practise verb transformation in the passive voice. Complete the
tables.
PRESEN
PRESENT
T
PAST
CONTINU
PRESEN
SIMPLE
CONTINU
OUS
PAST
T
OUS
FUTURE
PERFEC
PERFEC
SIMPLE
T
T
PAST
SIMPLE

ACTIVE That radio station broadcasts shows for teens.

ACTIVE Students are producing a show for the school radio.
ACTIVE
radio stations
were
organising aby
fund
raising
PASSIV NY
1. Shows
for teens
_______________
that
radio
ACTIVE
Students
have
carried
out
a
debate
live
on
the
3.
A
show
_____________
for
the
school
radio
by
the
PASSIV
concert
to
help
disabled
kids.
E
station.
ACTIVE school
Radio talk
shows had greatly influenced past teen
radio.
students.
E
ACTIVE Radio
will determine musical trends for future
generations.
PASSIV
A fundstation
raisingoffered
concert
to helptickets
disabled
ACTIVE 4.
A radio
concert
for kids
One
generations.
PASSIV
5.
A debate ______________
live on the school radio
E
____________
by NY radio stations.
Direction.
PASSIV
6. Past
teen generations _____________ by radio talk
E
by
the students.
PASSIV
7.
Musical
trends ______________ for future
E
shows.
PASSIV
2. Concert tickets for One Direction ________________
E
generations by radio.
E
by a radio station.
Teresa Pinto de Almeida Paula M. Arajo Telma Coelho de Sousa

B. Rewrite these sentences into the passive voice.

1. Jeremy created an online radio show.
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. US teenagers applaud youth-oriented radio shows.
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. A group of students has developed a radio quiz show for the school radio.
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. Our classmates will interview the school principal on the radio tomorrow.
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. We are organising the playlist for our radio broadcast.
_____________________________________________________________________________
6. Radio Rookies has implemented a new training programme
for youngsters.
________________________________________________________________

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Teresa Pinto de Almeida Paula M. Arajo Telma Coelho de Sousa